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Features
7:00AM Stephen Totilo | This is the second in a series (maybe) of posts labelled “Hindsight” that discuss games you may have thought we were done writing about. Last time: Godfather II The Game. This time: X-Men Origins: Wolverine. More »
The Awards We Don’t Give
7:00AM Stephen Totilo | This is the second in a series (maybe) of posts labelled “Hindsight” that discuss games you may have thought we were done writing about. Last time: Godfather II The Game. This time: X-Men Origins: Wolverine. More » 
Culture
Buddhist Monk: Games Satiate My Desire For Aggression
4:00AM Owen Good | Trinley Dorje (pictured) is a pretty hip guy. Like many 24-year-olds, he’s into popular music and video games. He’s also the Karmapa Lama — the only senior Buddhist leader recognised by the governments of China, India and Tibet. More »
Hands On
Swords & Soldiers Micro-Review: Violence Included
7:00AM Stephen Totilo | WiiWare had been hurting for games about killing. But the originators of de Blob have released a cartoon-violent battle between Vikings, Aztecs and ninja monkeys to more than compensate. More »
Culture
New Columbine Book Touches on Gaming Connections
2:00AM Brian Crecente | Columbine: A True Crime Story offers a fresh perspective on the Columbine shooting, digging into the intricate web of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold’s lives, from video games to team sports, and how they went from cub scouts to killers. More »
Study Determines Violence Has No Effect on Games’ Appeal
6:00AM Owen Good | Researchers modified Half-Life 2 to study whether violence makes a game more enjoyable for players. The short answer: It does not. More »
Petric Convicted Of Halo 3 Inspired Matricide
2:20AM Mike Fahey | Daniel Petric, the Ohio teen who shot and killed his mother over a dispute involving Halo 3, was convicted today of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, and other charges related to the heinous crime. More »
Boys Hang Kitten With Game Controller, Sheriff Blames GTA
10:30AM Michael McWhertor | Two Arizona boys have admitted to local law enforcement that they strangled a four month old cat with a video game controller and stoned it to death. Who’s to blame? Grand Theft Auto. More »
News
EA Are ‘Pigs’ Says German Critic
7:20AM Stuart Houghton | Oh hey, now steady on. Can’t we all just get along? More »
Gendering Game Violence
4:30AM Maggie Greene | There’s another great post at Vorpal Bunny Ranch, this one looking at the issue of female game protagonists and game violence — there seem to be different expectations placed on the reaction of female protagonists to violence that is par for the course for male characters. Oh, sure, violence may still be there, but it takes on a different tone. Is this societal expectations playing out on our consoles and PCs?: More »
