Proof Paedophiles are using HOME

Gameplayer Writes:
During a recent gameplayer opinion piece one of our writers recalled an anecdote of a disturbing experience that happened on HOME recently.

The snippet in question reads as follows:

"While doing some research on 'who actually buys HOME clothing' we happened across a fellow in a cowboy hat (who we'll call 'Jed'). After telling Jed who we were and why we were here doing research, we had an interesting discussion about why he bought the cowboy hat, and virtual belongings in general. Jed told us that he'd done up his apartment with furniture and he invited us over to see it all. Being that it was related to the conversation and the Home research we agreed.

[silverchode]

every online service is guranteed to have racist and pedophiles.

[Simon_Brezhnev]

yep its cuz its sony u dont see dem talking about Yahoo, Aim, and Windows Live messenger which has a lot more members and more dangerous by hackers and them messengers support webcams so u cant really hide your face like on home

[Oner]

Just ask Chris Hansen about all the Pedo's he's helped caught who use MS products like Windows, MSN Messenger etc. and on a seperate issue what about LIVE! ~ http://www.destructoid.com/...

[Kleptic]

i love how gamplayer attaches 'PROOF' in the title...then in the third paragraph admits...'we have no real way of knowing if this was actually a pedo, or if it was just some bored 12 year old lying about his age'...

gaming journalism at its finest...that is the opposite of proof...in the real world...we refer to these types of things as 'possibilities'...

[GiantEnemyLobster]

EXCLUSIVELY on Playstation 3.

[Oner]

It seems verifiable links and clear misuse of wording don't mean anything to some who tend to continually "overlook" them...amazing.

[PoSTedUP]

i saw MJ in home, he told me its his favorite place to be when hes not in never never land.

[Michael Jackson]

Home is only my 2nd favorite place to be at.
My most favorite place to be is under your bed. Wanna know a secret?
Nope, that wasn't mommy sneaking into your room and kissing you goodnight.

[hay]

Zomg, Michael I used to believe in your innocence... :(

[Amnesiac]

I love most of Michael Jackson's music, and I respect his musical genius, but he is one creeeeeepy dude.

[Rog Vader]

After Second Life's pedo problem, I had a feeling Home would start to degrade to that.

[rockleex]

They contacted Sony about Moderation and got plenty of information on how Sony is handling "bad people" in Home and how they plan to improve in the future.

Its funny how the Mods just "appear" out of nowhere whenever they witness something wrong. Lol. Sounds like they're gods, well technically they are gods in regards to Home and PSN.

Anyways, I was expecting this to be a lame article talking about their previous article about a pedophile encounter and using it to claim that PS Home is the perfect place for pedophiles unlike any other place on the internet.

[godofthunder10]

Before i start let me say that i have a 360 and i hate sony.I don't know why 360 fanboys are all over Sony because of this.I also don't understand how any ps3 fanboy could say that it's not a big deal.The people that claim this must be Paedophiles their selfs.You can't blame Sony for this.

The fact is that the same thing is happening on the net before home.As long as their is something like home and the net it will never stop.The fact is that it's hard to stop Paedophiles because they are the scum of the earth and will alway find a way to do it. Sony will try their best to fix the problem.Fanboys that's trashing Sony for it need to stop and think about the net.Fanboys that saying it's not a big deal is sick.I don't care if someone did that on xbox live.I will never say it's not a big deal because it is a big deal.

[n1kki6]

wrong post.

[PoSTedUP]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! !!!! (mocoley colcan scream)

[Kami]

Isnt HOME supposed to be for 18+ users?
thats the problem. anybody under 18 is nor supposed be there.
then the problem are the stupid kids and not the service.

[Sony PlayStation 3]

Have a seat

[mesh1]

micheal jackson is not a pedo we all know 90% of pedo are white ( or wait he is white ) but its fact 90% of pedo are white and mj is not a pedo he is just dumb and was a racist target from the state he lived in FACT.

[SHAKIMAT]

It's like going back to 1978 before "child" porn was illegal.
Metasearch it.

please visit my N4G blog: http://www.n4g.com/up/71218...

[TheColbertinator]

Pedos are all over the net.Just report them and move on.

