And old games aren't grandfathered? I mean, some of the games being "released" are 20 or more years old. And really they're not so much being released as they are simply being made available for download - technically they were released when they hit the street on their original platforms.

Not to turn this into a political thread, but is Lieberman a Democrat or Republican?

He's a Democrat, but he is, perhaps more often than any other one, labeled as a "DINO": Democrat In Name Only. He's so outside the party that he didn't get the Democratic nomination for his seat in November and started his own party just to run. And then the Republicans basically supported him for reelection rather than their own candidate. But after he was elected, he switched back to the Democrats from his vanity party. In name, anyway.

He's also an outspoken proponent of the Iraq war and Bush in general.

Can't the Dem's just kick him out of the party?

I don't think they can, but it would be stupid to do so. As it is, the Democrats have a 51-to-49 majority in the Senate. That means that they are in control of ... well, without getting too far into it, everything in the Senate. If they were to get rid of him, they would no longer have control. Also, on most issues that are more core but less glitzy, he does tend to vote with the party. It's just that he's in favor of the Iraq war and, in relation to this thread, video game censorship, although another big proponent of that is Hillary Clinton, and few would call her a DINO.

Still no Wii for me, but a friend got one and brought it over this weekend. We played Wii sports the whole time. Man this thing is cool and FUN. This would be the first time (other than my single DDR experience) I worked up a sweat playing a video game. My "tennis" shoulder is very sore though.

Lunchbox (my roommate) actually moved a tabletop and floor fan into the TV room for use while playing tennis or boxing. Still super fun

WARNING!!! Your Wii has porn!!!
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Real story: The Wii web browser doesn't have any CyberNanny-type software.

I can't think of any other reason for having a web browser in the Wii if not for porn. In fact I'd like to have a Skin channel right on the main Wii menu.

Wow, what a dumb article.

There's no such thing as a dumb article... Only dumb reporters.

Of course, the web browser might not be the biggest worry for parents- there's always Leisure Suit Larry.

The Wii browser isn't as well suited to Porn as it could be. The huge button bar at the bottom really blocks out a lot of the centerfold type layout. I'm sure a 16:9 spread would work very well though.

Andybody try out Elebits yet?

Wow, VERY fun. Not sure how it's going to be over the long term, but there's nothing like completely trashing a room looking for these little guys. And the technology is pretty cool- nice way to show off what the Wii can do.

Haven't played it yet... but I think i'm going to trade in Farcry, which I haven't even cracked open yet, that someone gave me for xmas and buy elebits.

I'm finally on the last level of Zelda... 54 hours into it. It's getting to be a bit of a drag at this point honestly, but i'm going to finish it none the less. Oh, and those who hate jumping... learn to love it, quick.

The last level is pretty straight forward as far as the jumping goes. I found the most difficult jumping "level" to be the Goron mines.

The first half of the game was defnitely its strongest in my opinion. I won't give any spoilers, but I just found that the discovery/adventure aspects to be of higher quality. After the second half it just started to become more of a "get through this part quickly" thing.

I've been doing a lot of the side quests and hidden caves as well finding bugs, etc. The game keeps tracking time even when you pause it with the Home button, so I'm at over 90 hours after having completed the last dungeon, but before killing the last boss. I forgot that I had a certain item that I could use and just quit out to come back to it later. Probably for the best anyway because there were a couple of other hidden areas I wanted to fart around in first - just in case the game would come to an abrupt end after that battle. I also still have to get the final special ability - I was playing late one night and just couldn't nail the howl down.

The reviewers that mentioned the graphics were "lacking" in this game are off their rockers. There are many aspects that don't push the envelope, but there are some really great visuals in Twilight Princess. Nintendo put in a lot of attention to detail.

Hold your wee for a Wii !

See above regarding Wii porn compatibility. BTW, doesn't Apple have i copyrighted?

I don't think you've read the article.

Looks like Cisco may lose iPhone in Europe, but they did buy Linksys (if I remember correctly) who did do a VOIP device called the iPhone, so there will be a heap of legal fun and games ahead, I bet.

Its her own fault for being a dumb ass. Darwin Awards anyone?

Oh, that gets into the darwins for sure. However, since the contest and its parameters were organized by someone other than her, I'm wondering who gets the award: The station or the lady?

And the Wikipedia entry on "Water Intoxication" already cites the Jan 12th case. Wow.

The Darwin Award, as the name suggests, rewards people for being so stupid that they remove themselves from the gene pool. Since the station didn't die, it is not eligible.

The more I read about it, the more I think the organizers of the contest should be drawn and quartered. One of the articles I read said that the station spokesman said something like "we are awaiting information about how this tragedy could have happened" or some such.

Now, I admit, I didn't know about water intoxication before reading the news article. But you'd think the station would've had the good sense to ask a doctor what the possible risks were.

This is one of the situations where I think a big fat lawsuit is justified. I'm sure it's coming, I'm sure the station is going to settle out of court as soon as they realize how negligent they were, and I hope that poor sweet lady's family gets an obscenely gigantic sum.

To get back to the darwin question: I don't think the lady deserves the award. She stopped participating in the contest when she started feeling badly. She wasn't being stupid: Water intoxication isn't something that's widely known about. It was up to the radio station promoters to keep the contestants safe. They should have had a doctor present.

I like the statement from the radio station in that article. Much better than the one I saw about the Sacramento station.

And you get points for knowing about the town in Alabama.