EU demands game developers play parents, protect kids from violent PS3, Xbox 360, Wii titles
April 23, 2008
You might laugh off the whole concept of violent Wii titles, but it isn’t out of the question. As for the EU, it is calling for an industry-designed code for what is acceptable to depict in video games and what could be damaging to impressionable youth. I don’t see what the problem is what that…after all, you can’t honestly expect parents to actually monitor their kids’ activities and video games, can you?
So maybe not Wii fanboys…but then again, most fanboys can’t formulate proper sentences or employ rhetoric in a fashion that is at all convincing. Fanboys are a rather recent product of both the internet and the production of competitive consoles from large corporations like Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo; the real question is, exactly what does all the shouting and name calling accomplish? 
Gamer.Blorge.com is excited to welcome a new columnist on board: the 16-Bit Sadist.  16-Bit will tear into a popular video game title each week, aiming to bring sharp insight into the shortcomings and flaws of modern gaming.  This week, 16-Bit will break down the outrageously popular multiplayer title Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. 
The AirForce Research Laboratory is purchasing 300 Sony PS3s to conduct “unspecified research” on Cell processors; the heart of every PS3. Why exactly it needs 300 of them to do so is not exactly clear; my guess is on some kind of artificial intelligence research. 
It’s no secret that the so-called “backwards compatibility” for PS2 games on the PS3 went from bad to horrible to not working at all. Current generation PS3s lack any PS2 hardware and rely on software emulation which doesn’t work very often, if at all. The company may soon offer downloadable PS2 games “made” for the PS3 over the PlayStation Network. 
We reported on this just this morning. Tyrone Spellman aka Anwar Salahuddin was accused of killing his 17-month old daughter for breaking his Xbox 360 and has been found guilty by a Pennsylvania jury. 
The game did it. That’s what we here a lot these days when video games are involved in any way with a crime. This case is slightly different however. Tyrone Spellman aka Anwar Salahuddin allegedly killed his 17-month old daughter over a Xbox 360 console. 
This has got to be a record. A certain Xbox 360 owner has had his Xbox 360 repaired five times by Microsoft and it is still not working properly. The company is supposed to replace any Xbox 360 after the fourth repair attempt but that did not happen. This is the story of “Greg” and his attempts to get his Xbox 360 repaired. 
If only it were true, if only. A popular site for tracking the sales figures for the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii has made a grievous error by swapping the numbers for the PS3 and Wii, the Xbox 360 appears unaffected. 