COMPETITIVE GAMING IN BEIJING OLYMPICS?

Up at Digital Hollywood North (BUILDING BLOCKS) in San Jose...some of us were talking about video games as an Olympic sport...a couple of folks didn't quite believe it...so I thought I'd put a few links to legit sources that are following that story..

Competitive gaming trying to earn a berth in the Olympics - May ...

Should video games be a part of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing? ... "This is the natural place for an exhibition Olympic video game tournament to occur ... money.cnn.comCached - /2006/05/31/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm - 38k - Cached -

Here's a screengrab of CNN's poll on the subject:

1. Should video games be a part of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing? Dude! Cool! 14% It deserves discussion 5% Are you kidding? 81% total responses to this question: 14923

OKAY WHAT ABOUT MOTOCROSS INSTEAD????

CNN.com - Transcripts

Bicycle motorcross, BMX, will be an official Olympic sport for the first time in the Summer Games. That's for 2008 in Beijing. It follows the arrival of ... transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0307/02/lt.08.html - 29k - Cached -