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Well not really, though the media is going out of their way to mention that it happened in an apartment complex near a college.

Fresno CA.

A man was arrested in suspicion of shooting three people over a Playstation console. Two were injured, one died. The shooter was confronted by the three men, who were “providing evidence” that he stole from their apartment. One thing lead to another and the suspect opened fire.

The details are pretty shaky right now, but all the news sites and television stations have made sure to mention over and over that it was over a video game console, and it happened near a college. Thanks for sparking more fear and hatred into the world, media. Im sure Jack Thompson will have a field day with this.

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Valve’s bright idea - The Steam Community Portal

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Gather round, Valve has a new idea! The guys have adapted Steam to now include a ‘myspace’ like community portal whereby you can do all the socialising with other players in one place. It promises many exciting features.

Valve’s latest big announcement, The Steam Community, will encourage you to play with friends, and make new ones.

The headline feature is one-click matchmaking, both for new games and existing ones such as Counter-Strike. You’ll be able to jump straight into a game with players of your skill level, with no history of griefing, by pressing a single button. It also lets you form a party with your friends, and automatically find a game that you can all jump into and play together.

There is also the promise of creating groups where members can see other members playing games, join their game or schedule dates/time for later games. The group also gets access to a private chat channel to talk in despite playing different games.

Steam Community gives you a personal gamer page that’s accessible via the web, with embarrassingly detailed stats about what you play, how much you play it, and what kind of player you are.

Team killers beware! Steam Community shows the further progression of Steam bringing together everything online gaming needs.

Now this is just some funny ass shit. According to this article a man who was repeatedly ganking a female character in world of warcraft had his house broken into, got beat with clubs and had his computer and entertainment center smashed by the husband of the woman he was harassing.

Bronco Carson, a World of Warcraft player from Mexico, reported to police on Saturday that three men broke into his home and beat his arms with clubs and totalled his computer. The reason? Carson had been repeatedly ganking the WoW character of the wife of one of his assailants.

Carson reportedly told police that he had been “making it hard for her to get far in the game.” The woman had already threatened Carson online, and Carson said that he had already been constantly harassed in-game two weeks prior to the attack.

And then Carson made the mistake of giving the woman his address, telling the woman that “if her husband was man enough to just come meet me to settle this.”

read the rest.. now that is some funny shit.