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This week: Violence, violence, and more violence in video games

25 to Life

No Silence for Violence

Triggermen admit GTA inspired to kill in Oakland
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If this isn't more fuel for another Jack-off Thompson inspired rant, then I don't know what is. Can we just all get a grip and stop destroying the video game industry for those who game for fun?

25 to Life Outrage
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For those that didn't catch the critic's reviews; the game sucks and few will buy it, eventually selling it back to buy something good--like GTA: San Andreas.

Violence in Videogames
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GameSpot's in-depth feature on mirror neuron-mumbo jumbo breaks down the fact that if we see ourselves as game characters, we'd probably feel what those game characters are feeling. Yeah, it didn't make sense to us either.

ESRB speaks out about violence
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This IGN article is a basic breakdown of what the ESRB is and an interview with ESRB President, Patricia Vance, to boot.

Red Cross to the Rescue

Helping the World, One Game at a Time

Make a game about Africa
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Developers are hitting up the MMO genre while it's hot and the team at Rapid Reality is dead set on joining suit. The plan: An MMO that is educational about the African culture, but still worth playing. So long as I can be King of Mali, count me in.

Red Cross Condemns Misuse of Emblem
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Then let's make a platformer where you run around as a giant red cross and save lives. Anyone remember 7-UP's Cool Spot?

Average salaries in game industry
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Where in the Hell did these numbers come from?! How about everything here divided by two.

Cultural Choices for Game Platforms
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Well, duh! And did they call it a Playstation II? Hah!

Watching game tournament
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Anyone can register and compete, therefore anyone can get his or her n00bie ass handed back in a pleasantly wrapped package as well. I feel surprisingly inspired to buy a Dell XPS laptop all of a sudden--I wonder why.

Courtesy 1up

The 1up Take Over

Retro Rip-offs
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By removing the cut and paste mentality from this world, we wouldn't be getting superb hits like F.E.A.R. (FPS regurgitation), God of War (Prince of Persia with fury), or the upcoming Gears of War (obvious Resident Evil 4 rip-off).

Behind the scenes of making a cover
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Karen Chu gives yet another entertaining read with a lot of pictures to gawk at. Did I mention it's all about Prey!

Funny Top Ten
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I sense something very sexual about this Top Ten.

Another Top Ten
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The Top Ten Lists are catching on and even IGN wants a piece of the action. They have no where near the size of our repertoire, but it's a good start.