Is Starfield the release of the year? Of course, the answer to this question depends on everyone’s preferences, as there will be those who prefer other titles like Diablo IV, others will stay with the remarkable Baldur’s Gate 3, many will say that it was Lord of the Rings. Gollum… okay, okay, that last one was a joke, unless the best game of the year selection is based on the number of memes born in its shadow.

It’s undeniable that Starfield is one of the most anticipated titles of the year, for a variety of reasons. so much so there are legions of people interested in any information on seeing the light Of course, this gave rise to leaks of all kinds, which in most cases tend to be specific elements of the game. Less common is that at least 40 minutes of actual gameplay is leaked, and what’s truly unusual is that the same leak sold the occasional physical copy of the game.

We may think we’re going too far, and that’s the same thing Bethesda and the authorities must have thought, which led to the arrest of Darin Tyrone Harris, an alleged salesman and seller of Starfield copies, as we can read in Notebookcheck. The detainee is charged with three counts, two of “Theft of Property” (one of which is less than $1,000 and the other between $10,000 and $25,000) and a third, unrelated charge, of possession of marijuana.

File of the accused published on the website of photos of police files Recently reserved.

According to the information provided, Harris uploaded his own Starfield game to his YouTube channel (now removed or at least hidden, the channel has no published videos at this time) and in addition, released seven physical copies of the gamewhich have been acquired by various buyers, as we can see in the Mercari online store, for prices that were between $70 and $650. Now accused he would promote said sale through the same YouTube channel he posted the game on.

Without going into the legality or otherwise of Harris’ actions, we can confirm this It doesn’t seem like we’re talking about a particularly cautious person. Game leak on his channel, by itselfit would already serve to bring it into the limelight, but what is admittedly incomprehensible is to somehow link said content uploaded to YouTube with the sale of physical copies of Starfield, which, remember, will still take a few days to go on sale .

Think you can’t get any dumber with what’s been said so far? Well, I cheated a bit because I saved the best for last. And when he said he linked his channel with copies for sale at Mercari, you must have wondered what that link was. Harris has posted videos in which he is clearly identified (bare-faced, wow), inserting said Starfield copies into envelopes for shipment via FedEx. That said, it looks like we’re not talking about the sharpest pencil in the case…