Study: Parents Who Don't Know How to Read Instructions May Make Bad Decisions

According to a new study on GamePolitics, new parental chips on gaming consoles are being tested with a high failure rate - as high as forty-seven percent. This arises not from a problem with the software itself but with parental inability to read the instructions, displayed clearly on screen, no doubt in large, friendly letters.

This begs the obvious question: we know that one in four adults read no books last year (the rest read Harry Potter), but how can parents who could not, by any standard, pass a reading comprehension test make objective decisions for their family?

The solution, as depicted in the study:


Just hold this position for the child's formative years and everything will be fine. If you have more than four children you're pretty much screwed.

Gaming As a Religion

I've seen this sort of religious imagery applied to sports, but rarely to gaming.

Seeing it now - done retro, of course - is refreshing. I could never wear the shirt for a variety of reasons, but kudos to Digital Gravel for finding a need and filling it.

Source (As Always): Kotaku

Terrifying PS3 Scream . . . . Uh, Screen

Everybody check out this custom PS3 screen. Kotaku apparently doesn't like it very much, but I think this is awesome and should be part of the regular line. Phenomenal cosmic power . . . itty-bitty living space:
What I want to know is: is somebody going to be paying Pink Floyd for the royalties?