EA's Medal of Honor Game Courts Controversy ("Play as the Taliban" mode)
Electronic Arts is bringing the Medal of Honor game series (the first of the new generation of World War II shooter) in a game set in the WOT. Some people are annoyed that gamers are able to play as the Taliban. From the story: I was glad to see that EA was resurrecting the Medal of Honor series and turning it over to the DICE team. I suspected that they might try to top the excesses of Modern Warfare, but I haven't seen enough of it to know either way. Neither has Britain’s Defence Secretary Liam Fox, but that hasn't...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 06:58:47 PM
Charles S. Roberts, Inventor of the Wargame, Dies at 80 (founder of Avalon Hill)
Charles S. Roberts, the founder of Avalon Hill and the inventor of the modern wargame, passed away last week.
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 06:58:47 PM
Battle of Britain Online Game
Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England) was one of the most famous battles of World War Two. Take control of a Polish airmen of the 303 Squadron during World War II. Play with friends or fight against other human opponents in multiplayer mode. Use arrow keys to control your plane and press Z to increase to full throttle. Press X to fire machine guns. Much fun with Battle of Britain.
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 06:58:47 PM
User Problems with i-Obama 1.0
Incompetent Obama First Edition - or i-Obama 1.0 - is a program released in Winter 2007-08 to widespread media acclaim and, ominously, very little critical analysis. While gushed over by various know-it-all media celebrities - including Campbell Brown, Chris Mathews, Peggy Noonan, and others, who claimed it could do just about anything - users quickly found the program had severe operational limitations. For starters, it is useless unless TelePrompter 1.0 is also running. Further, users found that, whenever they tried to get the program to actually do some "work", it spontaneously defaulted to the Games section, especially Golf 1.0, Basketball...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 06:58:47 PM
Free speech versus kids and violent video games
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will decide whether free speech rights are more important than helping parents keep violent material away from children. The justices agreed Monday to consider reinstating California's ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, a law the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco threw out last year on grounds that it violated minors' constitutional rights. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who signed the law in 2005, said he was pleased the high court would review the appeals court decision. He said, "We have a responsibility to our kids and...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 06:58:47 PM
Study: Brain games don't make you smarter ("Bang Goes the Theory")
LONDON – People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests. In a six-week study, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive skills didn't get any smarter. Researchers recruited participants from viewers of the BBC's science show "Bang Goes the Theory." More than 8,600 people aged 18 to 60 were asked to play online brain games designed by the researchers to improve their memory, reasoning and other skills for at least 10 minutes a day, three times a week. They were compared to more than 2,700...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 06:58:47 PM
Wounded Soldiers Seek Growth at Warrior Games
WASHINGTON, April 15, 2010 – Each of the 200 disabled veterans and wounded servicemembers training for next month’s inaugural Warrior Games has demons to battle and obstacles to overcome. Army Spc. Craig C. Smith, a wounded warrior recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., launches a discus during training at Walter Reed on April 13, 2010, for the inaugural Warrior Games scheduled May 10-14 in Colorado Springs, Colo. DoD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. After a sniper shattered his upper right leg two years ago in Iraq,...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 06:58:47 PM
Warrior Games Seek to Inspire Disabled Warriors
ARLINGTON, Va., April 13, 2010 – The goal of the inaugural Warrior Games, scheduled for May 11-14, is to build confidence and provide rehabilitation for disabled servicemembers and veterans, the commander of U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command said yesterday. “We want to inspire [disabled] soldiers to get out there and prove that there are a lot of things that they really can do,” Army Brig. Gen. Gary Cheek said in an interview with American Forces Press Service and the Pentagon Channel. “It sort of reinforces the notion that all the services have: [The Warrior Games] is about your abilities, not...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 06:58:47 PM
Lessons from Rome: Entertain the People with Games
Like many Americans I’m a huge sports fan. I like a number of different sporting events from NASCAR to football. Most team sports are a combination of individual effort and teamwork with a goal of winning. Whether you participate or you’re a spectator, we all tend to get caught up in the games. For a moment in time our troubles seem to lessen as we cheer on our favorite team or player. We experience their successes and failures as if they were our own. Yes that’s right for a moment in time we are distracted from everyday events and all...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 06:58:47 PM
Local man invents Cosmic Cornhole
FAIRBORN — Though Ohio’s unemployment rate has almost reached 11 percent, one man recently laid off — on his birthday, no less — did not let his situation keep him from pursuing his passions. “It was either that or give up. I just had to apply myself,” said Mike Deal of Fairborn. Deal said that he tried to get his first patent when he was nine years old for a remote-controlled camera. “I couldn’t get the funding for a patent, though. No one would give a 9-year-old the funding for a patent,” said Deal, laughing. Deal’s latest patent idea, however,...
Published on Monday 30th of August 2010 06:58:47 PM
"To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time."
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Melbourne: Australian city named for British prime minister Lord Melbourne was founded (1835)
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