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Archive for August 5th, 2004
Posted on August 5th, 2004 at 2:05 pm under Gaming

More data, nothing really stunning, but still.

Police reject game link to murder UK police say that robbery was the motive for the killing, not the game.

They added: “We can confirm the game was not found in Warren Leblanc’s room, it was found in Stefan Pakeerah’s room.”

ELSPA ISSUES OPEN LETTER TO HOME SECRETARY ELSPA looks to be the British equivalent of the Entertainment Software Association in the US.

Manhunt Lawyer Speaks He sounds slightly less like a ranting loon this time out. But only slightly.

The funny thing is, in many ways I agree with this guy. I do think its important to keep M rated games out of the hands of kids. But ranting and raving like he does isn’t going to convince anyway. This is an issue that only time, I think, will take care of. Its a lot harder for a kid to get ahold of a XXX video (hard copy…let’s leave the ‘net out of this for now) or a bottle of scotch than it is for him/her to get ahold of an M rated game. But as today’s gamer generation matures and understands the issues, I think this problem will fade away.

Posted on August 5th, 2004 at 1:46 pm under Pointless Ramblings

UrbanPeel.com: Aquariass

Someone please buy one and then invite me over for a beer bash….

Posted on August 5th, 2004 at 1:40 pm under Gaming, Tech Talk

More stuff about Blu-Ray disks:
PlayStation 3 to use Blu-ray Disc

Maybe I’m showing my bias, but I think this’ll end up being a big push for Blu-ray over HD-DVD. If Sony sells PS3’s as fast as I suspect its going to, anyway…

Posted on August 5th, 2004 at 10:00 am under Tech Talk

Interesting excerpt from this NYT article: Delete: Bathwater. Undelete: Baby. (free registration might be required… if you don’t want to sign up, try bugmenot for a username and password).

Three billion messages a day arrive at the computers that run Hotmail, a Microsoft service with 170 million subscribers. The service blocks 2.7 billion of those messages, said George Webb, business manager for Microsoft’s anti-spam technology and strategy group.

Stunning, huh? Who responds to spam, anyway? Why is it still profitable?