My so called life*

“Towards the end of his website Jack gets a little too philosophical for his own good. Apparently he’s trying to “protect our freedoms”, obviously through appearing on TV hundreds of times. I’d love to see evidence that Jack is trying to push the video games industry towards a less sensational focus on violence, but quite frankly I see no evidence that Jack has done anything to help other than “predict” that some teenage killers played video games. Neither is there any advice on ratings systems for games, links to violent gaming studies, comparisons to other forms of violent media or any previous experience with violent gaming court cases. At least he gives some very valuable advice for gun owning families; “If you have kids, have them start shooting hoops instead of humans.” I’m assuming this means shooting humans in games, but I guess it’s helpful if your kid ever picks up a gun. Just make sure to remind little johnny not to shoot humans before you give him a gun.”

http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000847051043/
http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000847051043/
http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000847051043/

Me want one.

http://funfurde.blogspot.com/2005/07/embrio.html
http://funfurde.blogspot.com/2005/07/embrio.html
http://funfurde.blogspot.com/2005/07/embrio.html

Gaming and gender is being a rather popular subject lately. Pretty much all gaming bloggers and news sites wrote their *interesting* (:rolleyes:) points of view.

Buuut, I actually enjoyed Mike’s post in Game Girl Advance. Click it.

“Although the Frag Dolls and Morgan Webb and the PSP Licker are definitely all well-versed, well-meaning individuals who love gaming as much as anyone, is there something disconcerting about their media spotlight? Does the fact that video games can now be marketed as a good “turn on” for Playboy bunnies and super models mean that, in some way or another, a male-oriented market has sexualized the act of gaming? Are gaming girls being encouraged to like shoot-’em-ups because that’ll make them hotter? Put another way, which is more important to these media outlets: the gamer or the attractive woman? And if your answer is “both,” does that mean that these people are being marketed as some form of novelty, a financially-sound surprise based on a cynical belief the Venn Diagram of life rarely allows “gamer” and “woman” and “attraction” to intersect?”

http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2005/07/17/lipstick_gamers.html
http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2005/07/17/lipstick_gamers.html
http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2005/07/17/lipstick_gamers.html

Mogul wants to know what can you see in this picture.

LMAO.

http://www.pwned.nl/ayb/
http://www.pwned.nl/ayb/
http://www.pwned.nl/ayb/

I’m speechless.

http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2433520&htv=12&htv=12
http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2433520&htv=12&htv=12
http://www.ifilm.com/filmdetail?ifilmid=2433520&htv=12&htv=12

I don’t like crying.

Original in:

http://volokh.com/posts/1121185782.shtml
http://volokh.com/posts/1121185782.shtml
http://volokh.com/posts/1121185782.shtml

‘The term has long annoyed me (well, as long as Fox and others have been using it, which I suppose hasn’t been that long), so I thought I’d repost Juan Non-Volokh’s post on this from two and a half years ago (one paragraph break added):

“HOMICIDE BOMBERS”: I know that it has become fashionable in some circles to use the term “homicide bomber” in place of “suicide bomber.” This is unfortunate. Even though I am generally sympathetic to the political views of those who use the term, I think that it represents a positively Orwellian misuse of the English language for political purposes of exactly the sort that many who use the term would otherwise condemn.

Would it make any sense to refer to a murderer as a “homicide killer”? Should we have called the D.C. snipers the “homicide snipers”? Of course not. Why not? Because it is redundant and the addition of the word “homicide” does not clarify or provide additional detail. If a killer took his own life after that of his victim(s), it would make no sense to refer to him as a “homicide killer.” The same is true here.
Continue reading “Suicide bombers VS Homicide Bombers (by E. Volokh)” →

I’m gonna start sending those to some of my best friends. Who knows, we might be lucky!

http://www.suelzkotlett.de/
http://www.suelzkotlett.de/
http://www.suelzkotlett.de/