May 21, 2014
Childs family called 911 fifty times in 3 1/2 years
Paul Childs’ family called the police emergency line 50 times in the past 3 1/2 years, sometimes asking officers to…
Author: Brian Crecente
May 20, 2014
Grand Theft Auto IV: A brutal new world
Expectations run high as the latest iteration of the famous – sometimes infamous – Grand Theft Auto hits stores on…
May 19, 2014
War crimes in video games draw Red Cross scrutiny
One of the world’s largest and most respected humanitarian groups in the world is investigating whether the Geneva and Hague…
May 19, 2014
Breathing lessons: How Adam Orth turned social disaster into triumph
Breathing is a basic, but complex human function. Breathe in. The muscles attached to your rib cage contract, expanding the…
May 19, 2014
Have gun, won’t travel: For the right price these gamers will die for you
This story starts, as so many great ones do, with a classified ad: “I will take bullets for you,” it…
May 19, 2014
Obama calls for research into link between video games, “media images” and violence
President Barack Obama today called for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct further research into the relationship…
May 18, 2014
Colorado – 2006
“Sometimes I forget why I’m sad, but then I remember and I’m much more sad.” I just came back from…
May 18, 2014
Inside South Florida’s struggle against underground dog fighting
Shack died amid the discarded cans and cigarette wrappers of Northwest Second Street, his bitten and bruised body lying in…
May 18, 2014
How a Florida city used a 1,000 percent jump in speeding tickets to finance its police department
It was a sweet deal: Don’t worry about crashes or road work, just write traffic tickets and rake in the…
May 18, 2014
Snail hunting in the moonlit waters of Florida
Jason D’Auria walks barefoot into the moonlit waters of the canal, pulls mosquito netting around his face and snaps on…