10/22/03 - As you may have heard Rockstar Games, TAKE2Interactive,
Sony and Walmart are being sued because of a recent shooting. The
shooters were both underage and said they were inspired by Grand
Theft Auto 3. Grand Theft Auto 3 is one of my favorite games. It's
rated M because it's not intended for teenagers. Maybe it was too
easy for the teens to buy the game but if they were that influenced
by a game they have issues that would have violently surfaced
without ever having played the game. The parents should be held
accountable, but since the parents don't have as deep pockets as
Sony or Walmart the lawyers place the blame where it does not belong.

This is a sad chapter in a trend towards vilifying games. Greece
made the use of video games in public illegal! Any electronic game,
even a kids game like Pokemon for the GameBoy was illegal!

Back even further we can remember how Senator Lieberman, now running
for president, and senator McCain, who might run against Bush, both
blamed Doom and Quake for the Columbine killings. Its discouraging
to think that two presidential hopefuls made their careers by
working against the first amendment to the US constitution.

I posted the EVE Vault weekly discussion today. Weekly Discussion
20: Storyline Events asks if players should be able to change the
story of an MMORPG.

I have also finished Tanga Chapter 9 - Truth part I.

Also on the writing front, as of last Thursday Time Keepers is 1/3rd
done! I'm still in need of a publisher.

I'm weak, I bought The Matrix Reloaded on Saturday. I have already
watched it twice. I guess it was worth it though because I would
have had to rent it before Revolutions so I could get a refresher.
Then in the likely chance Revolutions is good I would have bought it
and thus spent more in the long run!