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Why Video Games Are an Excellent Economic Indicator

In a stunning result, the winner of the third annual TIME 100 poll and new owner of the title World’s Most Influential Person is moot. The 21-year-old college student and founder of the online community 4chan.org, whose real name is Christopher Poole, received 16,794,368 votes and an average influence rating of 90 to handily beat the likes of Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and Oprah Winfrey. To put the magnitude of the upset in perspective, it’s worth noting that everyone moot beat out actually has a job.

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Columbine left its indelible mark on pop culture

The massacre of students and a teacher within the seemingly safe hallways of Columbine High School reverberated so strongly that its reflection can be found in the creations of multiple artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers over the past decade. “It wasn’t the first school shooting, but it became the extreme case,” said Robert Thompson, founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University

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Is online piracy a good thing?

Lawmakers have come to a decision in Sweden’s landmark copyright case, finding the four men behind one of the world’s most popular file-sharing sites, The Pirate Bay guilty of collaborating to violate copyright law and jailing them for a year. But, the copyright war is far from over. The fierce battles between corporations and pirates over how to control information on the Internet will continue to be fought

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50 Cent seeks revenge in new video game

Most fans picturing rapper 50 Cent operating a joystick would probably envision the hip-hop star blasting away opponents in his latest video game release, "Blood on the Sand." Those same fans might be surprised to learn the hardcore rapper also has a soft spot for old-school throwbacks like “Tetris,” “Pac-Man” and the venerable “Super Mario Brothers.” 50 Cent plays “Super Mario Brothers” Really “Yeah,” said the rapper, as well known for surviving nine bullet wounds as he is for his platinum-selling albums.

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