Fresh off his announcement to ban sodas, sweetened ice tea and energy drinks above 16 ounces, New York City’s Mayor Bloomberg has found a new target — the video game industry. Taking a cue from Reps. Joe Baca (D-CA) and Frank Wolf’s (R-VA), Violence in Video Games Labeling Act (which seeks to put violence warning […]
Go right
May 2, 2012 By 7 Comments
Anyone who grew up playing video games as a kid needs to watch the video ‘Go right.’ It’s amazing. Even a lot of people who don’t like video games, don’t care for them, and wish they didn’t exist will get it. Long story short, in most side-scrolling video games you spend a lot of your […]
Reps. Baca and Wolf need warning labels on their forehead.
March 25, 2012 By 1 Comment
The United States is 16 trillion dollars in debt. What’s that mean? If you guessed, “we need someone to tackle video game warning labels,” you move to the head of the class. Yes, that’s right, our brilliant Representatives, Joe Baca (D-CA) and Frank Wolf (R-VA), are on the case, spending vast amounts of time and […]
Medal of Honor Controversy? Not if Taliban Watermelons Explode.
August 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
The most interesting aspect of the upcoming Medal of Honor game, in which your friendly neighborhood jiahdist (or jihadi sympathizer) can now enter into virtual battles with Americans before launching real attacks, isn’t that XBOX competitions are going to get very interesting in the coming months—it’s that there will undoubtedly be someone watching it all […]
Olivia Munn: Wonder Woman or Shameless Fame Hound?
July 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If you read my blog post on Wonder Woman’s new costume, and you’re a fan of Olivia Munn, you probably know that she would never be a fan of mine. Here’s what she has to say about the Wonder Woman hubbub: “Isn’t the patriotism in your heart? Why do you have to wear it on […]
Maniac Mansion: Barack Obama Edition
June 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Growing up in the 80′s, Maniac Mansion was one of my favorite games. Unlike most other titles out at the time, it didn’t have a predetermined outcome. You hand picked your team from a number of different characters, each with their own unique skill set. Players had to be strategic about who they chose on […]
Charles Blow of the New York Times: KO’d Street Fighter Style.
April 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
According to Charles Blow of the New York Times, opposition to health care is the irrational result of listening to Rush Limbaugh and Fox news. Polls like this apparently have less to do with some of the empirical evidence used by Rush Limbaugh on a daily basis, and more to do with some sort of […]
