An excerpt from the very beginning of a landmark case for video games today where they want to ban the sale of violent video games to minors:

MR. MORAZZINI: So this morning, California asks this Court to adopt a rule of law that permits States to restrict minors' ability to purchase deviant, violent video games that the legislature has determined ( Read more... )

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/rock-band-3-squier-stratocaster-plays-both-real-and-virtual-guit/

So Rock Band 3? It has you playing real guitar. In fact, they're selling a Squier Strat with sensors and you can ( Read more... )

Mass Effect 2 is all I can think about. Is this what it was like to see Empire Strikes Back when it came out?

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I had a decent weekend. When Liz told me she'd be in Ottawa all weekend, I was wondering what I'd do with my time. I managed to spend most of it having fun while still getting a lot of housework done ( Read more... )

Hmm. Borderlands looks good on 360, but I can tell it would look 1000x better on my laptop.

If only it had achievements on PC.

Brütal Legend is fucking awesome. It is completely metal. It is an obscene visual spectacle: like taking every metal album cover, but art direction making it look like it was made by Pixar. The animation is awesome, the voice acting is great (Jack Black is actually great in this), the action is extremely bloody. MAN. Awesome ( Read more... )

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I finally finished Half-Life 2. My brother bought it for me for my birthday in... 2006 maybe ( Read more... )

Friday:

- K-W Symphony with Liz

It was pretty kick-ass, except for the actual symphony at the end... apparently I hate the symphony as a form of music... I find it tedious and predictable ( Read more... )