I want to start this article off by thanking Fox News. Up until the day I happened upon their fair and balanced take on journalism, I assumed the world was safe. Sure, the economy is in the crapper and there is a ton of upheaval in the Middle East, but being the Disney-fied and apparently ignorant citizen that I am, I figured all that stuff would just correct itself. Boy, was I wrong. In short, the world is a super-duper [...]
I’m not one of these people who are so into politics that it clouds my judgment one way or the other. Although sometimes when I see or hear some of the stupid stuff being spewed out by the crazy folks over at the Fox News Channel, I am compelled to form an opinion and say something. This is one of those times, so bear with me. Insults will be hurled and I might even stoop to their level of not [...]
File this one under News Coming as No Surprise to Anyone – Fox News has gone out of its way to avoid doing anything resembling actual journalism which requires silly things like “fact checking” and “research.” On May 19, we reported on the National Endowment for the Arts’ decision to expand the Arts in Radio and Television funding to include digital interactive media – video games. Clearly explained on the NEA’s site, this funding isn’t going to be given to Activision [...]
The talking heads in our culture like to dissuade others from partaking in certain activities by making outrageous claims about those particular activities. While some of this fear mongering actually does apply to truly life threatening scenarios (such as smoking, eating too much or hang-gliding over broken glass) many others aren’t exactly steeped in fact. The recent Fox News story in reference to Bulletstorm and rape is a very good example. Such tactics concern me, not just because they paint a [...]
NBA Jam is a game of pure and simple arcade fun. Even with the fantastic additions to the new version, at its core it is still the same old great fast paced 2-on-2 basketball game we remember. EA Sports gone out of it’s way to avoid breaking what wasn’t broken and every new feature is rooted in the spirit of the classic sports title. So it should come as no surprise that the cast of unlockable characters builds off the [...]
