Cops bust real-life gang stash house, find weapons, cash and... PayDay masks Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Cops bust real-life gang stash house, find weapons, cash and... PayDay masks Asset flip. News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 20 Mar 2020 10 comments Here's an incredible case of life imitating art: the art in this case being video game PayDay. Last night, 19th Match 2020, a drug task force in West Tennessee raided a suspected gang stash house, uncovering 36 weapons, handcuffs, a bullet proof vest, police equipment, drugs, a large amount of cash, cases of ammunition, and four masks. In a Facebook post, the task force said two people are in custody awaiting arraignment. Image credit Trenton, TN PD. Nothing particularly remarkable there. But if you look at the masks, video game fans will see something quite remarkable. It seems our suspects - potentially bank robbers in real life - are fans of co-op bank robbing game PayDay. Here's the original PayDay masks from the first game: Hilariously, it seems the masks found in the bust are PayDay's "PayCheck" masks - that is, they're from a PayDay community meme that began after unfortunate cosplayers were snapped wearing bootleg PayDay masks. The community ended up creating knock-off names for the masks, and they were dubbed the PayCheck Crew, a kind of crap version of the PayDay Crew who plan rubbish heists and fail to execute them. The meme crossed the desk of PayDay developer Overkill (a part of Swedish company Starbreeze), and, during Christmas 2016 the studio added PayCheck masks into PayDay 2 for a bit of fun. So, are we looking at the real-life PayCheck Crew here? Given the stash was uncovered by police, perhaps we are. One former Overkill staff member pointed out the find on Twitter, saying: "I've had people tattoo the Overkill bomb on their persons, and that's a weird experience seeing. But this, this is a whole other level of weirdness. One that genuinely forces you to reflect and consider life choices." I've had people tattoo the overkill bomb on their persons, and that's a weird experience seeing. But this, this is a whole other level of weirdness. One that genuinely forces you to reflect and consider life choices. (Photo courtesy of Trenton, TN PD) pic.twitter.com/kgMkQ4uZAT- Karl Lakner (@ctrldashk) March 20, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Of course, the suspects may not be PayDay fans at all. They may have just grabbed some random masks off a market stall and that was that. But I prefer to believe there's a group of people out there who fancy themselves the PayCheck Crew - or perhaps they think they look like the PayDay Crew and, like the unfortunate cosplayers who sparked the meme in the first place, got it all a bit wrong. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 10 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store