It's official, Konami's planned release of Six Days in Fallujah for the 360, PC, and PS3 has been scrapped. The game would have depicted the 2004 Battle of Fallujah, but the game received too much criticism for Konami's tastes. The criticism ranged from concerns about the still ongoing war, to it being wrong for game companies to capitalize on war itself. Interestingly enough, soldiers who participated in the 2004 battle had voiced their support for the game. Apparently, it is okay to release titles based on combat in War World II and even Vietnam, but not Iraq? I could accept the claims of too soon, but claims of capitalizing on a war? Did those same critics have a problem with those said World War II games? I call hypocrisy.
In less aggravating news, Opera, one of the oldest web browsers around, just turned 15. Opera was the first browser to feature tabs, support for the newest web standards, and much more. Without Opera's innovations Firefox and even Safari may have been very different. While we're on the subject of Safari, we might as well mention Apple. Claims have been circulating that the company may partner with Verizon to bring the iPhone to that carrier. Moving to a company with a larger share of the market would be a smart move for Apple. Still, the talks are rather ironic, as Apple originally went to Verizon with its iPhone proposal and was promptly shot down.
Two years and a class action lawsuit later, Aerosmith is finally performing in Hawaii. The group plans to hold a free concert there after originally canceling its sold-out Maui show. That is a long time to wait for Aerosmith, but as the saying goes placation is better late than never.
The United States Trade Representative has put Canada on its "Priority Watch List," and the ESA approves. A lack of anti-piracy enforcement is one thing, but being grouped together with China, India and Russia is another. Meanwhile, Sweden is nowhere to be found on the list. Ouch. On the upside, I'm certain this could be interesting Jeopardy trivia down the line. And if IBM has its way, the "Watson" computer system could give regular contestants a run for their money in a few years.
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In less aggravating news, Opera, one of the oldest web browsers around, just turned 15. Opera was the first browser to feature tabs, support for the newest web standards, and much more. Without Opera's innovations Firefox and even Safari may have been very different. While we're on the subject of Safari, we might as well mention Apple. Claims have been circulating that the company may partner with Verizon to bring the iPhone to that carrier. Moving to a company with a larger share of the market would be a smart move for Apple. Still, the talks are rather ironic, as Apple originally went to Verizon with its iPhone proposal and was promptly shot down.
Two years and a class action lawsuit later, Aerosmith is finally performing in Hawaii. The group plans to hold a free concert there after originally canceling its sold-out Maui show. That is a long time to wait for Aerosmith, but as the saying goes placation is better late than never.
The United States Trade Representative has put Canada on its "Priority Watch List," and the ESA approves. A lack of anti-piracy enforcement is one thing, but being grouped together with China, India and Russia is another. Meanwhile, Sweden is nowhere to be found on the list. Ouch. On the upside, I'm certain this could be interesting Jeopardy trivia down the line. And if IBM has its way, the "Watson" computer system could give regular contestants a run for their money in a few years.
Image courtesy of Giant Bomb.
