I can’t figure out how to embed this, but it is well worth clicking on the link. The Onion does a news analysis of the real skills our children will need for the post-apocalyptic 21st century. One analyst emphasizes the need for basic skills, like how to collect water from the morning dew in human skulls.
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/are_violent_video_games
UPDATE: Here it is embedded:
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[...] Jacob also weighs in with a lengthy recap of the ongoing debate; Finally, a hat tip to Jay Greene, who provides comic relief with a 21CS spoof from The Onion: An impossibly deadpan Fox [...]
Fallout 3 is actually a great game. I was surprised at how nicely rendered a post-apocalyptic Washington D.C wasteland could look. Supermutants genetically engineered by the former U.S. government have taken over the capital. Slavers have sawed off the head of Lincoln at the Lincoln Monument, while the Smithsonian is inhabited by feral irradiated humans known as Ghouls. You still have to watch your rear in Dupont Circle as Raiders attack to kill you and loot your body (incidentally the Raiders love wearing leather).
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Yeah, that’s a good one….but the best Onion news clip of all time is the Money Hole: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/in_the_know_should_the_government
My favorite article from the Onion of all time: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43197