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This week at Power Up:
Put an Elf in it
I ask Paulie where he’s taken Michelle. He tells me they’ve been bowling a few times and they’ve been to the cabaret once. I ask him if she’s said anything about his clothes. She said it was brave of him to keep wearing the same outfit. At this point my mom asks us what we’re talking about (Paulie doesn’t go bowling with people named Michelle) and I tell her Grand Theft Auto.
She says, “Grand Theft Auto… isn’t that that game…” (read more)
The Video Game Defense
After being charged earlier this month with firebombing cars, three Milton, GA teenagers explained where they learned to make Molotov cocktails. Nope it wasn’t YouTube or Wikipedia – although both sites contain the information – it was America’s favorite scapegoat Grand Theft Auto.
Now this is dumb. Grand Theft Auto doesn’t teach people how to make Molotov cocktails – it doesn’t even teach you how to pick a lock or force a car’s ignition. So why blame GTA? My bet is that they are setting up for the video game defense. (read more)
No Virtual Apartments for Rent
I cannot find The Sims 2: Apartment Life in Palm Beach County!
Apartment Life is the latest in a series of expansion packs for the 2004 game The Sims 2. Previous expansion packs have sent the player-created virtual humans off to college, made them entrepreneurs, and given them pets and IKEA furniture for their homes. Say what you will about EA, but the Sims franchise is well supported. (read more)