Beer Pong Game Coming to Nintendo Wii

The Wii Game We’ve Been Waiting For

A new Beer Pong video game will be released in mid-June on Nintendo’s WiiWare platform. The game - in development by JV Games Inc. - will offer players the chance to play tournament-style in three classic beerpong venues (the garage, the basement, and the bar), as well as have a Speed Pong mode where players compete against each other to eliminate their cups first.

The game will allow 1-4 players to compete against each other in the same way that they would in real life. “We created a very accurate and realistic throw system. No buttons to time your throw with; just hold the Wii Remote™ like you would a normal ball and throw.” says JV Games VP Jag Jaeger.

The game is expected to be a huge hit with college students. Jaeger reports that the staff is already having a hard time keeping up with e-mail inquiries about the game. “People are anxious to get their hands on the game,” he says.

We’re one of the anxious ones. From the pictures, this looks like it is going to be a pretty legit game, but the degree to which the controls feel as natural as they claim will be the determinant.

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Underage Drinking Could Lead to Loss of License

A new bill passed in Illinois states that any minor charged and convicted of underage drinking could lose their driver’s license for up to 3 months — without ever stepping foot near a car.

The bill, which was passed by the Illinois General Assembly in August 2007, went into effect on January 1st. Though the house and senate votes were close to unanimous, the new law is being met with much more disagreement by the public. People seem to agree that “drunk driving is wrong,” but find fault with punishing minors who are “just walking and not causing a ruckus or anything.” This, one 20 year old Monmouth College student feels, “shouldn’t be a big deal.”

Another Monmouth College student comments that there is in fact “an association between drinking and driving, but drinking doesn’t [imply] that you’re going to be drinking and driving… all [this law serves to do is] punish those who may or may not be drinking responsibly.”

Albert Algren, Warren County State Attorney, defends the new bill, stating that the new law is not supposed to be fair, but more of a way to get people’s attention and “a good way to get their attention is to take away their driving priviledges.”

The effectiveness of the law is still being questioned, and it is uncertain to what degree it will be enforced.

Read more here.

13 Year Old Steals Father’s Credit Card to Play Xbox with Hookers

Don’t try this at home:

When Ralph Hardy, age 13, ordered an extra credit card from his father’s card company, he did not hold back. The Newark, Texas native spent roughly $30,000 with his friends, their most expensive purchase being a couple of hookers and a cheap motel.

Hardy was discovered after having the motel desk clerk to deliver Dr Pepper, Fritos and Oreos, then asking him “where they could score some chicks [that they were] willing to pay.” They went further, elaborating that “they had just made a big score at a ‘World of Warcraft’ tournament and wanted to get some relaxation.” The concerned desk clerk alerted local authorities.

Upon entering the room, police found $3000 in cash, several electronic gadgets, an Xbox video console, and two local prostitutes. The prostitutes, who were released without charge, told the arresting officers that they became suspicious when the kids said that “they would rather play Xbox than get down to business.”

Hardy is said to have reported that his father probably won’t mind, as he had forgotten to buy him a birthday present the week before.

source: http://www.money.co.uk/article/1000390-13-year-old-steals-dads-credit-card-to-buy-hookers.htm

No more booze on London’s Tube

Attention College Drinkers going abroad:

Newly-elected London mayor Boris Johnson says he is pushing through a ban on drinking on London’s Underground transport system. The ban will be phased in starting June 1, 2008 and will encompass all trains, buses, stations and platforms as an effort to curb minor crime and hopefully improve safety. For Americans traveling or studying in Britain, this is a change that will remind them of home. Now that pint can will need to be wrapped in a brown paper bag, just like on the Subway or the El.

Coffin Custom-Made to Look Like a Beer Can

South Chicago resident Bill Bramanti loves Pabst Blue Ribbon so much that he could never part with it. Now he will never have to.

The 67-year-old man ordered a custom casket from Panozzo Bro. Funeral home in Chicago Heights, and had Scott Sign of Chicago Heights make a huge wrapping designed to make the coffin look like a can of his favorite brew.

But that’s not all: He threw a party last Saturday for his friends and filled the coffin with ice and PBR, using it as a cooler.

“Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?” said Bramanti’s daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42.

But Bramanti says he does plan to be buried in the casket when the time comes, “I actually fit, because I got in here.”

No More ID for Grandpa

New provision on Universal Carding bill in Tennessee would remove penalties for not carding a person who “reasonably appears to be over the age of 50.”

Current law in Tennessee requires universal carding for alcohol purchase. That means that even senior citizens must present ID before they are allowed to purchase alcohol. This provision has led to a growing revolt among angry, older beer drinkers.

“There were, apparently, I hope this is politically correct, a lot of much older people who just didn’t like being carded, and they especially didn’t like being carded if it was somewhere where they were a usual customer,” says Emily C. LeRoy, associate director of the Tennessee Oil Marketers Association, which represents many convenience stores.

The current bill is scheduled to expire July 1, and lawmakers expect to extend it, but with one caveat: lawmakers removed penalties for clerks who don’t card a customer who “reasonably appears to be over the age of 50 and who failed to present an acceptable form of identification.”

LeRoy says, if the customer is someone the clerk “clearly knows” or has carded before and knows for sure is over age 50, they do not have to card them.

“It’s been kind of a hassle checking everyone,” said Shannon Hammett, store manager at Riverside Wine and Spirits Warehouse in Chattanooga. “The store clerk has good judgment. People complain (about showing their ID), especially if they are busy, like on Friday when everyone just wants to go have a beer.”

Looks like to get beer in Tennessee, all you have to do is hit up the costume shop before hand, and do your best fake limp.

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