Luke, I Am Your Father.... NOOOOOOOO!!!

It's the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, and despite my colleagues not knowing about this, they are getting into the act (which I started) of reciting lines (in really funny ways) from the original trilogy. Aloud.

The most popular one would be: "Luke, I am your father", followed by the cringe inducing reply: "Nooooooooooooo!!!". Now, repeat that in Cantonese or Hokkien, or Manglish. Hehe.

Three cheers to the best bunch of people that I have the privilege of working with. Now, BBC has a pretty nice minisite (more like compilation) of sorts to commemorate the 30 years of Star Wars. The place has some nice articles, click here to go visit the site.

But before you do, take the Star Wars quiz (also on BBC), over here. I got 13 out of 14 questions answered correctly (and aptly named Jedi Master), what about you?

Video Games in Mainstream News

How often do you see news articles regarding the video games industry in mainstream news? Most of the time, you'll see them when:

a. There's a new video game console launch, heralding the next generation in graphics, gameplay, bla bla bla
b. The fiscal year just ended and video game companies would like to show off their earnings (or be a little discreet about their losses, less someone else reports on them)
c. Another massacre just happened like the one in Columbine and there's no better excuse than to blame the video game industry.

So what recent mainstream news article caught your eye lately (in relation to the video games industry)? There's only one that I can think of:

• Games 'make drivers go faster' (BBC News)(Original article: here)
  

Pity the Kid

This just in from the BBC website about a kid who got arrested for opening his Christmas gift, a Nintendo game console, early. The person who called the men in blue... his mum:

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Arrest over opened Christmas gift

A South Carolina mother has had her 12-year-old son arrested for opening his Christmas presents early.

The boy was taken into custody after his mother discovered he had entered his great-grandmother's house and taken presents from their hiding place.

The boy was handcuffed and taken to a local police station on petty larceny charges.

The boy's mother, Brandi Ervin, told the Associated Press news agency she had acted to teach her son a lesson.

"He's been going through life doing things... and getting away with it," she said.

He had repeatedly taken the present, a Nintendo video game console, from its hiding place in his great-grandmother's house.

Hyperactive

The boy, who has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is already facing an expulsion hearing at his school for attempting to hit a police officer assigned to the school last month.

The boy's case will be presented to York County's Department of Juvenile Justice, which will decide what action to take.

Ms Ervin told the Associated Press she hoped the authorities could scare her son into behaving himself.

"It's not even about the Christmas present," she said.

"I'd rather call (the police) myself than someone else call for him doing something worse."

Original article over here.