So youre sad that Christmasis gone and there are no more presents to be had, huh? Well, if youhave lets say... 20 bucks on you right now, you can head over to Steamand make yourself a nice present, consisting of a popular video game.As the headline clearly says (and its no lie) Steam is offering games for 10 to 50 percent less their original price.

The first-ever Steam storewide sale is happening now! Save 10-50% onevery game in every genre from every developer and publisher on Steam.Stock up on games you mayve missed in 2007 or pick up a post-holidaygift for a friend or family member. The sale ends January 1st, so startshopping now! says the official Steam website.

Some highlights below:

- Eidos Holiday Pack (Kane and Lynch Dead Men, Just Cause, In ...

Those who organize protests about violent video games would do well torealize that the net effect of said protests is inevitably to cause thegame to sell even more copies than it would have with no attention.

Seth Scheisel says as much in todays New York Times: Manhunt 2has received free publicity and media attention it would have neverenjoyed were it not for the presumably unwitting complicity of theratings boards and self-appointed media watchdogs.

This reminded me today that I actually wrote a short paper with thisvery thesis at Tufts University back in 2001. The paper focused on thefour games that at that time had been the subject of public scrutiny: Death Race, Mortal Kombat, Custers Revenge, and Night Trap. And since I still have ...

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