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No Man’s Sky Creator Receives Death Threats Over Game’s Delay

by Jessica Lachenal May 30th

Sean Murray—founder of Hello Games, the company developing the ambitious space exploration sim No Man's Sky—has received numerous death threats since news broke of the game's delay.

School Was Locked Down After Star Wars Fan Threatened to Shoot Friend Over Spoilers

Spoilers lead to anger.

by Dan Van Winkle Dec 23rd

Much of the Internet was heavily invested in avoiding Star Wars: The Force Awakens spoilers last week, and those who were unsuccessful were understandably upset—most of them, anyway. One teen decidedly-not-understandably threatened to shoot a friend over the unwanted sharing of plot details.

[UPDATED] Gamergate Death Threat Is a Slam Dunk for Prosecutors. Will They Act?

by Brianna Wu May 20th

The death threat you're about to hear in this tape comes from Columbus, Ohio. The prosecuting attorney in that district is Ron O’Brien. If he wished, he could bring criminal charges against this man by the end of the day. I have an employee at my company whose entire job it is to research and catalogue these threats for law enforcement. And yet, terrifyingly, nothing has been done.

Washington Man Threatens To Shoot Up Schools If Gun Rights Are Restricted, Gets Arrested

by Ian Chant Dec 17th

In stunningly clear object lesson on "Things Not To Do, EVER," World's Least Classy Total Idiot candidate Korry Martinson has turned himself into police who had been searching for him all weekend. Just hours after Friday's horrific shooting in Connecticut, Martinson, 19, allegedly put up a Facebook post thanking the shooter for his actions and threatening to "go shoot up every school in a 100 mile radius" if he felt that the tragedy affected his rights as a gun owner. Now, KOMO News is reporting that Martinson, who was at best drastically overestimating the popular sense of humor level over Friday's shooting, has been arrested on charges of felony harassment for the threat. You can see a screenshot of the alleged post below, but if you're among the many folks who are still kind of reeling from this one, be advised: it makes for exceedingly unpleasant reading.

Cipher Poster delverofsecrets Deletes Reddit Account, Claims Threats Against Family

by Sui Ying Teoh Jul 13th

Great, just great. Reddit user delverofsecrets has deleted his Reddit account, claiming to have received very specific threats on the phone after his post triggered a Reddit-wide firestorm of speculation and code-cracking. What started out as harmless cipher-solving is, apparently, developing a rather nasty twist.

Child’s Valentine’s Day Card is Unintentionally Threatening, Hilarious

by Eric Limer Feb 6th

When you're a kid, you don't quite grasp the finer points of subtle implication. Or maybe you do, and you use your parents' assumptions otherwise to make them increasingly uneasy with your progressively less subtle suggestions that they are completely at your mercy, now and forever, and you are not to be angered. You know, testing the depths of their denial. Or maybe Michelle here just thought she'd remind her parents that life is a gift, oblivious of the creepy undertones. It has to be the second one, right? Yeah. Right?