The year was 1989. The concept was simple. Build a city from scratch, watch it grow and hope to God that it didn’t end up getting destroyed by fire, storm or just a bunch of riots in the streets. It was simple, straight forward, to the point and started a craze of goal oriented PC games that have been going strong ever since. The original Sim City was very simple and by today’s standards,...

Copyright The Quipping Queen 2005DING DONG IT’S DECEMBER!Or, time to get your buzzer fixed before friends arrive for somegood cheer!Compiled by Lady Beatrice Blitterlees and edited by Lord EarlCraboonDecember is the 12th month of the calendar year. Time to wrapthings up, because whether you’ve been naughty or nice, it’s toolate now. On second thought, perhaps the rotund fellow in...

In part 1 we talked about online gaming and your children, including FPS games and exposure to violent content. We wrap up this week by talking about RTS games, MMORPGs and the additional threats of addiction and social predators. RTS stands for Real Time Strategy. Strategy because these games generally take a much larger perspective, casting the player as a general or commander of an army or even...

Over the past decade United States Drug Enforcement Agency and Border Patrol Agents along with the Federal Bureau of Investigations have discovered tunnels under our borders. These tunnels have been used to ship many tons of drugs right under the US Border. The Department of Homeland Security is extremely concerned that Al Queda may use these same tunnels to move weapons of mass destruction and sleeper...