May 062010
Weep For Today's Youth

I started thinking about this after radio talk show and amateur historian Dan Carlin brought up the topic.  He wondered if we could take on our grandparents in a fair fight.  For me, Generation X versus the Greatest Generation– the group that survived the Great Depression and fought World War II.   After Dan’s show, [...]

Retailer Reaps Souls from Online Customers

Apparently, 7,500 customers of the UK gaming retailer GameStation sold their souls online.  As part of an April Fool’s joke, GameStation decided to slip a clause into the terms and conditions of its purchase contracts that gave the company the rights to their customers’ immortal souls.  Its that bit of legalese that we skip when [...]

Italian Teen Stabs Father Over PlayStation Game

I’m not sure which part of this story disturbs me more.  There are so many stereotypes here: angry teenager, passionate Italians, violent soccer fan.  As reported by Reuters, Fabrizio R., suffered a deep cut to the throat after his 16-year-old son, Mario, attacked him during an argument on Sunday over the soccer video game FIFA [...]

Dante's Inferno Singes the Faithful

Let’s talk about the tempest in a teapot that is the Dante’s Inferno video game protest.  Now being in the entertainment industry, a lapsed Catholic, and a gamer myself I find the whole thing rather comical.  A couple of weeks ago, there was a protest rally outside of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los [...]

Jan 142009
Army Wants XBox 360 Mallrats

Reuters reported today that: The U.S. Army, struggling to ensure it has enough manpower as it fights wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is wooing young Americans with videogames, Google maps and simulated attacks on enemy positions from an Apache helicopter. Departing from the recruiting environment of metal tables and uniformed soldiers in a drab military [...]

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