‘Video Games’ Archives
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 2009. Police [...]
Computer Love: Man Marries Videogame Chick
Is it me? Why can't I find something mundane or boring about Japanese culture? In what surely must be the first wedding of its kind, a man has married an anime videogame character. Last Sunday, a man named Sal9000 married the love of his life. Her name is Nene Anegasaki, and she lives inside of a Nintendo DS video game called Love Plus. The [...]
Russian Road Roulette Rages in Bulgaria
What's the best way to separate a fool from his money? Make a crazy bet that appeals to his sense of machismo and have losing that bet end up in serious injury or death. Which of course makes it easier to collect on such a bet. In Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, these simple rules are being followed as some motorists are playing a [...]
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 Angeles. About twenty angry [...]
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 [...]
