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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
PostPosted: Apr 18 2007 01:40 pm Reply with quote Back to top

"Gamers too often get a bad rap, but sometimes the true, coo, givingl spirit of the community shines through: Case-in-point: Insomniac games going overboard to brighten the life of a 9-year-old paralyzed boy.

James Westbrook was paralyzed in a car accident in July of 2006 and his father, SFC Gene Westbrook, was also paralyzed in Iraq two years prior. Enter Extreme Home Makover and Insomniac.

The TV show made an awesomely wheelchair accessible house for the father and son, and Insomniac spent a week feverishly designing and coding a new playable character into upcoming PS3 title Ratchet and Clank Future. James will be starring in the game, complete with a flying saucer.

That is, in a word, awesome.

The episode debuts April 22nd on ABC."


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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classicâ„¢
Joined: Jul 24 2006
Location: Robot Boombox HQ
PostPosted: Apr 18 2007 02:30 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Damn, that's great. Very Happy


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S. McCracken
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Title: Enforcer
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: Massachusetts
PostPosted: Apr 18 2007 03:09 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Jack Thompson thinks those people wouldn't be paralyzed if it weren't for video games making his dad go to war or making that other person crash into the car James was riding in.


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Char Aznable
Title: Char Classicâ„¢
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PostPosted: Apr 18 2007 03:17 pm Reply with quote Back to top

If video games didn't exist, Thompson would be one of those people you see on streetcorners mumbling to themselves.


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