Today on Epileptic Gaming:

We’ll have a Friday Free For All with a small amount of structure. Ponder these topics, reader:

1) What’s the deal with the Xbox LIVE holiday outage? We pay money so the service stays on…right?
2) Electronic Gaming Monthly is now banned from reviewing Midway, Sony, and Ubisoft games.
3) Do videogames affect the development of kids? Find out what a CES panel had to say, and find out what the EG crew has to say.
4) Get an inside look at the ADHD-stricken Robert Summa in action.

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P.S.- Cami’s on today.



Clearly a little thrown back by the rapid decline of the videogame magazine and the uncertain state of parent company Ziff Davis, the boys and girls over at EGM have made an unlikely move into sensationalism. As evidenced by their latest declaration that the just-finished Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 has smarter artificial intelligence than the unfinished Killzone 2 for the PlayStation 3 seems a bit out of place — especially for a mag that has prided itself on being “smarter” than the average gamer. Continued…