Video game heroes are always thought to be moral, just, and righteous individuals, but if you stop to look at their actions, you'll find that most video game heroes are really jerks in disguise. Following are seven video game characters that you thought were heroes, but were actually full-fledged criminals instead.

Ash Ketchum: Animal Cruelty

"Gotta catch 'em all" is the "catch" phrase of the popular Pokemon video game series, but while you were playing this game as a child, you probably had no idea that it was also the mantra of a deranged and sick animal victimizer. Ash Ketchum, the protagonist of the original Pokemon games, is the absolute worst thing to happen to Pokemon. Ash creeps

Racing to stores Nov 24

In news that'll doubtless have nervous Playstation 3-owning race fans
sighing with relief, Sony today announced its long-awaited, much-delayed
racer Gran Turismo 5 will finally be released on November 24.

It's been a long road. Announced way back in 2005, and originally dated for a
March '10 launch in Japan, Gran Turismo 5 was then delayed to early
November. Last month, Sony announced an indefinite delay to "this
holiday season" -- which led some to wonder if we'd see it before the year's end.

Comparing the game's development effort to the Apollo Space Program, series
creator Kazunori Yamauchi provided some insight into the game's long
delays.

"Satisfying the loyal Gran Turismo followers

Club Neverdie [Updated from a previous story]

Think the rent is, in fact, too damn high? Then stay as far away from online world Entropia Universe as possible, because its real estate prices will drive you insane.

Take, for instance, what just went down on Planet Calypso, where one of Entropia's wealthier players has sold off his interests in a "resort asteroid" for an eye-popping $635,000.

The seller is Jon Jacobs, also known as the character 'Neverdie'. He originally purchased the asteroid in 2005 -- eventually converting it into the extravagant resort 'Club Neverdie' -- for the then-record price of $100,000. For those keeping score, that's a gain of over $500,000 in just five years. In nerdier

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