Here is Alkexsey...and he STICKS THE TETRIS!

Global Gaming League pushing for Videogames in 2008 Olympics

Ted Owen, Chairman of the Global Gaming League, is drumming up support for a competitive gaming exhibition at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

The Chinese government seems supportive of the idea, given that competitive gaming is such a huge market in the country. Currently, the concept has not been pitched to the International Olympic Committee.

If it is, the dream of having competitive gaming at the Olympics faces a difficult journey. There hasn't been an exhibition sport at the Olympics since 1992, because they drew attention away from the main events. Also, since there is relatively little physical activity involved with gaming, it may never be seen as a legitimate sport.

Still, China may be the perfect place for pro gaming to establish its worldwide legitimacy. With a population of over 1 billion people, if even 5% of all Chinese were gamers, that's still a bigger audience than anything we have in the U.S.

Even if the IOC shoots down any proposals, Ted Owen won't be deterred. He said:


If the IOC pushed back on us and we had the Chinese government approving us, we would do it anyway. We may not have the circles, but we'd do it right by the stadiums and would bask in the glow of the Olympic light. Everyone wants to watch the best at anything ... and it's time to let people see the best this field has to offer.

It'll be pretty varied at least dependin on the games. Koreans for fucking RTSs, states for FPS and Japanese for fighters. Oh yeah despite the Russian quote, I imagine the Japanese will also rape at Tetris.

Classified under: olympics, China, 2008,

It should have been a leg if you know what I mean....

SHANGHAI, China -- Doctors in Shanghai on Tuesday were considering surgery options for a 2-month-old boy born with an unusually well-formed third arm.

A doctor inspects a 59-day-old baby boy who was born with three arms, at a hospital in Shanghai, in east China Monday.

Neither of the boy's two left arms is fully functional and tests have so far been unable to determine which was more developed, said Dr. Chen Bochang, head of the orthopedics department at Shanghai Children's Medical Center.

"His case is quite peculiar. We have no record of any child with such a complete third arm," Chen said in a telephone interview.

The boy, identified only as "Jie-jie," also was born with just one kidney and may have problems that could lead to curvature of the spine, local media reports said. Jie-jie cried when either of his left arms was touched, but smiled and responded normally to other stimuli, the reports said.

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Classified under: science,

Alan Moore's New Masterpiece

What happens when Alice, Dorothy and Wendy from Wonderland, Oz and Neverland, respectfully, meet on the verge of the first world war and discuss and relive their first sexual experiences with one another? Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie's new work Lost Girls is what. Lost Girls, a stunning 16 years in the making, has finally been completed and will be released soon as a massive three book box set from Top Shelf. It's Alan Moore's first pornographic work. But not the kind of pornography that you'd think of. Not sleazy, not torrid, not disgusting. Something to excite the sexual imagination in the classiest way possible. Here are parts one and two of his interview on Newsarama, and here is part three; an interview with the artist Melinda Gebbie. Alan Moore's interview and insights are especially interesting.

Classified under: Alan Moore,comics,erotica

Stephen Colbert's White House Correspondents Dinner Speech

A few weeks ago Stephen Colbert, the brilliant faux Republican of Daily Show and Colbert Report fame walked right into the lion's den and hilariously praised the Bush Administration in such a satirical backhanded way that I can't believe he was asked to deliver a speech. Listen to the audible silences to his jokes. Check it out here.

This administration isn't rearranging deck-chairs on the Titanic! This administration is soaring! If anything they're rearranging deck-chairs on the Hindenburg!

Warning: the full speech is almost as long as an episode of his show. But if you're a fan, that's a great thing.

Classified under: Stephen Colbert,Colbert Report,politics

Guess the invention's purpose....

Crazy Japanese


Classified under: Japan, bra, invention