"Capcom gives coins meaning again" -- what's that supposed to mean? Society already gives meaning to coins: a quarter is worth 25 cents, a dime is worth 10, and so on.

News Blips:

Capcom plans to release an arcade version of Super Street Fighter 4. Producer Yoshinori Ono made the announcement at a Japanese tournament for the original Street Fighter 4. He didn't offer a release date, but US-based Arcade Infinity tweeted that they expect the cabinet to come out sometime in July/August. If Capcom does well with this game, maybe it'll inspire other game makers to produce more of these arcade-cabinet game things, since -- oh hell, who am I kidding? [VG247]

Nintendo dismisses the iPad/iPhone as gaming platforms. Speaking to Kotaku, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said that Apple "is not having an impact on Nintendo when you look at our business, our volume, our hardware, our software." He goes on to state that the iPhone's App Store isn't very profitable from a game development standpoint and that games for Apple's handhelds aren't even a "mouthful," when compared to his company's "snacks" and "full meal" software. And for dessert, they've got ports of classic Nintendo games you've bought several times already!

The "Penny Arcade guys" currently rank above President Barack Obama in the 2010 Time 100 Poll. Time asks for the public to "cast your votes for who you think are the world's most influential people in government, science, technology, and the arts." The folks from Penny Arcade currently sit at number 9 on the list with 37,362 votes, while the President of the United States trails behind at number 14 with 18,041 votes. Does this mean that the US should start sending Gabe and Tycho out as international ambassadors?

A World Health Organization study concludes that almost one-third of the world's children are inactive. Researchers classify kids who spend three or more hours playing computer games, watching TV, or chatting with friends as sedentary. By this measure, one-fourth of boys and nearly 30 percent of girls, of the 72,000+ youths surveyed from throughout the world (in countries both rich and poor), can be classified as such. At one point in my life, I think I could be classified as a sedentary child, but I am no longer; now I'm a sedentary adult. [Reuters]

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