Think about when you’re playing an online game of Modern Warfare 2; chances are you’re unaware of the impending doom that could happen to you at any point. For the most part you are glued to your TV, unable to get any information that could save your life. Of course this actually happening is fairly low, but it is realistic enough that New York state officials are figuring out ways to send an Emergency Broadcast straight to your videogame console.

We’ve all seen it, either it’s a weather alert or just the station testing the signal to make sure everything is okay in the event of emergency. The idea is to “reach younger residents who spend more time on the Xbox, PlayStation, or Wii than with television or radio.” Believe it or not, the concept makes sense and I was actually thinking the other day on how the government could warn me about the end of the world, if I was playing a game of Mario.

The only real way this could work would be if the console was hooked to the internet. From there, if something were to happen — a message could alert the gamer that nuke has been released by Russian terrorist. Of course, you probably think it was just part of the game and continue on as your friends and family prepare.

via: Gizmodo