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Elk River, Minnesota Pastor Eric Dykstra has "no problem bribing people with crap in order to meet Christ," which is why hitting up The Crossing Church for Easter Sunday services could win you a Nintendo 3DS. More »
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Pity the poor long snapper - the special-teams player who, unlike the kicker, both gets dirty and speaks English. Also, unlike the kicker, he rarely shows up in Madden NFL. Cullen Loeffler hasn't made the game in seven years. More »
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The Entertainment Software Association wants Minnesotans to be outraged, and maybe they should be. After the state pursued an obviously unconstitutional video game law in 2006 that sought to penalize minors who purchase or rent M or AO rated video games, the ESA was forced to challenge the law. They were successful, and the state had to pony up $65,000 in legal fees to the ESA for their effort. More »
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Minnesota radio station 93xRocks is holding a rather risque' contest on their popular Half-Assed Morning Show. While touring the fair twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, they found this large snow penis sculpture on an unknown person's front lawn. Their morning DJ minds immediately went into overdrive and they decided to hold a contest based on the over-sized ice phallus. Contestants were asked to create their own snow penis sculpture and email it in to the radio station for a chance to win an Xbox 360. Somehow, I would think giving away a Wii for this might be slightly more appropriate, but my guess is they couldn't get their hands on one. Let's hope this contest goes a sight better than the last tragic radio show console giveaway debacle we heard about. More »
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We recently reported on the satisfying squashing of the latest anti-games legislation, but the villains are on their feet and itching to get back into the fray. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=191364&view=rss&microfeed=true You know, we need to stop completely freaking out ever time some clueless ponce decides to twist his frilly thong over his head about video games and decides there ought to be a law against them "for the good of the children." They are clearly, self-evidently unconstitutional, and federal judges always overturn them as such. More »
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This is fascinating detail of a case I'm otherwise tired of hearing about: Federal District Court Judge James Rosenbaum, who is presiding over the case over a pending law in which $25 fines will be issued to underaged purchasers of M-rated games, asked a court clerk to bring an Xbox and several games into the courtroom. More »
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