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The Morning Show's Other Gaming Expert

Leave it to Jack to steal the anti-Halo 3 spotlight from someone even more deserving of our scrutiny. During JT's appearance on The Morning Show that Crecente picked over last week, Dr. Susan Bartel also appeared on the show to condemn violent games using the amazingly technical explanation that "When kids play violent video games, we can see that their brains are different than when they play non-violent games," going on to say that "We can see a very big difference in their brains which tells us how dangerous these games can be." Right, because brain activity is bad of course. When co-host Juliet asks how the increased brain activity is dangerous, Dr. Bartel leaps into a rant on how a child gets into the role and could kill people if bumped into in the street, completely dodging the question. More »

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Rock Band Locations, Locations, Locations

We're dangerously close to the release of Harmonix's Rock Band, resulting in a post Thanksgiving epidemic of crude attempts to ape real life drumming and guitar shredding, but we know little about the virtual locations in which we'll rock out. The Cambridge based developer has been known to thrown in nods to many Boston area locales in the Guitar Hero series, but now they're expanding their reach. Yahoo! Games has pinned down the New York, Boston and Los Angeles area venues, each with cleverly named knock-offs like Heebie Jeebie's and The Snake Pit. More »