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LordOfLore

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Oct 25, 2017
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Today, the CIA publically released nearly a half-million files recovered from Bin Laden's hard drive. That includes Al-Qaeda correspondence, video files, propaganda, draft materials, and Bin Laden's personal journal. It also includes loads of copyrighted materials, including films ranging from Antz to Resident Evil, loads of videogames, and a substantial collection of anime. Even Final Fantasy VII makes an appearence, with evidence of sequel movie Advent Children having been watched.

It seems Bin Laden - or whoever else used his computer - was a connoisseur of emulated DS titles, judging by the ".sav" entries populating his file index. Those naturally include standbys like New Super Mario Bros and Animal Crossing: Wild World. His tastes also ran alongside the otaku, with plenty of Naruto, Bleach, and Dragon Ball games in the list, on top of the complete Devil May Cry anime series.

Not everything originated from Japan, though. There are also PC games like casual ball-shooting puzzler Zuma, as well as a torrent for plastic soldier RTS Army Men 2. It probably shouldn't come as a surprise that Bin Laden was gathering his games illegally, but here's your confirmation: terrorists are sometimes also software pirates.
 

Terra Firma

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Oct 25, 2017
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Could be his kids. How many wives did he have again?

Also, it's kind of idiotic to mention software piracy here because he couldn't actually go down to the local Gamestop to pick up a game.
 

Ebullientprism

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Oct 25, 2017
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I been browsing that dump. A lot of pictures of chickens as well. Like a poultry farm. I dunno whats on with that.

And an adorable little toddler that looks a lot like mine. :/

I kind of want to see Bin Laden's Animal Crossing village now

Theoretically you could. The files are available for download. Load up your own emulator and use his save state. :P
 

Illusion

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Oct 27, 2017
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I wonder if he went on online forums, was a really cool guy to people online, was in many communities, roleplayed, and had deep conversations with friends on how he is trapped in the house all the time. And when he was taken out his friends got worried and assumed he committed suicide?
 
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Nephtes

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Oct 27, 2017
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I'm going to say it wasn't his and it was his kids' anime and games. Didn't he have like all his family living there, including young children?
 

Escalario

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Oct 25, 2017
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Dyle

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Oct 25, 2017
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If he played Animal Crossing then he definitely hit all the villagers with his butterfly net
 

Suicreeps

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Oct 25, 2017
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Now he's missing out on one of the best Dragon Ball video games :(.........
(Good). Anyways, it's weird to see the humanistic side of awful people in history
 
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Edit: Fixed the previous image I took from google with a better one. I'm tired of people asking me if I took a pic of my monitor when I didn't lol.
 
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JonnyDBrit

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Oct 25, 2017
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I wonder if he went online forums, was a really cool guy to people online, was in many communities, roleplayed, and had deep conversations with friends on how he is trapped in the house all the time. And when he was taken out his friends got worried and assumed he committed suicide?

...This makes me worry about more than a few members of communities I was in at that time...
 

Super Butoden

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Oct 27, 2017
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If Persona 5 didnt get stuck in development hell, it could have come out sooner to provide him with a change of heart.
 

RROCKMAN

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Oct 25, 2017
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This is hilarious. Wouldn't be the first time I had something in common with a mass murder.

Hitler was actually a pretty good painter.
 

C.Mongler

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
3,880
Washington, DC
I find this weirdly unsettling. Like imagining this dude who did unspeakable shit sit in his compound doing chores for his cute animal friends in Animal Crossing during his down time is just a weird image.
 

CallMeShaft

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Oct 25, 2017
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Animal Crossing? Really!?!

That's quite possibly the game I would've least expected him to have ever played.
 
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