: About Me

I'm a journalism student from New Zealand, specialising in sports and tech (an odd mix I know). I'm a life long sports fan and was lucky enough to attend the 2007 Rugby World Cup as part of the press corps. In addition to my studies, I'm an avid geek and gamer, always curious about all things tech, how they work and how to fix them.

My passion is ...

knowledge

I know too much about ...

hip surgery

My parents always told me ...

to be quiet

My childhood ambition ...

to be the first man on Mars

Why I write ...

Because I believe everyone has a story to tell, and I like to help people tell theirs.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Battlestar Galactica

My first job ...

sorting freight for a courier company

My best moment ...

getting married

Hobbies & Games > Video Game Culture & Community Video games and the cycle of blame for society's behavior

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While travelling around Paris, I remarked to my wife that many of the landmarks in that beautiful city are named after famous battles or places that were conquered, which perhaps shows how far back the human race's history of violence goes. These days violent video games seem to be the big boogie man which get the blame for leading the youth astray, but this tendency toward violence seems to have always been there, even if the influence appears to have changed over the years. Back in the 1950s it was comic books and rock n roll music which was causing "juvenile delinquency", fast forward t...

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