The Joan Ganz Clooney Center at Sesame Workshop, which apparently is a "foster innovation in children's learning through digital media" so this endorsement shouldn't surprise you, reports that video games for kids are OK!

“Despite their reputation as promoters of violence and mayhem, digital games have in fact been shown to help children gain content and vital foundational and 21st century skills,”

You hear that Hillary Clinton and Jack Thompson? Sesame Street says they're good! I wonder how they feel about Manhunt? The report continues.

That's right gents, if you missed the award winning and let's face it, best RPG released last year, load up your STEAM client and purchase this glorious tribute to one of the best RPG series of the 90s.

Battlefield 1943 makes its way to Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation 3 next week for 1200 Microsoft points or $15.
The game is released with 3 playable maps and a 4th one to unlock once the global kill count reaches 43 million.

Hello fellow gamers!

I, TheGrOgStEr, have the proud honor of introducing the very first issue of Couch Athletics Quarterly! This is a project that's been in the works for a while now and I'm very happy with the result. I couldn't be happier with what we've accomplished here in these few short months.
A HUGE thank you to all the staff. Without you, we'd still be at the drawing board. And now, without any more time wasting here it is. The first issue to Couch Athletics Quarterly!

If you have anyway question, comments, suggestions or if you have interest in being a reviewer for the e-zine, send a private message in the forums to "ezine".

ENJOY!

The Starcraft II Tech trees have been leaked by the dudes at Giantbomb. I know some of you drool over this, so I figure it's worth a post. Check the rest of the post for the other 2 trees!

Hey guys, hope you enjoyed the first podcast because we've got a second one for you. Go ahead and click on the CA podcast link to the right and it'll take you to our shiny new podcast page where you can listen to the second installment of our podcast series that will be released every other Wednesday.

Remember, we're always looking for outstanding community members that keep themselves well informed to join the podcast team, or just willing to do a guest spot for a week, so drop the Podcast forum account a line if you're interested or you can e-mail us at podcast@couchathletics.com

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A petition has surfaced from fans of Starcraft 2 wanting LAN play. Unlike Left4Dead's nerd rage, this one seems to have momentum going.

6000+ signatures as of right now.

SC2 LAN petition, bring it back!

Bring what back? We don't even have it yet!

Ridiculous.

Giant Bomb went the extra mile and asked Blizzard about the choice to drop LAN from the release of Starcraft 2. We speculated on this yesterday and it would seem we're mostly right.

Thats right alternative Browser folks. Mozilla has just put out the latest version of the hugely popular Open Source Browser. The new Firefox boats better performance, Mozilla claiming 2 times performance over Firefox 3.0, and 10 times faster then Firefox 2.0

Hit up the link, and download: Firefox 3.5
- Type-Z.E.R.O.