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Real Violence, Not Video Game Violence, Poses the Real Threat to Children
We're more concerned with depicting a problem than with the problem itself. Proof: A law to ban selling violent video games to kids had to go to the Supreme Court to be ruled stupid.
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Valve Makes Team Fortress Free -- Because That's Where the Money Is
Valve's decision to stop charging for its Team Fortress 2 game means it will probably make a lot more money. It is also the latest indicator that pay-to-play may have seen its day.
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Duke Nukem Will Return (Again), and Other Odd Stories from the Week
Duke Nukem Forever has received some of the harshest reviews in game history. Despite this, Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded will be released this fall. This is not going to end well.
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Anti-Immigration Law's (Intended) Consequences: Destruction of Small Farmers
Only thing is worse than an ineffective law is an effective one. Look at Georgia where farmers are being ruined by a lack of workers caused by a tough new anti-illegal immigration law.
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NFL's Billionaires and Millionaires Have Common Ground to End Strike
Bad news for fans of the Carolina Panthers, Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals: There is going to be an NFL season and your teams are going to suck again.
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Why the Afghanistan War Decision Should Be an Economic One
President Obama's decision to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan is viewed as primarily a military or political issue. It would be better if it were an economic one.
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Cops' Crackdown on LulzSec Motivated by Embarrassment, Not Danger
The cops are fixated on the LulzSec hackers not because they're the most dangerous but because they're the most embarrassing. They are also the most helpful. Priorities?
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Baseball's Veto of Fox-Dodgers Deal Assures a League Takeover
Major League Baseball's rejection of a $3 billion deal between L.A. Dodgers' and Fox TV will cost owner Frank McCourt more than money. Before the month is out he's going to lose his team.
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Redbox To Rent Video Games in Kiosks. Too Bad Everyone's Getting Them Online
Redbox's decision to rent video games from kiosks as it does with movies is a very sound one. For the short term. The very, very short-term.
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10 of the Weirdest Licensing Deals Ever, Starting With Gene Simmons and Hello Kitty
Gene Simmons' band Kiss is working on a co-branding deal with Sanrio's Hello Kitty. Too much tongue meet doesn't have a mouth. Here are 9 licensing/branding deals every bit as odd.
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Ante Up: Congress Wagers That Legal Online Poker Could Be a Jackpot
Online poker has been offline in the U.S. since a federal crackdown in April. Now people are betting a House bill will change that because the government would get a cut of the pot.
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Good News: There Is No Network-Hacking Deluge. Bad News: It's Always Like This
The media says we're in the midst of an unprecedented hacking free-for-all. The fact is, we're not. The real problem is that network security has been laughably bad for a long time.
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Supreme Court: Too Many Women at Walmart To Have Any Class (Action)
The Supreme Court dismissed a class-action suit against Wal-Mart (WMT), the nation's largest private employer, because the class - women - was too numerous. What?
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You, Too, Can Be Stewie Griffin, and Other Odd Stories
This week's oddities include an RPG that will let you play Stewie Griffin, neurologists studying the brain injuries of comic book heroes, a Hot Wheels movie and My Little Pony.
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Why Write a Book When You've Got a Bestselling Title?
Go the F**k to Sleep and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies prove the book part of "best-selling book" is now entirely optional. Now all you need is a title.
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Why We Need a Sensationalized Bloody Video Game About the Mexican Drug War
Mexican politicians have condemned the game Call of Juarez, about Mexico's drug war, as cashing in on a tragedy. Maybe some good will come from it: Getting the U.S. to pay attention.
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Duke Nukem's Case Study on How Not to Do Public Relations
Why pay $160 a year to the Harvard Business Review for case studies abut business when the PR firm for the game Duke Nukem is offering a free lesson entitled "Don't Do This"?
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Business and Government Jonesing for a Hit of Pot Revenues
As the economy continues to wander around with a glazed look in its eyes, is it really any surprise that businesses and government are turning to marijuana for a fix?
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Capitalism Happens: Why Unemployment Shouldn't Be a Moral Issue
Being unemployed is a moral issue in the United States. If you are unemployed you must have done something wrong. Which means Americans don't have a clue about how capitalism works.
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Possible Manchester United IPO Looks Better Than Actual Tech Offerings
With growing revenues and a business model that actually makes sense, Manchester United's rumored IPO looks better than the actual ones from GroupOn, LinkedIn, Pandora and the like.
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