well that was quick

Days after the release of the highly talked about Dead Island trailer, the movie rights were sold to the producer of cult classics "Dazed and Confused", "Animal House", and another big name produces behind big blockbuster movies such as "The Mummy".  Lets hope this doesn't fall under the category of "bad video game movies"......


http://kotaku.com/#!5764704/dead-island-movie-already-optioned

BaD reporting sKillz

In Sorth Korea the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation aired a report on gaming in which they came to the conclusion that video games cause violence. To prove their point, they did an experiment at a net cafe in which they showed gamers gaming.  The experiment then shut off the power to all the computers, at this point people became very agitated and started using profanity and were talking in very loud voices.  Now in a net cafe you pay for your computer time so naturally  anyone would become angry.  This report upset a large group of gamers and really shows poor journalistic skills.


http://kotaku.com/#!5761847/the-stupidest-news-report-ever

Video Games Win a Grammy (sort of)

At the Grammys last night, composer Christopher Tin won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists. Tins composition "Baba Yetu" which was featured in the game Sid Meier's Civilization IV.  One funny item to mention about this is the fact that Civilization IV came out in 2005.


http://kotaku.com/#!5759518/video-games-finally-won-a-grammy