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Aug 19
2008
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We've always ben fans of the Team Fortress 2 trailers, and the new "Meet The Sandwich" video is no exception, giving us plenty of "lawlz" as the kids these days say. Watch, enjoy, and maybe even make yourself a sandwich.
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Jun 30
2008
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This is the start of a weekly opinion piece set composed by me, Kater.
Today's topic is how easy it is to buy Teen/Mature reated games while being under the age of 18.
I am currently 16 years old and recently I bought The Orange Box for the PC. The game is rated Teen to Mature due to the fact that Half-Life 2, HL2: Episode 1, HL2: Episode 2, and Team Fortress 2 are all M, while Portal is T. Now, the problem is you can have probably anyone, of any age, go up and buy a Mature rated game. Not only do I believe this is increasing the level of anger in younger children, but it is also raising many complaints by parents. Namely parents who want stores to decide what their kid buys, taking the responsibility away from them.
The real issue is the parents. If they are so concerned they should be the ones who monitor what their kids are playing. Why should it be the stores responsibility to take care of their kids? Don't get me wrong, it's not right for the stores to be selling these games to underages kids, but it is just as much the fault of the parents for not paying attention.
In conclusion, I believe three steps can be taken:
1. Destroy all video games (Just kidding.)
2. Have the parents pay more attention (fat chance)
3. Enforce the ages for the ESRB (Electronic Software Ratings Board). They are there for a reason.
Thank you for reading and if you have any suggestions for next weeks article or future articles please e-mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Jun 23
2008
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Jun 11
2008
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A Kotaku tipster stumbled upon a job listing in an industry website calling for a voice actor in "PORTAL (VOICE OVER) Interactive Project" for Valve Software that tentatively starts at the end of July. Funny. Common sense would lead one to believe this is a confirmation of Portal 2. So, what other details (or concept art) did the job listing divulge? Well, if you want to find out you'll have to make the proverbial jump to the next page since we don't want anyone crying foul when spoilers are read/seen.
If you don't want to look, all we'll say is that Portal 2 is going to see some interesting story developments.
