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Getting hit with inspiration for a new entry while coming in and updating my tumblr. That's something to start your morning.

While raiding a drug dealer/chop-shop owner's home the other day, cops were playing Wii Bowling on the dealer's TV.

Personally, I think this is awesome (read the story, if you can follow up on the story, there are pictures of stills from the surveillance footage) and that cops should be caught trolling people they're busting more often. I don't really know if this is good or bad for the police, unless it drew out the investigation they were conducting (gotta get that spare in before you dust for prints, bro), I just think it's The Best that they give such a shit about the dealer that they're playing his Wii.

A 24 year-old lv. 14 buddhist monk (editor's note: there is no D&D style leveling system in buddhism) plays the vidya. Also, he suggests it's a good method of emotional output and a great relaxifier. Sweet deal. Worldly attachments are ok if they're vidya related (I will stand by this theory forever).

Oh, uh, video games aren't diverse enough for people who play them and they suck and are dumb and someone should make a good game or something, I don't know whatever.

Video Games out-entertaining Movies

A recent NPD group, a research firm, survey says video games have outstripped movies as a form of entertainment in the US.

63% of those surveyed had played a video game in the past 6 months, while only 53% had done the same with movies.

So what does this tell us? Well, these are just percentages and numbers based off of about 11,000 people. So. Maybe not much. Both the games industry and movie industry (arguably) are in slumps, with no "major titles" coming in the immediate future for any consoles, while it seems the summer's capping off this weekend with Terminator, while Wolverine received less than stellar reviews (and, let's not mix words, the movie was awful) and... not a whole lot else on the blockbuster front.

The video games industry is coming off from a boom, but sales are on the decline, the industry is firing a lot more than it's hiring and the aforementioned lack of new hot titles seem to be cooling down the industry. Maybe we'll see some heat come Christmas, but this summer is pretty arid on blockbusters for both entertainment industries.