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FEMA, the Video Game

Jun 21st, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

Disaster Hero is being developed in conjunction with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and, in turn, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), under which FEMA operates. Due out sometime in 2011, the game promises to “focus on what to do before, during and after a disaster,” with an emphasis on “getting an emergency kit, having an emergency plan and being informed.”



Vertor: Torrent Search Engine Offers Screenshots, File Preview & More!

Jun 16th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

How frustrating can it be to wait for hours/days eagerly for your torrent download to complete, only to find out that the file you have downloaded is exactly NOT the one you are expecting? It just difficult to judge the content of a file by its name and size, since they can be faked easily.



Disaster Game Affirms Greed of Humans, Even When Faced with Extermination

Jun 11th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Emergency Preparedness & Survival, Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

Howard Kunreuther and Robert Meyer have staked their careers on the belief that human beings are at heart irrational, doomed to repeat the same mistakes over and over—unless we find a way to overcome our wiring. Quake is a computer simulation that Meyer, the Gayfryd Steinberg Professor and co-director with Kunreuther of Wharton’s Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, helped design to test certain ideas about how humans perceive “risk.” Quake is very easy to play, but, as it turns out, very difficult to win.



Mario, Tetris and Link Attempt to Stop the BP Oil Spill

Jun 8th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

It’s official: Mario is dead and it’s all BP’s fault. Somebody call Bowser and tell him he can keep the Princess, nobody’s coming for her. There, there, Toad, it’ll all be okay.

Well, actually no, it won’t be okay. We’re ****’ed.



Survivor Producer’s Wife Found Dead in Mexican Sewer

Apr 8th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

Survivor producer Bruce Beresford-Redman’s wife was found dead in Cancun while vacationing at the Moon Palace resort and he is the lead suspect.



Breakdown of Where Your News Comes From

Mar 31st, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

What do Marlboro cigarettes, the New York Post, the LA Lakers, 85% of Australian newspapers, Playboy, MySpace and FOX News have in common?

Have you always thought that FOX News was some sort of “Republican / Conservative” supporter while CNN was the “Democrat / Liberal” channel? Ever since grade school, we are each indoctrinated into thinking we belong to the Blue Team or the Red Team.



Russian Inventors Break New Ground in 360*, Fully-Immersed Virtual Reality Gaming & Combat Training

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: - Geeks, Gadgets & Gizmos, Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

Virtusphere is 10-feet in diameter and lets a user of any size delve into any type of new reality, ranging from virtual tourism to complete presence inside any computer game. “The best activity is, for example, 10 spheres, and ten users inside the environment, and they will be able to interact with each other,” says Ray Latypov.



Audi Commercial Helps Citizens Get Accustomed to an Eco-Fascist Police State

Feb 8th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

At first glance it appears Audi is merely cashing in on the eco frenzy to sell its low emission automobiles. The larger agenda is to get the plebs accustomed to the idea that their lifestyles are crimes against the earth and in response government must tax, fine, and even arrest violators.



Saints’ Super Bowl Win Most Watched Show in Television History

Feb 8th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

A record 106.5 million people watched the Saints write a storybook ending to their dream season by beating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Super Bowl XLIV on CBS, according to Nielsen. That’s not only the biggest audience to date for the Super Bowl, but the biggest audience for a televised event ever — barely knocking off the finale of CBS’ “MASH,” which averaged almost 106 million viewers when it ran in 1983.



Avatar Banned in China

Jan 20th, 2010 | By Kevin Hayden | Category: Movies, TV Shows & Video Games

Avatar has become China’s most successful movie after making nearly £47 million, but that hasn’t stopped the country’s government pulling the film from some of its cinemas over fears that it could cause political unrest.