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• Monday Rundown: Is Yank Taking Sex, Violence and Religion Too Seriously?*
  Monday 12 June 2006 – 01:37
  Every rose has its thorn, or so the saying goes. Rule of Rose, a psychological thriller from Sony and game developer Punchline, became a hit earlier this year in Japan, but it's a source of controversy in North America.
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• Monday Rundown: Scarface, Schilling, and Surgeons*
  Monday 29 May 2006 – 04:11
  A flood of celebrities and quasi-famous people is rushing toward Scarface: The World is Yours, making the game look like a cross between "The Surreal Life" and "Hollywood Squares." Meanwhile, Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling enters the virtual world of EverQuest II , surgeons find that they cut better after gaming, and a whole lot more.
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• Monday Rundown: Quiz Show Time!*
  Monday 17 April 2006 – 02:47
  Gamers have gotten a bad rap lately. Conventional wisdom seems to suggest that because people, young or old, that spend a lot of their time playing video games must be less intelligent that most other folks because video games are mindless entertainment venues that distract us and dilute our brain power.
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• Monday Morning Rundown: Holy Trilogies, the Blu-Ray Blues, Portable Power and More*
  Monday 20 March 2006 – 09:39
  A couple weeks ago, Microsoft dominated the headlines with Origami, Vista and other Tom Foolery. Now it's Sony's turn. There's a storm brewing on the horizon, and it's called PlayStation 3. Sony has finally divulged some real details about its upcoming next-generation console, so let's get to it.
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• Monday Morning Rundown: Nintendo Rumors, GUN Laws, and Foot In Mouth Disease*
  Monday 6 February 2006 – 01:09
  So I woke up one morning last week and read a headline about a report that Cisco was considering an acquisition of Nintendo. Crazy, I thought. Absolutely crazy! The Nintendo I know would never sell out. So I began to track where the story came from, and what ensued was a high-tech game of telephone.
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