"Nintendo Pirate Gary Bowser: Life After Prison and the $14m Message"
TL;DR
Gary Bowser, convicted for his involvement in console hacking, reveals that he paid Nintendo $25 a month from prison towards the $14.5 million he owes in civil and criminal penalties. Despite serving 14 months of a 40-month sentence and facing restrictions on working with modern gaming hardware, Bowser is now rebuilding his life with the help of friends and a GoFundMe page, while still tinkering with old-school Texas Instruments calculators.
- Convicted console hacker says he paid Nintendo $25 a month from prison Ars Technica
- The man who owes Nintendo $14m: Gary Bowser and gaming’s most infamous piracy case The Guardian
- Gary Bowser, charged with paying Nintendo a sum he'll never be able to afford, talks about his life after prison: 'The sentence was like a message to other people' PC Gamer
- Nintendo Pirate Gary Bowser Claims His Case Serves As "A Message" To Other Pirates GameSpot
- Gary Bowser: Who is hacker owing $14.5 million to Nintendo? The News International
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