Maybe. There’s talk of it, anyway.

Or, so Games Radar has found. A few folks from the gaming site recently took the time to count words in Wikipedia entries and discovered that when it comes to documenting history, there’s no time like the present.

For example, according to Games Radar, Wikipedia contains more than 13,000 words devoted to “Call of Duty,” video game set during World War II, but less than 12,000 words about the actual war. There supposedly are more words describing Pokemon trading cards (5,721) than poker (1,857), blackjack (5,228), even checkers (2,326). Master Chief of “Halo 3″ fame has far more words describing him in Wikipedia than 11 U.S. presidents do.

And, believe it or not, the animated character Knuckles, of “Sonic the Hedgehog” fame, has a longer entry than even God. (Yes, that God.)

Games Radar explained that its word count took place a week before its article was published and was careful to note that open-source information sites such as Wikipedia change by the minute, so the numbers will be in flux as well.

Still, it’s fair to say that even God probably wonders who the hell he has to sleep with at Wikipedia to get better publicity.

You’ve got to wonder though what prompts someone to act out a game enough that someone dies — and whether they were capable of distinguishing fantasy from reality in the first place.

If not, was the suspended sentence justified?

Version 2.40 went out late Tuesday, and almost immediately word circulated that systems everywhere were turning to bricks just after installing the update. Now, Sony has stopped circulating the update, reverting to Version 2.36 instead.

The website Joystiq was the first to report the problem. Since then, Sony has said it will look into it.

Some excitement prefaced 2.40’s release because the update included such features as in-game access to system controls and a new trophy-award feature for game performance. But as soon as the update installed, PS3 users complained of getting a start-up screen minus icons — and nothing else.

It’s not known how many PS3s were affected or whether they can be salvaged. Sony insists the problem is not widespread despite the dozens of complaints from users on the official PS3 message board.

Three words:

Rock Band 2

That means no new computers will be sold at major retailers with XP preinstalled. To get it, you’ll have to buy Vista first, then downgrade to XP.

Microsoft is tired of nursing the aging system and wants everyone to start using Vista, no matter how clunky and inconvenient it is, and what better way to make that happen than to render XP obsolete. (However, full technical support continues through next year, and limited support through 2014.)

Windows XP was heralded as the next best thing in computing when it debuted in late 2001. The start was inauspicious at best, with glitches hampering preview ceremonies staged around the country, including St. Louis. (Among other things, the demonstration of video conferencing at the show in America’s Center failed on three attempts.) In later years, XP received an “F” for security by being so porous to hacker attacks that “malware” and “computer virus” became household words.

But Vista weighs in at almost twice XP’s size, which made it too big for most computers to run effectively when it was released in January 2007. Vista also has had numerous compatibility issues with assorted peripheral devices, cumbersome licensing terms and slower operation overall than XP.

Even Intel Corp., which knows a thing or two about computers, has decided to stick with XP until something less cranky than Vista comes along.

Gamers won’t have that choice. Starting today, you’ll have to trade the devil you know for something much more scary.

Game Guy is down with the “BioShock” mention, but he’s indifferent to the other titles — especially “Madden NFL 08,” which has slumped the last couple of years, and “Halo 3,” easily the most overrated game on the market (next to “Grand Theft Auto IV”).

The developer market’s reliance on sequels suggests it’s placing way too much emphasis on proven concepts and not enough on innovation. That tends to make even decent franchises such as “Madden” rather boring after awhile.

Of course, you probably have a different opinion on this. So let’s hear it. Tell Game Guy what you think are the best titles for Xbox 360.

(Many thanks to 1UP.com for the heads-up.)

Then, take a peek at the new website.

News reports say six teenagers were arrested there Thursday after allegedly robbing a woman and pounding on a passing van. Authorities are saying the teens were imitating club-wielding characters found throughout the game.

About a dozen teens were involved, but police managed to collar only the six. The group, armed with crowbars and sticks, supposedly surrounded the woman’s car and forced her to give them money before she could drive away.

The teens apparently then tried to pull the same stunt on a man driving by in a van, but he managed to catch and pin down one of the assailants until police arrived. The other five teens arrested were caught shortly afterward.

Although two of the teens are considered juveniles, the news reports say all are facing first-degree robbery charges as adults and were held on $150,000 bail.

Now, the question appears to be whether a video-game-made-me-do-it defense will hold up in court.

If the judge is smart, he won’t let it. Because the issue isn’t whether video games affect impressionable people; it’s whether the courts are dumb enough to let such a defense stand.

In the past several years, assorted clinical and academic studies have insisted that video games:

* Cause irritability.

* Reduce stress

* Make players generally sadder.

* Make players generally happier.

* Increase sex drive.

* Decrease sex drive

* Lead to weight gain

* Help improve overall physical fitness

* Diminish social interaction

* Raise social awareness …

Does anyone see a pattern here.

One thing video games don’t do, however, is brainwash people. More likely, the people supposedly suffering adverse psychological effects from video games were already well on their way to dropping all their marbles before they ever picked up a game controller.

What video games threaten to become with this case in New York is an excuse for everything from bad karma to hair loss. This is what happens when society reduces the importance of personal responsibility for one’s actions by encouraging people to solve their problems through litigation.

Thus, the courts become places not to seek justice, but merely to assign blame. And if the case of the rowdy kids finds any resolution with a video-games-made-me-do-it defense attached, it would be within reason to consider the courts to be just as maladjusted as the kids.