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Utah Pol Throws In The Towel on Anti-Game Bill After Supreme Court Ruling
Most of the time, a Supreme Court ruling has its intended effect of being the final word on laws, be they good or bad. On some issues, you can count on the defeated side looking for a way around the decision. The Utah state legislator behind an anti-games bill says he won’t pursue it in…
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Teen Who Tore Modern Warfare Mom a New One is Embarrassed and Sorry [Updated]
[Updated] Last night, the fury took over. The first time in three weeks he fired up the Xbox 360, and some little shit was griefing him in Modern Warfare 2. Hell, he normally plays Battlefield. As the two yelled at each other across Xbox Live, Cody, 17, heard the voice of his antagonist’s mother coming…
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Judge Tricks Child Burglar Into Surrendering Xbox 360
In Northern Ireland, a 13-year-old boy was hauled before a judge to answer for a string of burglaries. The judge asked to know what among the boy’s possessions matter most to him. The Xbox 360, the lad replied. Dumbass. When judges ask a thing like this, they mean to trick you, young criminal. And now…
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World of Fourcraft is Like Real-Life Risk, Played in New York
Foursquare, the hot social network expansion that … does … social things … yeah, actually, that’s sort of the problem. Sensing an opportunity to make the “check-in” utility for Twitter “more compelling for long-term use,” some people have used it to turn New York into a giant game of Risk Foursquare, if you don’t use…
By Owen Good
