Discovered: Another invisibility cloak, science confirms sex, drugs and rock n roll, the dolphins are eating a lot of poison and video games teach kids how to be the best murderers they can be.
The New York Times' video game is janky looking, not that intensive, and lacks payoff (you just blast pieces of text and images off the page)--but it is semi-addicting, and totally proves the point that writer Sam Anderson tries to make.
Discovered: A magical flu vaccine, there's no such thing as a healthy video game, a quantum microphone, nicotine mouth spray, your boyfriend may think you're fatter than you are.
The popular video game beat Cain to the punch on his tax plan.
The company needs to adapt to the new gaming landscape
Plus: How Michael Vick's second $100 million contract compares to the ASPCA's budget
Cartoonist Nick Anderson suggests it may be too late
Cartoonist Tom Toles on recent Supreme Court decisions
On violent video games, the TSA's machine-like training, and wacky teen lit
Also a weird name, no?
Alcohol helps: "Not being able to see straight sometimes helps you see straighter."
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