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Online gamers, get ready for possible alerts on your consoles! According to Information Week, "State authorities are testing a plan that would see the Emergency Management Office issue alerts over online gaming networks in addition to regular channels. The goal, said New York State Deputy CIO Rico Singleton, is to reach younger residents who spend more time on the Xbox, PlayStation, or Wii than with television or radio... Under the state's plan, authorities would tap [Microsoft's, Nintendo's, Sony's] networks to broadcast warnings about natural or man-made disasters." Singleton it was logical, "considering the amount of time our youth spend on video games."
NY State Considers X-Box Alert System
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gamers would probably think it's part of their games..."oh shit end of the world"
if this makes people loose a call of duty match there will be riots.
nerd alert!
Why not just take my tax dollars and set them on fire.
You know, for smoke signals.
The state is running out of money and they are considering shit like this???????
welcome to the world of NY politics. bend over for your master.
ALERT: Night Elf Paladin attacks imminent!
ummm... wouldn't your electricity shutoff in the case of a real emergency? nuke or something... EMPs, Ive played enough COD MW2 to know
PAVE LOW! Get inside a building!
OH SHI...tactical nuke!