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Submission + - How Broken is Game Journalism? (vgchartz.com)

Submitted by SSDNINJA
SSDNINJA writes: Joseph Jackmovich of gamrFeed analyzes 161 articles from Kotaku, Joystiq, and Destructoid to discover how well they report gaming news. He looks to find out if the stereotypes of game journalism being poorly sourced and sexist are anecdotal or based in fact.
Wikipedia

Submission + - Wikipedia could block 67 million Verizon customers (wikipedia.org) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A particularly nasty Wikipedia vandal has forced a discussion to take place over whether to block a range used by over 67 million Verizon customers from editing the site. Verizon has not responded to abusive Wikipedia users on their network before, even though the abusive Verizon users have released private information (phone numbers, etc.) of numerous individuals, and made countless threats that have also been reported to law enforcement. Wikipedia has done something similar in the past with users on the AOL network, which used proxy servers and thus allowed vandals to continue disrupting the site. says that AOL neglected to act on complaints by Wikipedia and individual users, and the resulting massive blocks by Wikipedia resulted in AOL changing their anonymizing system, according to . Discussion is also taking place on alternate solutions to deal with abuse from this Verizon user, named "Zsfgseg" on Wikipedia. If a block of millions is enacted, Verizon could potentially change how they assign IP addresses, or be forced at least to address a PR nightmare.
Games

Submission + - Writer delivers smackdown to Bethesda (vgchartz.com)

Submitted by SSDNINJA
SSDNINJA writes: This article from gamrFeed is about the trend of Bethesda Softworks to release broken and buggy games with the plans to just fix the problems later. Following a trend of similar issues coming up in their games, the author begs gamers to stop supporting buggy games and start to let the idea be spread that games should be finished and quality controlled before release – not weeks after.
GUI

Submission + - Windows 95 Turns 15

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: 15 years ago on this day, Microsoft's then new Windows 95 was released. Among other things it moved users away from the archaic file manager and program manager to Windows explorer and the start menu. Compared to today's "social desktop", I'd much rather have the simpler and more sparese (pre Internet Explorer integrated) Windows Explorer, though I do not like the (lack of) stability that Windows 95 offers. Of course if you were alive then, you've probably seen the commercials.
The Military

Military Personnel Weigh In On Being Taliban In Medal of Honor 171

Posted by Soulskill from the identity-conflict dept.
SSDNINJA writes "This is a feature from gamrFeed that interviews nine US service members about playing as the Taliban in the upcoming Medal of Honor. One soldier states that games like MoH and Call of Duty are 'profiteering from war.' Another says, 'Honestly, I don't really see what the whole fuss is about. It's a game, and just like in Call of Duty, you don't really care about what side you're taking, just as long as you win. I don't think anyone cares if you're part of the Rangers or Spetznaz, as long as you win.' An excellent and interesting read."
Games

Submission + - Military Personnel Speak on Being Taliban in MOH (vgchartz.com)

Submitted by SSDNINJA
SSDNINJA writes: This is a feature from gamrFeed that interviews nine service members about playing the Taliban in the upcoming MoH. One soldier states that games like MoH and CoD are "profiteering from war." An excellent and interesting read.

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