Short stuff

Canadian Christian writers are invited to submit their best work in a national writing contest. The Word Guild Canadian Christian Writing Awards will honour writing published in 28 categories. For categories and contest rules go to thewordguild.com.

—The Word Guild

Media Matters, a weekly analysis of movies, TV shows, music and other media from a Mennonite perspective is available from Third Way Café.

—Mennonite Weekly Review

Parents and grandparents were warned about the ten most violent video games in a list released by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) Nov. 23. ICCR called upon retailers to stop selling these games to youths and urged video game makers to offer more than “blood-soaked, anti-social” content. The list includes (in alphabetical order): Doom 3; Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Gunslinger Girls; Half Life; Halo 2; Hitman: Blood Money (releases in 2005); Manhunt; Mortal Combat: Deception; Postal 2; and Shadow Heart. The list extends to all earlier versions of the problem games.

—ICCR release