[Fishy Fingers]

Desperate article. For a start, wheres the proof, and GamePlayer LIED to entice a response out of him. It's almost as though the orchestrated the situation.

" I told him that I was younger than I am. I said I was 15). "

I dont know what I find more disgusting, "jed" or gameplayer, I tend to lean towards the latter.

“do you have a cam? I’d like to c u in the flesh” Jed asked, moving in to ‘lap dance distance’. That’s right folks, Jed-o was something of a pedo."

There is your proof of a "pedo", it was his "lap dance distance" that gave it away. How do you know this guy is even 30 when gameplayer themselves have just admitted to lying about their age.

Gameplayer, have just lost a reader in future.

[SlappingOysters]

Are you serioulsy backing a 32yrd old trying to pick-up a 15yr old in Home????

Or are you just saying that no media entity in the world has ever used entrapment to unravel a story?

Cause both notions sound crazy to me.

[Fishy Fingers]

Not backing, simply saying you have no PROOF. A paedophile is someone convicted over child molestation, not someone who assumed the "lap dance distance’".

I'm not defending his actions, merely pointing out you ocastrated the stituation though false info and have no proof and are basically labelling someone when you have no evidence to support your claims.

[ReBurn]

How do you think that law enforcement officers catch pedophiles on the internet? By lying about their age. That's just how it works.

[Michael Jackson]

First of all, my user name wasn't "Jed."
It was "Jacko."
2nd, she told me he was 12 years old!
3rd, she told me she was a boy!
4th, he told me he was a boy!
5th, HE told me he was a boy!
6th, he told me he was a BOY!
7th, HE told me he was a BOY!
8th, HE TOLD ME HE WAS A BOY!
a 12 YEAR OLD BOY!!!

I feel so betrayed... -sobs-

[Rog Vader]

Between, Jed, your comments, and Gameplayer. I would say your comments/attitude is right beside the Jed creep in the sick department. How in the hell could anyone put their fanboy sickness ahead of the safety of a child? It might not be as bad as this creep, but it's close. -1

[mint royale]

you have no evidence either that gameplayer were fabricating the story. And anyway what is the point of your denial becuase it is obvious this will happen. The interesting part of the article is where we get a response from sony who explain how they try and moderate. Sony are doing the best tehy can and from what I can see are doing their best to make home a pleasant place to be away from harassment.

[Fishy Fingers]

"anyone put their fanboy sickness ahead of the safety of a child"

You obviously don't take note of my comments, I'm no fanboy. My only point is that i it unfair for a 2 bit website to go around labeling people a paedophile when they have no real evidence to make such a claim.

Reburn is technically accurate, but believe it or not you need physical proof before a conviction can be put in place.

My only wrong doing here is perhaps I stick by the old mantra, "innocent until PROVEN guilty". Maybe you guys like to burn people at the steak over speculation but I dont.

Why does that make me a fanboy?

Mint Royale, I didnt say they did fabricated the story, but they have no proof to label him a "pedo". Did you read my comments?

Gameplayer admit lying about their age. Simple question, how do you know "jed" was not doing the same? You dont, but it's fair to label him as if so? Not in my book, not without proof.

[rockleex]

But Fishy Fingers has a point.

LOTS of people in Home pretend to be someone they're not.

For example, guys pretending to be hot girls so they can switch their hot girl avatar with an ugly pig-like avatar.

And Gameplayer themselves proved that anyone can lie about their background in Home. They clearly lied that they were 15 year old, that Cowboy dude could have just as easily lied.

For all we know, he and Gameplayer might have even been joking together about the whole situation. Then Gameplayer goes on to only give us half the info. Or Cowboy guy might just have a twisted idea of jokes, and Gameplayer might have just took it the wrong way.

The truth is, we don't know if Cowboy dude was actually a pedophile or not.

The reason why Undercover Cops can pretend to be underage boys/girls is because they have all the equipment and tools necessary to TRULY find out their suspects' background and information.

Gameplayer does NOT have the same access to Cowboy Dude's background information to prove whether or not he's a pedophile. Either way, you can't catch a pedophile until he makes moves to meet an underage kid in person.

