So, What You're Saying Is That Gitmo Is For WoW Addicts?

A friend of mine posted this on his own blog, so I stole it and posted it here.

[EDIT] April 18, 2007

Evidently the above link is now dead. But have no fear, I have found some other links that provide some of the same information. In fact, one could even say they are better.

Here's one link.

Here's another.

Basically, these stories are about treating "video game addiction," using rather extreme methods in some cases.

Dammit Nurse, I Said Left Right Left Right Up Down Up Down A B A B Start!

The healing power of video games is finally proven. Does this mean they'll be playing golf on the Wii now?

Running the world - Jarvis Cocker

I apologize for Mr. Cocker's use of the term cunt. Shit, now I've used it.

Speaking of Old Games...

Derek, I'm going to break into your house and steal your Dreamcast so I can play this game. Just so you know.

I'm Not Sure How Many Zombies This Post Would Kill

I was having a conversation with myself yesterday, and Typing of the Dead came up. Motivated to procrastinate, I did some research and found some links about it. Clearly this game needs to be brought back.

Maybe This Will Mean I Can Find One In The Store

Steve Tilley from Wham! Gaming has an interesting piece about the potential for a Wii backlash. Shocking. Consumers growing tired of a gimmick.

Is It Irony...

...when a story on the deleterious effects of video games features advertising for video games? From that bastion of investigative journalism, Yahoo! News*, a story on the addictiveness of video games.






* The exclamation point is an underappreciated punctuation mark in the realm of journalism.

Jesus Saves...Because He Hates Losing His Game Progress

A church here in London is holding an Xbox tournament as an outreach program. Some guy from the Freeps wrote about it.

NCAA Playbour

One thing I neglected to mention in my presentation is the underground economy that has sprung up, catering to those players who want player names, but don't have the time, energy, or gumption to edit the players themselves. That's where these guys come in.

Eeeeeeee!

Yeah, I'm only posting this because I'm a big nerd.

The Ceremonies Were Temporarily Halted When One Of The Presenters Froze Up

People won stuff. Other people lost. No word on whether there was a tearful Mario/Wario reunion backstage.

Yeah, Rendering It In A 3-D Virtual Environment Makes It Look Better

Even in a virtual world, the backseat is too small to do anything.

Stop Escalation

Yeah, this has nothing to do with games...or does it?

I'm Sure Some Politician Will Try To Capitalize On This

If you cheer for things based solely on country of origin, this is the story for you.

PS3 & Wii Games Suggestions

As per Trent's suggestion, feel free to use this post as a place to suggest games to purchase for the PS3 and Wii in the games lab. Just go to comments to add your suggestions.

Really...Suzanne Vega?

Does Suzanne Vega count as a celebrity?

This Is What I Was Looking For

Not that this product is any better than the other stuff.

Totally By Accident

Okay, so I was looking for something completely different. Well, not completely different, but this isn't what I was looking for when I found this. But its interesting. And only slightly very creepy.

Someone Using Photoshop Could Totally Take This Picture Out of Context

Oh yeah, and the article has some interesting stuff to say about the Wii.