I just read an article that makes me angry. The amount of mis-information and fear mongering is just amazing. The article starts out We have an important warning for parents. Today marks the three-month anniversary of the launch of the Nintendo DS Wireless Connection. But Action News has learned this popular gaming system could put [...]
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Parenting is good!
December 27th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Gaming
I should start a running tally of bad vs. good portrayals of gaming in the media. Sure, the ratio would be 20 to 1 but it sure seems like the good ones are really good ones. The latest to go on the “Good Pile” is from the Washington Post, by Sebastian Mallaby, titled, “My son [...]
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V-chip for the Xbox
July 21st, 2005 · 7 Comments · Gaming
So there’s going to be parental control on the Xbox 360. I think is a good feature to add, in case little Johnny finds daddy’s pile of AO-rated GTAs when daddy’s not home. There are, however, two problems I see immediately. One, most parents are too technically ignorant to figure it out, their kids will [...]
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Gaming Parents: good little citizens.
January 27th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Commentary
It’s been passed around a lot already, but I couldn’t pass up the news story reporting that 35% of parents game. Not only can I include myself in that 35% (even though no one asked me), I loved this little tidbit: Gamer parents are also likely to be voters, according to the study, with 73 [...]
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