Man’s best friend gives gamer a push in the right direction
Oscar is a lovable year-old Lab-Hound mix with a knack for chewing his master’s stuff. He’s chewed them all – pillows, slippers, undies, candles, bottles – even his master Greg’s Xbox 360 controller. With his latest chew toy, however, Oscar gnawed his way into turning his master’s console on and managed to buy his master 5,000 Microsoft points. No biggie, Greg didn’t mind – it gave him a chance to go for a few things he’s been putting off.
Oscar is a lovable year-old Lab-Hound mix with a knack for chewing his master’s stuff. He’s chewed them all – pillows, slippers, undies, candles, bottles – even his master Greg’s Xbox 360 controller.
With his latest chew toy, however, Oscar gnawed his way into turning his master’s console on and managed to buy his master 5,000 Microsoft points. No biggie, Greg didn’t mind – it gave him a chance to go for a few things he’s been putting off.
“I realized it when I checked my phone to see what time it was (I had to be at work soon) and saw the e-mail from Microsoft confirming the purchase for $62.50,” Greg emailed to Kotaku. ” “At that point it was a little after 5 a.m…. not something you want to wake up to.”
At first, like anyone who wakes up to a sudden US$62.50 bill and a chewed-up controller, Greg was pretty annoyed. Coming to his senses, it wasn’t all that bad, and the points were already spent on a few downloads.
“Chances are this is the first time an animal has managed to purchase Microsoft points on an Xbox 360,” Greg writes. “What are the odds that he chews on the right buttons, in the right order and moves the stick in the right directions to navigate and purchase points. 1 in a billion? More?” True enough, the odds of that happening are so slim that some would find the story unbelievable.
Greg, however, lives with a roommate and his girlfriend, so maybe they made the purchase? Nope, they were all asleep at the time of the transaction. “Unless either me, my girlfriend or my roommate “sleep shop”, there’s no other living creature besides the dog that could have done it.”
“All in all, I’m not mad,” he wrote. “A bunch of new games to keep me busy and a reason to finally go buy that black controller I’ve been wanting.”
Yeah, it’s a slow news day:
Via Kotaku