In a moving not so much shocking as it is quick, 2K Games today announced that it has reached made deal with Universal Pictures to have their blockbuster, Bioshock, be made into a feature length film.

Contrary to what some of you may think, game journalists have personal lives – portions of which don’t even involve gaming.  And just like anyone else, sometimes our personal lives don’t “go according to plan”.  So in an effort to escape reality, if just for the weekend, I began scouring travel sites looking for somewhere to go. 

Where do you find food, drinks and video games?
A) AppleBees
B) The Chatterbox Pub
C) My Basement

Recently, Adam Sessler, host of G4TV's XPlay, interviewed the authors of Grand Theft Childhood.  The book, which examines the link between between violent video games and youth violence, was released just last week.

From a story on NPR's All Things Conisdered, X-box players return joy to a fellow gamer's life. 

 All Things Considered, April 2, 2008 · A thief who stole an X-Box game player in Philadelphia got more than he bargained for when the rightful owner blogged about the theft. Gamers tracked the thief through the Internet and spammed him into submission. The X-Box was anonymously returned.

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Instead of having the group talk for “MMORPGs Dead or Alive” (the moderator was probably caught up with the crazy flight stuff this weekend) we were treated to the originally planned round table "XP vs RP".