July 16, 2012 As we sail past the 'middle' of summer, you may be looking for new activities for the kids. Well, you can always count on the Victoria Public Library for something fun and interesting to do on these hot summer days.
Holy Halo, Batman. The world’s largest video game collection ever sold on eBay fetched a whopping $1.23 million dollars. That’s 1.23 million gold coins Mario would have to collect to afford such a massive library of awesome.
A new academic paper suggests that the proliferation of violent videos games over the past 20 years has contributed to the more than 50 percent decrease in violent crime over that time period.
The paper’s authors analyzed published studies on the topic of violence and video games, and were able to conclude that “though there is evidence that violent video games cause aggression in a laboratory setting, there is no evidence that violent video games cause violence or crime.”
In a 7-2 vote, the US Supreme Court ruled Monday that it’s unconstitutional to ban kids from buying or renting violent video games, saying that despite fears the games may prompt children to emulate what’s seen in them, the government has no right to “restrict the ideas to which may be exposed.”
The decision in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association upholds that of the 9th Circuit federal appeals court, which previously tossed out a California ban on the sale or rental of such games to minors.
I'm amazed with how much game graphics have improved in the last 20-30 years. First there was the Atari, then Nintendo, Sega, Playstation and Xbox. This video is from a new game coming this fall called "Battlefield 3". It's a mission where your in a tank and destroying any enemy in sight. I personally can't wait for this to come out as it has quite a few people talking about it.
Now compare that video with other tank games from back in the day. Compare it with "Tank" for the atari which made it's debut in 1974. It's truly astonishing to see how far we have come in the gaming industry. Even with the Sega and Nintendo. When the Playstation and Xbox made their debut I was amazed with those graphics and now as I look back I wondered what games would look like in 2010.
