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Sarah Bronson - August 13th, 2008

Gamer Culture, Virtual Worlds

God Game Sadism


My little brother, eleven years old with green and orange rubber bands on his braces, enjoys feeding live gazelles to Bengal tigers and packing orcas into fish tanks.  He giggles when he hears multitudes of men, women and children getting mauled to death by lions.  But most people would consider him mentally healthy.  He’s just an avid Zoo Tycoon player.

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Ryan Peck - July 29th, 2008

Nintendo Wii

Theme-Park “Game”: Less Fun for More Money


Six FlagsThere isn’t enough sulfurous stink in hell to cover up the stench of corporate infiltration in the new theme park “adventure” Six Flags Fun Park. It’s a video game about a theme park. Can I make rollercoasters and ride them? No? Oh.

Instead it’s a collection of minigames…based on a theme park chain…for the Wii. Wait, they don’t have enough of those already? But I suppose you know best, fourth-tier video game developer.

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