So yes, you guys are basically burning all the suspects at the stakes without looking further into the matter.

Edit: Now that I think of it, "Fishy Fingers"... Hmm, something smells fishy. Especially with the "fingers" part. Could Fishy Fingers possibly be a pedophile!??!?

Ahahah, just kidding. Anyways, I back Fishy's argument that people are innocent until proven guilty... especially when you have no hard evidence.

[mint royale]

I never claimed that 'jed' was guilty of anything. I believe innocent before guilty too my point was that the article is interesting because it get a response from sony about a very important issue fabricated or not.

[acedoh]

you need to understand the definition of a pedophile as compared to a predator... A pedophile generally tracks down children under the age of 12. They also have a serious problem that can lead to serious crimes. You just can't use the term pedophile for everyone who goes after a teenager. They are very different.

Lastly this is very silly because if teenagers are naive enough to put themselves in vulnerable situations in HOME of all places they share some responsibility. SONY has done quite a bit to keep HOME safe. They have removed voice chat in the public areas and taken out personalization like putting your own pictures in your private places. When the BETA first started you could put up a picture of anything that is on your hard drive. I am sure they removed this for a reason. I am also sure this will keep them from allowing people to stream movies from their hard drive onto a personal t.v. In a way it's good but I also see it as silly that society has come to this point.

[N4Flamers]

what if jed lived in alabama where the legal age of consent is 14.

Wait just one minute, lets say jed was a lying 12 year old and gameplayers went to their house, then they would be the pedo's in this case. I can see chris hansen now,

"take a seat, so why are you here"

GP: "no were just doing an article and he maved in to lap dance distance on us"

CH: "you're free to leave anytime you want"

[Cheeseknight28]

Innocent until proven guilty hmm? So until some child actually gets molested, pedophiles can run free?

I don't think so. Anyone sick enough to even pretend to do that crap deserves to be punished immediately. Surely everyone in this world has better things to do than pretend to be an internet predator.

[SlappingOysters]

I do kind of get where you are coming from, but I think you are reacting to the first third of the article and not taking into account the whole picture they are painting - they even say

"To be fair to HOME, we may never know for certain if Jed was in fact a mid-thirties sexual predator (or just a very disturbed/ very bored twelve year old kid lying about his age). Whatever the case, it got us to thinking; what if it was legit?"

They're not blind to what you are saying

[prowiew]

@ fishy

If you read the article, they said "to be fair to HOME, we may never know for certain if Jed was in fact a mid-thirties sexual predator (or just a very disturbed/ very bored twelve year old kid lying about his age)".

Why the hate against gameplayer? They are just doing some investigation a got good responses from Sony. Not a profesional one. I learn something in that article also. I didnt knew sony have some moderators.

[xsteinbachx]

Me and my gf created a Girl on Home about a week ago.. It took us about 5 minutes for us to walk over to the jukebox to have 2 guys dance with us and ask us if we wanted to go back to his room to F*ck. Home needs to be monitored a lot more and a lot stricter.

I was seriously laughing but thought what if some young boys or girls were on here because then we'd have some SERIOUS problems.

[Panipal2005]

Calling Chris Hanson. Calling Chris Hanson.

[UltimateIdiot911]

Come, have a seat. Please, have a seat.

[Dipso]

Gameplayer AU??!!

Move along people nothing to see here. Antipodean hacks.

[ReBurn]

It only stands to reason that if there's a place where kids are known to gather that pedophiles will try to infiltrate it. I doubt there's much Sony or anyone can do about it.

[Dipso]

Thanks for the disagree...now get back to enjoying sensationalist game journalism.

[Firstkn1ghT]

It's just the nature of the online world. Sick people. Racists, perverts, foul mouth kids, etc... all online services have it. Anybody that actually believed that Halo 3 and Xbox Live was the only online service that was affected by this needs a reality check. One of the first glitches I seen in Home was people giving each other BJ's. Yeah real nice for a parent to see.

[StephanieBBB]

"One of the first glitches I seen in Home was people giving each other BJ's. Yeah real nice for a parent to see."

Ok im gonna have to disagree with you on this one. You know that it's impossible to give a BJ in home right? You can sit down with your face near someones privates but thats as close to a BJ it gets. Thats like saying in Halo or any other online game you can give each other BJ's with the right camera angle and hight messurement.

