September 10, 2003 – In a case of life imitating videogames, two Tennessee teenagers, who cited the Grand Theft Auto franchise as their influence, recently opened fire on Interstate 40 highway, killing one and severely injuring others.

William and Joshua Buckner, ages 16 and 14 years old, told police they were bored, so they took a .22 caliber rifle and decided to ape their favorite videogame, Grand Theft Auto.

hmm… idiots

When I first noticed this news item on IGN I was gonna write a fairly serious blog about videogames influencing kids.. then got sidetracked wondering about the most badass way to pronounce ninJA.

Maybe Tenchu (the videogame) is to blame for me deciding to learn NinJA!  (see! the first few paragraphs weren’t entirely irrelevent to the rest of the blog)

On the other hand, maybe I was just fed up of Jackie Chan getting all the women and wanted to be able to kick his ass.
Also, if I’m ever attacked by a tiger, I’m fairly sure I read somewhere that in a fight between a ninJA and a tiger, the ninJA will always win…

…Possibly it was me that wrote that tho, so I probably shouldn’t put too much trust in it.

By the way, if you’re wondering, the ‘JA’ of ninJA is deliberately written in capitals as I feel it should be emphasised when pronouncing the name, not merely ninja, but ninJA

Try saying it, it sounds much more badass.