Prolonged time playing video games could cause people to lose concentration, get angry easily and have trouble associating with others, a Japanese professor's research has suggested. (from/.) - Looks like I'm somewhat in the clear though - apparently I fall into the "semi-videogame" category, because I only spend 1-2 hours playing videogames every day.

Don't blame me, blame Rockstar, they made GTA3. In related news, they've put up the first teaser site for GTA - Vice City, which looks like it's essentially set somewhere in a universe parallel to Miami Vice and Scarface (for those who remember, there were many references to Scarface in GTA3, not the least of which that some Columbians in the game will talk about "introducing you to the chainsaw")......

oh, and i'm a rose..... {singing} some say leerrrvvvvvvv, it is a flowwerrrrrrrr {/singing}