A cop on 'Grand Theft Auto' & other gaming news

Star Wars was the top story this past week for a lot of people, Senate filibustering for others, but the *real* story for gamers of all ages this week was the console wars. They've heated up again. Sony's Playstation 3, Nintendo's Game Boy Micro, and Microsoft's Xbox 360 were all on display and vying for attention at the huge E3 games expo in Los Angeles this week. Video games are actually a big all-around story, given that they're now a $10 billion industry, having surpassed the film industry. Journalist, dad, and SafeKids.com publisher Larry Magid was covering E3 and got to talking with a Los Angeles police officer who was guarding Sony's Playstation 3 exhibit and controlling crowds while trying out Playstation Portable. They got to talking about "Grand Theft Auto," an M-rated game in which a lot of cops get killed. Click to this week's issue of my newsletter to see what the officer had to say.