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Posted 01/07/09 at 09:15pm
DarkTetsuya: SDD: yeah that guy was asking for a heaping helping of STFU...
Posted 01/07/09 at 09:13pm
Brokenscope: Hmm I think I should have stopped before I mentioned Dresden.
Posted 01/07/09 at 07:14pm
beemoh: \o/
Posted 01/07/09 at 07:12pm
Andrew Eisen: beemoh - Oddly enough, I'm typing up that story right now.
Posted 01/07/09 at 07:10pm
beemoh: http://www.edge-online.com/news/psych-games-teach-kids-empathy
Posted 01/07/09 at 07:10pm
beemoh: Games "teach empathy", says psychologist
Posted 01/07/09 at 05:31pm
ZippyDSMlee: zel/JDKJ:And I haz still not learned to watch mew feet....
Posted 01/07/09 at 05:07pm
zel: I don't predict the future as much as i dig holes and watch people fall in :)
Posted 01/07/09 at 05:04pm
Shadow D. Darkman: Yay! Andrew just scolded DeoVIRUS in the GTA thread!
Posted 01/07/09 at 04:13pm
JDKJ: zel: True. Can't nobody say you didn't predict the future on that one. Experience does teach wisdom.
Posted 01/07/09 at 04:01pm
zel: Yes i knew that was coming, which is why i added (insert joke here) on the original post :P but it made for good laffs.
Posted 01/07/09 at 03:56pm
Zevorick: it's so blatently easy to manipulate that age into believing something by simply saying "lets pretend..."
Posted 01/07/09 at 03:55pm
Zevorick: the kid is 6 years old. Do a little research on how reliable testimony is from children that age in court...
Posted 01/07/09 at 03:46pm
JDKJ: Fort Lonely Women. ROFLMAO!!
Posted 01/07/09 at 03:46pm
JDKJ: @zel: You know you messed up when you told these fools about Fort Dix, don'tcha?
Posted 01/07/09 at 03:45pm
zel: maybe the parents rigged the car up to an xbox controller :P
Posted 01/07/09 at 03:40pm
Krono: @Zevorick: True, but keep in mind that "he learned from video games" is apparently what the kid himself told the cops.
Posted 01/07/09 at 03:35pm
Zevorick: a steering wheel/gas pedal
Posted 01/07/09 at 03:35pm
Zevorick: I seriously don't buy the "video games gave me skills" video games do not teach real world physics and the use of ...
Posted 01/07/09 at 03:32pm
Krono: @Zevorick: It was probably a combination. Watching the parents taught him how to operate things, and playing games gave him enough skill to not immediately crash.
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