Comments on: Emergency Alert System Broadcasts Making Their Way To Video Game Consoles? http://www.ripten.com/2009/11/20/emergency-alert-system-broadcasts-making-their-way-to-video-game-consoles/ Real Independent Press To Every Nerd Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Adam http://www.ripten.com/2009/11/20/emergency-alert-system-broadcasts-making-their-way-to-video-game-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-381321 Adam Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:44:58 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/?p=13494#comment-381321 I don't own a TV license. Which makes sense. I don't watch TV or listen to the radio. What I do have, is a steady (at times) broadband connection and an Xbox Live account. I read the news online from various sources, sometimes once an hour, sometimes more than once. My problem is, if I get engrossed in a game, which, let's be honest, can happen to the best of us, I can frequently miss news updates and not know about plane crashes/celebrity death/flood warnings for a good 6 - 10 hours. How many times on the Xbox, do we get little flashes telling us xyz is online or xyz has sent you a message? It happens we deal with it, so where would the harm be in having say a red popup to let you know there's been some breaking news? Maybe a flood or a hurricane heading your way? Personally, I'd be all for it. I don’t own a TV license. Which makes sense. I don’t watch TV or listen to the radio. What I do have, is a steady (at times) broadband connection and an Xbox Live account. I read the news online from various sources, sometimes once an hour, sometimes more than once. My problem is, if I get engrossed in a game, which, let’s be honest, can happen to the best of us, I can frequently miss news updates and not know about plane crashes/celebrity death/flood warnings for a good 6 – 10 hours. How many times on the Xbox, do we get little flashes telling us xyz is online or xyz has sent you a message? It happens we deal with it, so where would the harm be in having say a red popup to let you know there’s been some breaking news? Maybe a flood or a hurricane heading your way? Personally, I’d be all for it.

]]> By: Chad Lakkis http://www.ripten.com/2009/11/20/emergency-alert-system-broadcasts-making-their-way-to-video-game-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-380307 Chad Lakkis Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:17:38 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/?p=13494#comment-380307 On one hand I understand the logic, but on the other, I just feel that it's nothing more than some spotlight hungry government official looking to tie their name to something for a few extra minutes in the spotlight. I mean, are we really that connected to our technology that we can't ... oh crap my dinners burning. On one hand I understand the logic, but on the other, I just feel that it’s nothing more than some spotlight hungry government official looking to tie their name to something for a few extra minutes in the spotlight.

I mean, are we really that connected to our technology that we can’t … oh crap my dinners burning.

]]> By: DavidGX http://www.ripten.com/2009/11/20/emergency-alert-system-broadcasts-making-their-way-to-video-game-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-380298 DavidGX Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:55:08 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/?p=13494#comment-380298 Heeeelllllll no. Heeeelllllll no.

]]> By: nickreaume http://www.ripten.com/2009/11/20/emergency-alert-system-broadcasts-making-their-way-to-video-game-consoles/comment-page-1/#comment-380295 nickreaume Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:38:36 +0000 http://www.ripten.com/?p=13494#comment-380295 i will go offline xbox live just so i don't get said warnings in the middle of a level. god help us when we're playing MW2, and get interrupted. i will go offline xbox live just so i don’t get said warnings in the middle of a level.

god help us when we’re playing MW2, and get interrupted.

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