January 11 2004 -
Girls Quakin' the Game - Nia
Varney gears up for the females-only Quake
3 Cyber X Games tournament at CES., By
Jennie "Lady Spades", GameSpy.com,
Nia Varney is filled with excitement as
she gears up for the first annual AMD/ATI
Cyber X Games tournament, where she will
compete in the females-only Quake 3
tournament today in Las Vegas at the
Consumer Electronics Show. "I was
intimidated [by the guys] at first," says
the 23-year-old Varney, whose perseverance
has come from the support of her
teammates. "But after gaining confidence
from my teammates, I learned to ignore
[the other players' gender] and see them
as just another face on the screen."
Varney has been playing video games for
six years and put a team together three
years ago to compete...
January 19 2004 -
Florida city aims to curb violent video games -
Monday, Haitian
community representatives say "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" incites hate
crimes. MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- A Florida city is determined to pass
a law restricting children's access to violent computer games despite
legal challenges to similar attempts elsewhere, and charges of
censorship, its mayor said...
January 22 2004 -
ARCH ENEMY - By MEGAN LEHMANN, Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock's
new documentary, "Super
Size Me," details his 30-day McDonald's diet and subsequent
health woes., Julie Soefer, New York Post Online, -- LAST February,
Morgan Spurlock decided to become a gastronomical guinea pig. His
mission: To eat three meals a day for 30 days at McDonald's and document
the impact on his health. Scores of cheeseburgers, hundreds of fries and
dozens of chocolate shakes later, the formerly strapping 6-foot-2 New
Yorker - who started out at a healthy 185 pounds - had packed on 25
pounds...
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