Columbine and the Norway Attacks: Why Video Games are a Common Scapegoat

When you sit back and think about it, April is a pretty terrible month for well-known tragedies.  The world just finished commemorating the 100th year anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking on the 15th, President Lincoln was assassinated on the eve of the 15th as well, and the Oklahoma City Bombings happened 17  years ago on the 19th.  The Virginia Tech…

Diablo III Opens Beta Testing for All U.S. Battle.net Members this Weekend

Last evening, the Blizzard team working on Diablo III announced that starting at noon Pacific Standard Time today beta testing would be open to any U.S. player that has a Battle.net account.  Their goal is to put the new Diablo III servers under a “stress test” to make sure that they are ready for the…