I got bored so, here's some fun stuff



Obviosly a number of these have a big, Big WTF factor



some posts from memestreams



] Experienced players of these games are 30 percent to 50

] percent better than nonplayers at taking in everything

] that happens around them, according to the research, which

] appears today in the journal Nature. They identify objects

] in their peripheral vision, perceiving numerous objects

] without having to count them, switch attention rapidly

] and track many items at once.


I knew all that Grand Theft Auto playing would pay off.


] The professor and her student decided to study the

] connection between video game playing and visual

] attention. They carried out four experiments on

] undergraduates, all of them male because no female

] shooter game fans could be found on campus.


Haha..


Video-Game Killing Builds Visual Skills, Researchers




] You've seen these cards on the nightly news. They've been

] featured in newspapers worldwide. Now you can own the one

] true collector's item from Operation Iraqi Freedom. This

] is the same 55-card deck given to Coalition soldiers

] featuring the Iraq's 52 "Most-Wanted" leaders.


Yours for only $5.95


GreatUSAflags.com - Iraqi 'Most-Wanted' Deck of Playing Cards




Some posts from geek.com


Nintendo stops production of ancient consoles - Nintendo will finally stop making its NES and SNES consoles in Japan in September. The consoles, which were called the Famicom and Super Famicom in Japan, have been kept in production since their inception in Nintendo's homeland. The 8-bit machine hit stores in Japan on July 15, 1983. Some sources in Japan believe that the decision to pull the plug on the two systems is, in fact, the beginning of a revival for the Famicom. This July will be the 20th anniversary of the original Famicom. It's kind of sad to see the NESes go. I have many a fond memory of staying up late trying to beat all of the Mario games, or spending snow days trying to master the original Teenage Mutant Ninja game ... does anyone remember that one? - by Brian D.



Lawyer blames murder on violent video games - A Florida lawyer hopes to defend a 16-year-old boy in a murder case, claiming the teen was driven to kill by his love of aggressive video games. The attorney is trying to get an Ohio judge to appoint him to the case so he can make the argument before a jury. Here's just of taste of what's to come if Jack Thompson gets his chance: "Whatever happened (in JoLynn's death), it was not murder," Thompson has written. "The American video industry must share the blame." The 17-year-old victim, JoLynn, was found with her skull crushed and her body stabbed multiple times. The suspect, Dustin Lynch, now 16, was later found in JoLynn's stolen car. The family of the victim also believes that video games are to blame for their daughter's death, apparently. "It has been our desire and our intent to assist in Lynch's defense as witnesses to his nonviolent nature while he was a guest in our home as well as to his obsessive video game behavior," the victim's father wrote to a judge in the case. - by Brian D. Crecente



Young teens go on crime spree to fuel video gameathon at café - Apparently all-nighters at video game cafés are becoming a problem for very young teens in New Zealand. Recently, two 13-year-old video game "junkies" were arrested after they went on a four-day gaming binge fueled by cash stolen from 40 taxis over 6 weeks. The boys had apparently slept under the café's computer desks on several occasions, and were apparently majorly addicted to Counter-Strike. According to the article a lot of Kiwis (a.k.a. New Zealanders) drop their kids off at gaming cafés so they can go dance and drink the night away unfettered by their spawn. Local authorities are pressuring the café owners to keep a better eye on younger patrons and chiding the parents of children. Is this a whole new type of latch-key kids, I wonder? Keyboard Kids? How strange. - by Brian D. Crecente



New PlayStation 2 due out early next year - Holy crap! Sony is breaking all of the rules, announcing a new console dubbed the PSX due out NEXT YEAR. The device will have a PS2 at its heart, but will feature a 120 GB hard drive, recordable DVD RW/R drive, TV tuner, and an Ethernet port. The device will also include USB 2.0 support, a Memory Stick slot, and a connector for its upcoming PSP portable gaming system. The system comes with a pretty snazzy face-lift that will make you want to make this baby the cornerstone of your entertainment system. The idea is to create a new home entertainment market for the PlayStation brand. The PSX is due out by the end of the year in Japan, and in the U.S. and Europe in early 2004. No word on price, but I expect you'll have to sell your liver to get your hands on this bad boy ... a good deal if you ask me. I wonder what this release will do to the timing of the PS3? Kind of makes it hard to decide what to do as a consumer: wait for the new PSX featuring PS3 technology or leap now. Thanks to Geekzilla for the heads-up. - by Brian D. Crecente