Pokemon Twitch

Recently a channel on the internet site Twitch.tv was set up for over 80,000 people to simultaneously play Pokemon red and blue version through controls entered in the comment section. This site allows players to work together to try to beat the game. As of right now there is over 7 days of game play and the players have still not reached victory road. (A task that normally takes 20 hours of gameplay to defeat.) Over the last several days the site has had to restart multiple times because of the multitude of users clogging the site. Many users are trying to purposely "troll" the progress of the game by releasing pokemon or having the player walk into random walls. This experiment will probably go down as the most popular interactive internet sensation this year and is very entertaining for pokemon fans everywhere.

http://guardianlv.com/2014/02/internet-social-experiment-twitch-plays-pokemon/

U.S.A Hockey Team Starts Olympics Off With Win

Early Thursday morning, in U.S. time, the U.S.A beat Slovakia 7-1 in the first round of competition in the hockey portion of the Olympics. Paul Stastny had a pair of goals in the game. This was a special game for Stastny because most of his family lives in Slovakia, but he played for team U.S.A. This caused mixed feelings in his family as they wanted both their country to do well, but also wanted their beloved relative to have a good game as well. Paul's father also played for Czechoslovakia in the 1980 Winter Olympics before the country split. This was also a huge momentum builder for the team in general as the competition going forward will be stiff. The team will play Russia on Sunday in what many believe to be the two best teams in the Olympics. The Slovakia team will still remain a scary team along with Canada, but the U.S. is off to a great start in the hockey bracket.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/sochi/2014/02/13/usa-slovakia-olympic-men-hockey-paul-stastny/5448589/

Bombing by Both Sides in Syria

On Thursday morning a Syrian rebel blew himself up at the gates of a Syrian prison freeing hundreds on inmates. The attack was big for the rebels because they now have enough forces to try and capture some key government positions around the city of Aleppo. While all of this is going on the Government is dropping "barrel bombs" (Explosives, scrap metal, and fuel) on the rebels. These bombs have not only killed rebels, but also 250 citizens of Aleppo, including 73 children. The rebels have now threatened to suspend peace talks that are supposed to take place sometime next week due to the bombings.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-02-06/syria-undecided-on-next-round-of-peace-talks