Just watched this past week’s 1Up Show gaming video podcast. Lately I’ve been feeling the pull toward buying an X-Box 360. It makes no sense given how little I play my Wii or any of the game purchases I’ve made for my mac or PCs. The pull probably is a combination of watching Juls’ son play Call of Duty on his PS2 (he’s pretty vicious, hitting and shooting his own teammates if they get in his way or when he gets bored… ack), the release of Halo 3 last week, spending so much time with my students who are gamers, watching so many tech podcasts and seeing that all the games selling at Costco are usually for the X-Box 360. I think I need some kind of 12-step gadget program.

One method I’ve found to help re-center my thoughts on the importance of gaming in my life is the following video that’s been bouncing around the web… A cautionary tale that reminds us that the stupidity of a few might be the ruin of us all…
“At least I’m not chicken,” he said as all his friends died.