Video games have become sleeker, harder, faster, and better to an exponential degree in the last 10 years.  This has been mostly awesome, but the increased intensity of games has yielded an echo of similarly intense behavior in those that play the games.  Sometimes this behavior goes well beyond throwing one’s controller across the room.  At the far end of this spectrum are 10 deaths caused by video games.

Quotes from spike.com written by Reverend Danger

7. Everquest Suicide

This story is up for some debate.  But the fact is that then-21-year-old Shawn Woolley played hours of the online game Everquest before fatally shooting himself while sitting in front of his computer.  His mother found him with notes related to the game strewn about the room, but none of them offered specific evidence for his motivation

6. 13-Year-Old Commits WoW Suicide

Xiao Yi was 13 when he jumped from the top of a 24-story building.  The note he left behind for his parents was written from the point of view of a video game character.  Further, the note detailed his wish to meet three of his gaming friends in the afterlife.  His parents asked him, at one point, about

Female gamers are on a rise, so I'm not surprised with the recent research done by American Association for the Advancement of Science, which said more girls are apparently gaming online nowadays and they are also more hardcore when they are at it than guys.

it was revealed that the interest in online games has increased significant in women, and they also spend more time gaming. The study was done in the MMO EverQuest II. Why they didn't choose WoW with a wider range of players is unknown. Here is a snip:

• Girl gamers play more hours a week than gamer guys.
• Gamers have over all a lower BMI (Body Mass Index) and exercisre more than average non-gamers.
• Girls like to play with their partner.
• Guys like to play alone.
• Girl gamers under-reported their hour

Many kids and even some adults dreamed of a school where the curriculum is all about games. Now that dream is going to be full filled by Quest to Learn in New York by Fall. Quest to Learn is a new school that teaches kids from grade 6 through 12 all the ins and outs of gaming.

Quest will try to enhance ways of teaching their students by using digital media, games, online networks, and mobile technologies. Students will also be taught how to utilize and design these tools. Hopefully, this will lead the students to eventually take courses in computer programming, media arts, and game design. Internship and mentorship programs also aim to further the learning experience, while affiliates like the Parsons New School for Design further helps a Quest student prepare for a career in new media.

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It sounds cool, however I doubt if the game-focused school will work very well. In my opinion I prefer a more serious and traditional education for kids since they are just from grade 6 ~12. What do you think?

Source: tumeroks.com

Rapelay to be honest is boring (if you've played it you konw that) and yes it might make people feel sick. What is Rapelay you may ask, well it is a video game that allows players to stalk and gang rape virtual women - and then force them to have an abortion.

Since Amazon.com recieved many complaints from its users who feel offended or pissed by Rapelay's sales on the site, the hentai game has been pulled from its listing forever, You can still get results by searching keywords, but the link to it no longer functions.

In Rapelay, gamers direct a character to sexually assault a mother and her two young daughters at an underground station, before raping any of a selection female characters.

However, the game was intended for release just in Japan. Illusion is the maker of the video game and it creates other 3D hentai games such as "Battle Raper1" "Battle Rape2" and "Artificial Girl". There is a note on its offical site: "We thank you for your interest in our softwares and sending many e-mails. Unfortunately, under the company's regulation, our softwares are only available for domestic customers over 18 and not for sale in foreign

I've found a nice read on oxm.co.uk about 7 J-RPG hates, quite interesting, I mean what he listed in the article, these hates, are apropos the advantages in my eye, that's what makes J-RPG more fun than western RPG. Feel free to disprove me. however for some reasons many my friends say they hate J-RPG (it's not like "like or dislike", they said HATE) I don't figure it out, do you know anyone who hate too?

Quotes from oxm.co.uk

Here are seven ways that Japanese RPGs could change for the better, starting with the most important...

1. Stop with the kid characters joining your party.

Nearly every JRPG this generation has seen a childlike or childish character joining your wandering group of adventurers and yet none have been either sweet or funny. You're on a do-or-die mission and you want to bring a nine year old with you for 'comic relief'? What the hell's wrong with you?

2. Villains have to be cool.

Looking at the Lost Odyssey poster across from my desk reminds me how crappy (bad guy) Gongora's design is. There's been a lack of truly memorable villains in the genre lately and I have to go back to the 90s to find someone that really stood out.

Wouldn't you wan

In Australia retailers might get penalty if they sell World of Warcraft or other massively multiplayer online games due to the New South Wales Classification Enforcement Act which prohibites publishers and retailers from selling unclassified computer games. Anyone crossing the line will be fined hard ($1100 to $11,000), even a 12 months' imprisonment.

The games industry believes online games are legal for sale without having a single player component from classification requirements, however, according to Robert McClelland, the spokeswoman for Federal Attorney-General, "The National Classification Scheme does not distinguish between games based on whether or not they contain a single player component."

Not just World of Warcraft, Age of Conan, Warhammer Online and Pirates of the Burning Sea are all sold without classification

For more information, here is the original article link:
No classification: online games legal minefield

Old NES games, do you still remember them? Rush's Attack used to be my nightmare when I was a kid, as well as Shadow of the Ninja. I hope the music he plays in this video will help you find your own pieces of your memory.

  
Rush's Attack                                                           Shadow of the Ninja