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Finally a voice of reason from the big media about Mr. Thompson’s crusading.

http://tinyurl.com/399wwn

I’m not saying that violent videogames don’t affect the violent tendancies of some predilect kids. But this immediate blame of violent games on any form of school violence has got to stop. Dr. Phil and Jack Thompson started pointing fingers at the videogame industry on the Virginia Tech shootings before the media even knew the killer’s name, let alone how he lived or what influenced his behaviors. Now it appears to be coming out that there was no evidence that this kid had ever owned a videogame, less “training” on them as Mr. Thompson seems to think all school shooters do. I understand that people want to place blame on external influences when crazies do messed up things like kill students, but it behooves us as thinking, rational people to get some information on things before we start throwing whodunit’s around.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070418-media-looks-for-nonexisting-link-to-gaming-in-vt-massacre.html

I have to keep this brief because I’m at work, but I just wanted to report that the game I’ve been working on for several months has finally been announced by THQ. Cars: Mater-National is the second game title in the Disney-Pixar Cars universe, and takes place some time after the events in the movie. Lightning McQueen and Mater host an international race, and competitors from around the globe vie for the cup.

Here’s a link to the official story.

‘Bout darn time.