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Bioshock 2: Who Is Your Favorite Undersea Dystopia...

Posted: 02/15/2010 at 04:11PM

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The reviews are in for Bioshock 2, and the majority response is that while the sequel improves on a lot of aspects of the original (namely hacking, dual wielding, plasmid upgrades), it ultimately just doesn't have that sense of awe-inspiring mystery that the first one really capitalized on. But one question remains unanswered: Which of Rapture's overlords is best, Lamb or Ryan? For those who are unaware of this debate, allow me to enlighten. (Warning: Spoilers Ahead!)

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Andrew Ryan was the original brain behind Rapture, the city under the sea designed to free the worlds best and brightest from the constraints of the surface, such as government and religion. His life on the surface taught him to despise any enterprise that enabled the weak, or what he calls the "para...

Old Fox News Clip - DS is for Pedophiles

Posted: 02/03/2010 at 12:35PM

Well I must have missed this broadcast back in '07 when it aired, but I recently came across this gem and was shocked about what Fox News knows that nobody else does. Turns out, kids now have access to communication devices, like telephones, computers, telegraph wires and cans with strings.  And Nintendo is only adding to the issue with their empire of success that's built on a mountain of child molesters and broken dreams.

In this informative, fair and balanced report, we learn that the Nintendo DS (it has dual screens, for twice the terror) appeals predominantly to children like Marissa and Melanie who enjoy hanging out in bed curled up next to a good friend, playing some old fashioned Brain Age.  But that, as we ...