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CTV.ca – 6 hours ago It’s been awhile since I have been this badly addicted to a video game. Halo Wars has occupied every free moment I’ve had in the past two weeks. Halo Wars demo debuts on Live GamingExcellence Halo Wars first impressions ElectricPig.tv Pocket-lint.co.uk – The Province – Atomic – Blast all 18 news articles |
Researchers are now finding so many negative links between gaming and your physical and mental health – from self-esteem to dementia, anger to bladder control %u2013 that they’re stopping just shy of outright blaming Halo for erectile dysfunction and Tomb Raider for the sudden surge in autism.
“I just wanted my wedding to be a little more interesting than the average wedding,” …… “Basically, I just wanted to play video games at my wedding.”
Games aren’t always serious business. Sure, you’ve got your coding, meetings, and budgetary concerns, but there’s also a fair bit of, well, gaming goofiness. So we asked Ensemble’s Dave Pottinger, lead designer on Halo Wars, to write an article for us rounding up quirky facts about the game and its development. Here’s what he sent our way.
Is carnage splattering the walls of Valhalla’s hot gates? Should you be adding camping stools into the top of Construct via Forge? Our stats radar is tracking every kill and death in Halo 3. The darker the red, the more frequent the carnage.
oldwindways writes “An Ohio teen was found guilty of murdering his mother and shooting his father in the head after they took away his copy of Halo 3. One has to wonder if this is going to have any effect on the games industry. Clearly, the AP thought they could stir up something controversial by asking the IP owner for a statement: ‘Microsoft, which owns the intellectual property for the game, declined to comment beyond a statement saying: “We are aware of the situation and it is a tragic case.”‘ I suppose the good news is they did not accept his insanity plea, so no one can claim that Halo 3 drove him insane. Even so, I don’t think anything good can come out of this for gamers.” Unfortunately, it seems somebody can claim that the game was a contributing factor; the judge who presided over this case said he believes that the 17-year-old defendant “had no idea at the time he hatched this plot that if he killed his parents, they would be dead forever.” GamePolitics has further details from the judge’s statement. It doesn’t help that the boy’s lawyers used video game addiction as a defense.
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Daniel Petric, the Ohio teen who shot and killed his mother over a dispute involving Halo 3, was convicted today of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, and other charges related to the heinous crime.
