Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Popular Video Game at Church - New York Times

This week's sign that the apocalypse is upon us (as they used to say in Sports Illustrated): Some churches are now using the popular video game "Halo" to attract a particular demographic--adolescent males--so that they can hit them with a religious message after a couple of hours of shooting-em-up on the popular video game. If it wasn't enough of a mixed message that a violent video game would use a religiously evocative name like "Halo," churches are now using the game as a beacon, or a halo, to attract adolescent males so they can preach to them about Christian ideals, including "though shalt not kill."

How weird is that?

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Link - New York Times

How's that for irony? Bosnian couple have online affair ... with each other

This definitely belongs in "News of the Weird." A Bosnian couple who were unhappy in their marriage each went online to find true love and wound up finding each other. Now they're getting a divorce!

What does that have to say about technology and society?

News blogger Ben Greenman has the story.

Couple Divorce After Having an Online Affair... With Each Other