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They Break the News, I Break it Again!

E3 is over with and the great big post-E3 lull has begun. Hope you like previews, cause that's all you're gonna see for a while. Anyway, just so you know, the Beatdown column is satire. SAT-IRE. This means the truth is sometimes bent a little bit and that you'll occasionally see reality twisted to suit the ends of the totally mad author. Blame him. If you are offended please avail yourself of the dictionary. 'Satire' is filed conveniently under 'S' along with 'Sarcasm', 'Stupid' and 'Surrealistic', the last word there is included only because its a cool word. Note: you won't find the word 'Gullible' in the dictionary, really, go ahead and check.

"The gamers will rise up from their shackles and tear down the other media. Films, books, television, they have no chance at survival! The revolution has come" - From the writings of Lowenstein, Chairman of the IDSA Party.

There is no doubt in our minds that gaming is big business. It made well over 6 billion dollars last year and the Dreamcast U.S. debut was a stunning sales success. The PC games Who Wants to be a Millionaire, The Sims and Roller Coaster Tycoon have sold well over a million copies each and MMPOG games like EverQuest generate a cool million and change each month for their owners. But we never thought the movement had captured over 60% of the US population.