I know that the characters of home is very realisticly made but I don't think they have a package in thier pants to show off due to many different reasons.

Anyhow the main issue with home atm imo. Is that there is too little stuff to do. People will become bored and start to test the bounderies on everything much like this example here. If they could implement jobbs in to Home which would give you money for merchandise, then people would finally get something else to do than acting like monkeys.

*Edit Thank you firstknight for being so mature and disagreeing with me just because I did it with you. You could have left a comment to say why you did it but that would be too much to ask for huh? Im betting your the stealth disagreer thats going around here disagreeing with everyone. I even bet that your imagining your making a difference by doing so...

[rockleex]

Isn't a glitch... O_o

Just like how "humping" someone you just killed in Halo 3 isn't a glitch.

[Marty8370]

You do know that Sony monitors home and records stuff. Look at the 'HOME' agreement before you enter. Also is'nt 'HOME' ment to be for 16 and over age group.

[Kleptic]

had gameplayer actually had proof that he was a pedo...they could have immediately reported him within home, and through the PSN...and it would be taken care of...but they didn't have proof...at all...the title is completely fecked...

[Chrissy]

PS3 fanboys are using HOME? What a surprise:\

[Mr_Bun]

No kidding... pedophiles are wasting time with Home...all the children are on XBL. I guess the problem is that most kids on XBL are transvestites...right Chrissy?

[Chrissy]

You should know since most ps3fanboys dressed up as women on HOMEo launch day. The pics on GAF were really disturbing.

[Mr_Bun]

...says the little boy with a chick for an avatar...At least you seem to have goals...even if they include becoming a grown woman.

[chewy317]

ya with people like chrissy using HOME no wonder. These people have no life.

[timestoby]

well,i guess thats wot you get for going into some strangers apt.didnt ur mothers teach you anything.

this is online,youll run into such things all the time.

does gameplayer au site need to do this to make people check out there lame site. LAMOOOOOSSS

[VampHuntD]

Gameplayer asked "Are there systems in place to stop this sort of thing happening for real?"

Yeah there is, It's called PARENTS.

[littletad]

I knew this topic would come up one way or another. Anything involving the internet is vulnerable to the worst of society.

[retrofly]

The title of the new article is very misleading. They say "proof" then go onto say "It could have been a bored 12 year old". How is that proof?
Can't beat a good scaremongering though, especially if its PS3 related.

[Azurite]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

I wouldn't blame the author, common mistake.

[S1nnerman]

Paedophiles exist and they will use any necessary means at their disposal to do what they do. This means they use chatlines, chatrooms, ads in papers, sitting outside schools, bags of sweets - just about anything they can. It does not require much brain power to say that any social networking site (like countless others, Facebook, myspace, bebo - all of them) will in all probability have potential Paedophiles knocking about on them. How many people on N4G state what their PSN is and say things like 'add me' to any stranger. That makes N4G a potential danger zone too. And, for that matter gameplayer - the authors of this pretty p*ss poor article.

I'm not saying it's not an issue that needs tackling. I'm saying it's a serious issue that exists and needs proper monitoring to the best of the abilities of all involved. Not cheap journalism written in a 'humourous' way. If Gameplayer really think this guy is a paedophile then I hope they do the proper thing and report him and publish their follow up report on the consequences.

[YouNoob]

if you concentrate to bring crap like home into gaming, instead of focusing on games. good thing that REAL GAMERS are into games and not some idiotic virtual chat room, what home essentially is. sony really should change their brand name to Noobstation, it would be so much more fitting.

[chewy317]

Another xbot spreading vile disgusting propaganda. You blame sony for society's failures?

Is it sony's fault that there are Paedophiles in this world.

IS IT sony's fault that vile bastards like you are in this world

Home is a beta it is gonna improve.

'Younoob' incase u didnt know Microsoft pretty much ruined the game industry with their xbox.

SONY is the one evolving gaming microsoft is doing donkey crap.

[Amnesiac]

You are both incredibly retarded.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Chewy: "Another xbot spreading vile disgusting propaganda."

