CWF Game Cast

There’s always tons of discussions on gaming as entertainment and usually a lot on the issue of violence in games. Every game has it to some degree, no matter how indiscernible, but most notably discussion focuses on video games. When Grand Theft Auto came out people were upset over shooting cops, running over people, and buffing health by having sex with a prostitute. If you look back far enough I’m sure people were upset that Pac-man ate the dots.

However, games are more than simple entertainment. They in fact are great educational tools, even the US military uses FPS and air simulators to train its troops, and much more. Libraries have embraced games as a way to bring teens and children into the library. This exposes teens to the games they love and much more. They can learn how to program games of their own, read fiction similar to the game, watch films and listen to movies that inspired the games. Most importantly, they can use these games as a way to interact with others their age and form bonds they may otherwise not form.

The Nintendo Wii is a prime example of gaming as a community experience. Wii Sports, which ships with the game, is geared as a group activity. In the Youtube Vid below, created by friend and librarian Beth, librarians are experiencing Wii Boxing so they can operate it for teens in their own libraries.

Next time you think video games are just for children think of this vid.

written by ^Raven^

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Computer/Video Games, People, video, youtube.

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With the 40k Apocalypse Mega-Battle (yes I know that’s redundant) happening in less than 8 hours I thought everyone will enjoy some Apocalypse fun. One of my Youtube subscriptions, Lanparth, discussed Apocalypse a few months back and I’m giving him a nod by sharing his vid with all of you.

I don’t agree with everything he says, in fact I hardly ever agree with anything he says, but he offers a differing opinion than I on most issues. Watching his vid will either give you a chance to agree with someone, “Hey Lanparth totally agrees with everything I have to say. Fuck GW!” Or, you’ll vehemently disagree with him “Lanparth you tool! GW r0×0rz my s0×0rz and Apocalypse is mana from Jebus.”

Maybe I’ll do a bit in the podcast about Lanparth and his GW vids on Youtube. Then again, there’s other stuff to discuss.

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Coming to a blog near you late January is WordPress 2.4. Oh wait I’m sorry that’s no longer true. The people at WordPress have decided to skip release 2.4 because of New Years and Christmas last. Instead WordPress 2.5 will be coming to a blog near you, i.e. the CWF Game Cast, in March.

If you have a blog running WordPress you will be interested to see the changes in 2.5 and there will be subtle and not so subtle changes in 2.5. Overall, however, the new version won’t noticeably affect you as you visit and read all the content on this blog. However, when 2.5 is released I shall be upgrading to it and that will assuredly result in a learning curve. There’s plenty of time until then but when that time comes I ask everyone to be patient as I re-learn WordPress.

WordPress is an open source project and one of the benefits of that is being able to see behind the scenes of the work in progress. Tubetorial has released a nice vid to show what the backend (i.e. what we use when writing posts and I see to keep this blog operational).

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It is impossible to play wargames and not think of the actual wars and the impact they’ve had on mankind. Whether we’re paintballing, playing 40k, sitting in front of Halo 3, or going at it in War at Sea the real wars blend with us and the games we play.

While everyone is going after candy on this Halloween view the YouTube vid, below, of President Bush singing U2’s “Sunday Bloody Sunday” courtesy of DJ RX.

written by ^Raven^

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Music, video, youtube.

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This is one of the first vids I ever made and put on YouTube. I try to play Stellar on Guitar Hero for the PS2. It is Medium difficulty, my first time playing this song at that level, and well I mess up a few times. Still, I think it is worth the sharing here. Please, be gentle with your mockery.

written by ^Raven^

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