Critical News Rundown

I love that, in the 'game addicted childhoods' link, one of the contributors mentioned his younger self's plan to novelize Super Mario Bros. He-he! How deliciously, unknowingly post-modern.

It reminds me of the legendary Mr. Biffo's piece in Edge where he drafted a script of 'Half-Life 2: The Movie'. An exert:

"Satisfied he is entirely alone, he picks up a concrete breezeblock with his gravity gun, and fires it against a wall.

Spotting the apparatus before him, Gordon climbs up a see-saw, and down the other side.

He spends several minutes playing with a child's swing, throwing it through the air. He tries to jump on the seat with little success, and then piles the breezeblock onto the seat. He successfully shoots it off with his shotgun." :D

Is GTA4 out of line for killing anti-gamer lawyer, Jack Thompson, in the game? link:

http://www.pollsb.com/polls/poll/2373/a-gta4-mission-apparently-targets-anti-gamer-lawyer-jack-thompson

Hey man, can't help but miss your individual commentary on the news links. Those were great.

The condensed-essay whinges or the one-line moans? ;)

Cheers though mate. We're just seeing what works in this new format at the moment, so any feedback is great.