Not even 2 sentences later:

"'Younoob' incase u didnt know Microsoft pretty much ruined the game industry with their xbox."

Another fishhead droid spreading vile disguting propaganda. It goes both ways hypocrite.

[topblood]

if you think am a children i would come and beat you up you little geek

[Mr_Bun]

I don't know if you "am a children" but you make it abundantly clear that you are incredibly ignorant...You think you could take me on...please. All I would have to do is ask you to recite the alphabet and you would probably drop into the fetal position.

[Rog Vader]

I can't speak for top blood, but I'd gladly knock your teeth down your throat. Is that English coherent enough for you?

[ionize]

Everybody's tough when they are hiding behind a monitor. It is funny how people have to resort to violence when they become outmatched intellectually.

Bubbles Mr Bun for not lowering to their level

[GiantEnemyCrab]

LOL@Rog : You might have to get in line, a tosser like Bun has no shortage of people looking to kick his arse.

[Magic_The_Celt]

Yeah.. proof that paedophiles exist?

paedophiles also use the internet, gaming, malls, shops, ANYTHING..

anyone who tries to make some lame joke, PS3 owners are paedophiles need their head checking.

[InMyOpinion]

But still, they prefer the PS3 over all those you mentioned.

[Oner]

Chris Hansen would have something to say about that with all those Pedo's he's helped caught who use MS products like Windows, MSN Messenger etc. along with LIVE! ~ http://www.destructoid.com/...

[Amnesiac]

Nothing like surfing for a little kiddie action after a round of COD right guys?!

LOL. Geez, Home is getting lamer by the moment. I'm glad I use my PS3 to play games/watch movies instead of associating with creeps and nerds in a second life rip off.

[Amnesiac]

Pedophilia = attraction to prepubescent adolescents.

15 years old = not prepubescent.

I'm not trying to take up for anyone or justify anything, but if you're going to act like you're a journalist, you should probably know the definitions of the words you're using.

Either way, "Jed" is either a disgusting individual, or a fabrication of some anti-Sony loser's mind.

[InMyOpinion]

Paedostation 3.

[Mr_Bun]

Finally you found a reason to buy a PS3...to bad their are no adults to pick you up on XBL eh?

[InMyOpinion]

Your dad added me yesterday.

[Mr_Bun]

He told me that he added a little bi†ch...should've known it was you.

Edit: @ below

You are right...It sucks, "every night" he reminds me that if I don't stay in school, I could end up as uneducated as you with the inability to afford a decent gaming console while looking for boy-sex on XBL

[InMyOpinion]

Now he has two little b!tches then. Fortunately, I don't endure what you have to go through every night. =)

[Amnesiac]

If you two got into a fight in real life if would end with dry humping and making out.

[InMyOpinion]

I'm watching Brokeback Mountain on NetFlix as we speak.

"You are right...It sucks, "every night" he reminds me that if I don't stay in school, I could end up as uneducated as you with the inability to afford a decent gaming console while looking for boy-sex on XBL"

That must be his turn-ons then. Uneducated boys with no money. I bet he makes "business trips" to South America frequently ;)

[Dipso]

Well mission accomplished by those talented professionals at Gameplayer AU. Reel in the hits with a big sensationalist headline that claims "Proof" and then deliver on nothing more than hearsay and conjecture.

@Rog Vader...Impressionable idiots like you are the reason TV networks and journalists bombard us with this scaremongering tripe. Maybe you have some personal grievance with Fishy but to label him "sick" as a supposed pedophile simply because he believes in proof shows what a gormless individual you are.

Even if Gameplayer had titled this as a "There may be Paedophiles using Home" it would still be worthless news.There may be Paedophiles anywhere in the world, be it real or cyber..but where is the revelatory news in that?
The next time you feel the urge to infuriate yourselves by reading another piece of s**t article on Gameplayer AU I suggest you click on something else..even another "PS3 is doomed" article would be more entertaining.

[Amnesiac]

Damn, that dude said gormless.

Haven't heard that since the SAT.

Bubbles for truth as well.

[swinesucker]

you love MJ's musical genius LOL

from the guy with a radiohead avatar???

