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Why Robin Makes Batman Better It took five years, but a woman who played World of Warcraft day after day as her three-year-old daughter wasted away, dying of malnutrition and dehydration, is headed to prison. Rebecca Colleen Christie of Las Cruces, New Mexico was sentenced to 25 years in prison yesterday.
The 34-year-old woman who left her 13-month-old boy alone in a bathtub while she played a Facebook video game got 10 years in prison, as prosecutors pursued a stiff sentence to underscore the seriousness of the crime.
There seem to be few gaming stories out of Korea lately that don’t involve some sort of fatality. In this case, a 19-year-old college student died after a 12-hour-session with an FPS at an Internet parlor.
On October 6, Gears of War composer Kevin Riepl tweeted that he thought someone “roofied” him while out drinking. He’d blacked out. “Somethings effed up,” he added. “Like literally. Something knocked me out.” Within days, Riepl was on live support.
The Chinese government has taken swift steps to deal with teenagers that are addicted to online games and the internet. One step has been the creation of boot camps.
June 8, 2008 was a dark day in Japan. A temp worker drove a rented truck into a group of pedestrians in Tokyo’s geek mecca, Akihabara. He got out and began randomly stabbing bystanders. Seven were left dead, 10 injured.
Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns was the first man to win titles in four different weight classes. That was more than 20 years ago. He’s now in debt to the IRS, and his possessions are being auctioned to pay the bill.
