Currently, you can play any of several America's Army titles on PC or
the Xbox console. A mobile phone version is also available. The arcade
version is said to be using the latest build of the Unreal graphics
engine, which should make it pretty much state-of-the-art. I bring this
to your attention not out of any low political motives. Perhaps you
have opinions on the Army aiming violent first-person shooter games at
children as a recruitment tool; I know I do. But rather to make a
prediction: I'll bet that within, say, two years, videogame arcades
will feature several military-sponsored games, and that they will be
free to play. If you've ever read the classic science-fiction story
Ender's Game, you'll know what I'm talking about. On to other strange
affairs…The BBC reported this week on a disturbing development in the world of identity theft. It seems Afonwen Welch Fusilier, of Tremeirchion, Denbighshire, had his personal information stolen, posted online, and emailed amongst a subculture of Britons who were actually intending to purchase him.
It should probably be noted here that Fusilier, or "Blue," is actually a prize-winning poodle owned by professional dog breeder Lynne Day. But still, weird story. It seems a scam operation based out of London was trying to con people into sending money upfront for purebred puppies. So the scammers hacked a copy of Blue's pedigree documents and attempted to pass them off to would-be buyers. It's the first time police can recall a case of identity theft crossing species lines. Asked to comment, Blue replied wearily, “Look, man. I’m a dog. I don’t need these hassles. There’s a reason we don’t use e-mail, you know.”
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Show/Hide commentsthe sisters of hell
written by katie-emma, May 04, 2008
written by katie-emma, May 04, 2008
well the's sister's ar very naughty lol
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