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Man defies conflagration to save Xbox

8 February 2014
By James Etherington-Smith
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According to ABC News, a US man in the state Kansas escaped his burning home, only to realise he’d left his Xbox inside.

He delved back into the inferno to rescue his precious gaming device.

While the house suffered $80,000 worth of damage, the man escaped with his Xbox and had to be treated for smoke inhalation.

ABC’s news insert is below. Would you risk death to save your gaming device?

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  1. Hendrico Booysen
    10.02.2014 at 09:31

    After what I paid for my PC… Most definately

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I thought you don't report on news other sites have reported?
James Matthews on 19 Jun 2026
Console gaming destroy variety. AAA games and whole genres get dumbed down for contextualized one-button-push games, with no AI improvement...
Veldrin Minamoto on 18 Aug 2018
Depending on the country you are living the PC is cheaper, EVEN if you only keep gaming in mind and...
Veldrin Minamoto on 18 Aug 2018
hail keyboard and mouse. i agree on every point. mobile games are casual, not real games.
Veldrin Minamoto on 18 Aug 2018
The console peasants aren't worthy to worship us. They must be "exterminated" :D
Veldrin Minamoto on 18 Aug 2018

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