THAT is creepy

[Silly Mammo]

Eeewwwww!!!

[dirtrider]

so is this why the ps3 fanbrats say "older people own ps3's" hahahahaha it all makes sense now... GO SONY!!! right ps3 fans.....

[chewy317]

lol...

[rekonizakilla]

I think we have a bit of a chicken and the egg situation here, with the egg being being a pedo and chicken being a ps3. Seriously though what are the chances of someone who likes young people going somewhere that young people happen to be? It must be really tough being a pedo in today's politically correct environment so why don't you guys give them a break huh ?

That was supposed to be funny by the way.

[heroicjanitor]

http://www.destructoid.com/...

[Gam71]

Guess its confirmed for both then.
Want your children to be safe. get a wii.

[Anon1974]

Or, just don't let your kids go online unsupervised. Easy.
Personally, from what I've experienced on XBL I would never, ever let my kids use that service. They can play splitscreen with their friends at home, with games that are age appropriate. I know, I know they can get exposed to this anywhere but I wouldn't sit my child down to watch Scarface, I'm not going to subject them to the type of language, racism and general bigotry that ruins XBL.

[heroicjanitor]

Amounts to the same thing you said. (Meant for gam71)
Since you have to ring them and ask for their friend code in a long drawn out process.

Edit: It wasn't confirmed as a feature for Home though:)

Anyway does noone else think it's funny that paedos are always at the forefront of technology?

Proof paedophiles are using the wii!!!
http://farm1.static.flickr....

[Gam71]

lmao.

you've found n4g's Michael Jacksons wii avatar

[Queers of War]

that must mean cliffy b is using home, preying on 15 year olds

[beavis4play]

perverts of all kinds have been predators on the internet for as long as it's existed. sure, there are bound to be some weirdos in home. heck, they're everywhere as far as the internet goes.(including xbox live)

so, if gameplayer is so concerned with the pedophile problem...........why aren't they covering it as a INTERNET problem, and not limiting their investigative scope to sonys "home"? hmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Gam71]

because the story is about someones experience in home not the whole of the internet.

try to keep up with the story.
Let sony do their own spin.

[JeepGamer]

For years now we've listened to reports from the regular media about how the Internet is full of nothing but evil people out to harm you and your children and now we have this stupidity repeated by a gaming media website.

Why? Well, because it's about Home of course. We know all the 'cool kids' and people who want page hits to show their advertisers are always looking for the next big thing to throw at Sony. Proof that there are pedophiles on the Internet is like proof that the sky is blue or that EA will release a bad Need for Speed game.

[Scary69]

I agree with Fishy Fingers, maybe if parents took the time to monitor THEIR kids rather then have a video game babysit a lot of things in this world would not be happening. After the first day in Home I would have never allowed my child in Home. Especially with all these morons who apparently have never seen a girl avatar. Just like fishy said; an article considering someone a pedophile is crazy how can you label someone that without having actual evidence. For all we know it could have been this dude own friend acting like that so this moron can get some attention. So be a parent and stop letting Video Games and TV babysit your kids.

[Enigma_2099]

And those people are possibly using the online connection to possibly solicit confidential info from the kiddies? *GASP!!!* How shocking!

... waitaminute... they're talking like HOME was the first place this happened?

[dgroundwater]

I know what Pedophiles are, but "paedos?" Is that like a pedos Spanish cousin? Lol...

[Dipso]

@dgroundwater

Two different spellings of the same word..UK and American English, who'd have thunk it??

[Gam71]

imagine that.
An article that uses the correct spelling and not the incorrect yanks bastardising of the English language.

[n1kki6]

ALthough this isn't concrete proof, we all have to assume pedo's and predetors are using home. Although I don't see home as a place anyone would really like to spend time, let alone entertaiment hungry kids, the fact is these people will prey anywhere they can.

[helrazor343]

well done.

[devilhunterx]

Pedos on the internet? Who would have thought..

[Rampant]

PS3 finally gets an online service almost worthy of competing with xbox live, and what happens. The creeps come out. See? It isn't just on xbox live that people are idiots. Idiots are everywhere.

[RebornSpy]

Is it really a surprise that there are pedophiles on Home? They seem to be everywhere else...

