http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/ Engadget Comments for Boy Scouts introduce videogame badge, other badges ask 'Really?' http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
Meh.]]>Apr 28th 2010 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Not really. The Boy Scouts are trying to make the kids be responsible and play games that are rated for them for an appropriate amount of time. It can only help.]]>Apr 28th 2010 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/"Explain why certain genres of pr0n are not good for kids."
"Write a review."
"Discuss with family members the risks and benefits of working in the pr0n industry."
"Fit no more than 1 hour of pr0n into your weekly schedule."

Oh man.
And of course, "Participate in a pr0n tournament."]]>Apr 28th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
Regardless, they are a private organization and as such can make rules as to their membership as such, including not allowing atheists or gays. ]]>Apr 28th 2010 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
Very Sad, don't get me wrong, I love my Gaming, but Killing 7 Hookers in GTA is not merit for Badge in Scouts!

Now, if they Hacked their PS3 / XBOX 360 or Wii to say Run Android, THEN GIVE THEM A BADGE!]]>Apr 28th 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/]]>Apr 28th 2010 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
Very ]]>Apr 28th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
Yes, the Mormon church does provide funding and is the main reasons for those limitations on the national level. However, in the local units and councils there is less concern over these issues. I have worked with openly gay people (two held higher positions in the council and one in a regional position).

Also, this is not sad. It encourages young children (Cub Scouts, not Boy Scouts) to interact with others while being socially and fiscally responsible.]]>Apr 28th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
Isn't that called a gangbang?]]>Apr 28th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/gamers dont let other gamers go to boyscout]]>Apr 28th 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
Yes, the Boy Scouts of America have strayed far from their original role of promoting patriotism and fighting communism in everyday life.]]>Apr 28th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
Our 11 year old is in the boy scouts and will get a real kick out of this story. The thing is that all of the requirements that promote responsibility here we have already tackled with him.

Kids (and parents) that think this story is foolish probably are those that need scouting the most to teach so much of what kids grow up lacking these days. Sure it's easy to use the video games and TV as a babysitter but when you do that you're essentially giving someone or something else control to raise your kids as they see fit.

I love technology and use it all day long but...

when it comes to raising kids I wish we lived in the 50's before all of this technology interjected itself into our lives.]]>Apr 28th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
FYI - Here in the United States boys move from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts halfway through the 5th grade. At the time our boy was 10 years old.]]>Apr 28th 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
Just because they can exclude people from their private organization doesn't mean that they should.]]>Apr 28th 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
Does it come with a $18.7 Million judgement?]]>Apr 28th 2010 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 29th 2010 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
How come no one is snickering at the "Frisbee golf" belt loop?]]>Apr 30th 2010 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Boy Scouts was always pretty odd already even back in my day.
It was about the outdoors/nature versus its old adversary, TV.]]>Apr 28th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/The inevitable "they shouldn't get badges for playing games that'll give them square eyes and a stabbing tendency" media response this will engender: bad.]]>Apr 28th 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/"I just want my dad to hug me"]]>Apr 28th 2010 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/wow, you are bonkers dude. that's a messed up way to view kids' involvement in school and social groups.

mommy, why does everyone else at school have friends?
because, darling, their parents don't love them. but i do love you, my darling, very very much. you will never spend time with anyone but MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.]]>Apr 28th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
good to hear that video games are being embraced by societies instead of expelled. good to see also the requirements arent just "play video games till your hands fall off" they acctually involve some research and knowledge :)]]>Apr 28th 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/I can see it now... kids begging their parents to let them into scrub scrouts just to play video games and get 'em selves a badge.]]>Apr 28th 2010 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Joke's on those kids when they realize their hours are going to be cut (most likely) AND they have to do "homework."]]>Apr 28th 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/
What's that you say? I need the Belt Loop in order to earn the Pin?! Dammit!]]>Apr 28th 2010 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/Apr 28th 2010 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/28/boy-scouts-introduce-videogame-badge-other-badges-ask-really/I call bullshit. We brought our atari lynxs to just about every Hike we went on.]]>Apr 28th 2010 9:55AM