Archive for February 21st, 2008

Thoughts on video…

I would agree that television is addictive. Everyone gets hooked on certain shows, like Lost or Grey’s Anatomy. Or some get sucked into reality television like Flavor of Love or Dancing with the Stars. Think about American Idol. Without viewers, that show wouldn’t exist. Look at the people who have [...]

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Arrested for gaming success…

The article below is from Foxnews.com. Here is the link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3313…
When does gaming go too far?
DELHI, La. — A call mistakenly made by a victorious video gamer led to his arrest on an outstanding warrant.
Authorities arrested Thomas Ballard, 29, of Delhi, early Monday after a woman reported receiving a late-night call from someone saying, “I [...]

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Blocking blogging?!?

I can’t remember if it was in this class that we talked about schools regulating student’s usage of the internet or not. The conversation was about how schools would give students computers to use but the computers were so locked down that they could barely use google. I found some articles today on [...]

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