[T-Baggins]

Kinda creepy but he could of just been a kid looking for a friend (or not)

[TheOutsider]

Why is Bill Gates on HOME anyways? TRADER!!

[xg-ei8ht]

I'm not saying this article is trash, but anyone could put that stuff in just to make home look bad.

Yes there are pedo's. in every community, in every state,city country blah de blah.

And the only way to stop it, is to stamp it out.

The way UK and USA and rest of the world stamped out the nazi's.

Find some firm ground, and stamp away.

[SlappingOysters]

check the screenshots!

[Skerj]

Yes pedos are using Home, PSN, LIVE (there's one that posts vids on Youtube saying he uses Halo 3), MySpace and any other online services. It's not new and they're sick f*cking bastards no matter what the venue, so I hope they get caught regardless. Really it boils down to parents watching what the hell their children are doing online.

But something tells me Gameplayer is using that sensational headline to suit their own needs and NOT to actually help people, and that's just deplorable.

[funkysolo]

So keep trying bitcchess, what's next people talking about sex in home

[swinesucker]

pedophiles get such a bad rap

we should all just be nice

Yay!

[kevanio09]

Hang on

ITS PEDOBEAR!!!!!

[cmrbe]

some at least are also gamers. Heck even rapist, killers etc.

Gaming isn't exclusive to those that society deemed as decent.

[psiom]

Hooray for sensationalist articles that incite dogmatic fear!

It sure is a good thing that pedophiles can't pray on children anywhere else on the internet...

I think only the Wii is truly 'safe' from this situation since the online interaction is barely existent, but the Wii's online set up sucks as a result. You can bet your life that this very same author would have at some stage outright rubbished the PS3's online capabilities if they barely existed.

The key is to educate and sensibly protect those that are too young and vulnerable to protect themselves, not nerf the crap out communication technology.

[zoydwheeler]

Jesus feckin' Christ on a c*cking bike.

Reading this article and reading the comments has actually destroyed my will to live. Can we just turn the internet off now?

[Knightofelemia]

Well its Saturday night and I know where Michel Jackson is going for a date.

[Matpan]

Take an Internet connection and bring an interactive world to life and what it populate with pedos....

big news! pfff...

[Ldubbz]

Lets step back from the usual banter for a sec (we ARE all gamers in here...), and understand that any virtual space, be it a chat room, Home, LIVE, all have the potential for some pretty sick activity.

People need to watch their kids, use them parental controls the systems have built-in...and just be good parents. Tho it is hard when there are so many outlets for kids to potentially tap into, far more than when I was a youngster some time ago.

[KrimsonKody]

The best story I've heard in a very long time (here).

I must say that I am very appreciative as an consumer that SONY is on top of this sick situation.

I don't have kids (yet), but I do have young'ins in my family, and I would BAN THEM FROM OWNING ANY SONY SYSTEM if things like this continues (since it's already happened/happening).

What's next, VDS (Virtual Drug Soliciting)?
Personally, I've been approached twice...

SONY, work beyond

[ELite_Ghost]

isn't spelled pedophile???

[equax]

These people disgust me. Keep an eye out for your or other young ones online or in the real world. You can make a difference.

[OOG]

lmao jedo the pedo

[anubis12]

ahhaha

[GameForFame]

Ummmm no, that's not PROOF. Jed's comments might be a little misconstrued - maybe it wasn't tho. BUt from what I just read, no, it hardly seems like dude fits the description of a pedophile. I know there are horny little chumps on Home, but that's what most of that is. That's all...like Johnny, the 13 year old that goes and tries to body hump that female avatar even tho it's a dude. Think about it, Home is really filled with a lot of underage kids...the way people are acting and talking. All you have to do is spend an hour in Home before you realize this. Most of the crazies are kids, the others, well - crazies. Probably have no friends, probably have no decency, that's why they act so outrageous.

[SlappingOysters]

Whether it was legit or not the writer certainly felt uncomfortable in the situation.

I was uncomfortable reading it!

[hermie]

Paedophiles? Are these like Daemons and Faerye folk?

[ASSASSYN 36o]

To catch a predator on psn.

[equax]

Dateline should consider it.