Wasn’t planning on doing an all-kids day here at Yellow-Menace, but some days are like that. A hefty backslap to Kotaku’s Japan-based correspondent Brian Ashcraft as he and the missus welcome progeny number deux into the world.

Trust me when I say that 2 kids is where the fun really starts!

I spent the better part of the weekend playing Fallout 3 (which is predictably excellent - though not as excellent as Far Cry 2 IMHO - I’ll be happy to provide reasons, if anyone asks) and I came across this funny video on YouTube.

It probably bears explaining that the beginning tutorial of Fallout 3 takes you from birth though your 18th year, at which point you exit the vault and venture out into the postapocalyptic ruins of Washington D.C. Seems some crafty bloke found a way out of the vault while you’re fiddling with the controls as a baby.

Wonder how long an un-chaperoned baby would last in the Wasteland? I bet he’d be radscorpion chow in minutes seconds.

Frustratingly, though - the video doesn’t show what actually happens when you try and actually leave…it stops just short of the final door. C’mon!

Ah, the miracles of science. Putting humanity on the moon was small potatoes. If you want real miracles look no further. It is now possible to get your grandmother (or your wife’s grandmother, as the case may be) pregnant without fucking her. Yes, in years past if you wanted your grams to bear your offspring, a sweaty night in the sack was the only way to go about it. Now, thanks to the wonders of in-vitro fertilization, grandma-fucking is a thing of the past.

No guarantees that your circle of friends will speak to you afterwards, however. Just look at this recent example:

In a “miracle” that has stunned one of the world’s fastest-aging societies, a 61-year old Japanese woman has given birth to her own grandchild, sparking renewed calls for the entire process of surrogacy to be banned in Japan.

The unnamed woman, who is now thought to hold the record as the oldest Japanese woman ever to give birth successfully, undertook the controversial treatment at the Suwa Maternity Clinic – an institution that has already sparked fierce debate over the rights and wrongs of surrogate motherhood.

Despite the evident joy and relief of both mother and daughter, there remains a strong vein of disapproval over surrogacy in Japan: there is currently no legislation specifically outlawing the practice, but a panel convened by the government earlier in the year recommended an outright ban. It went further, demanding punishments for everyone involved in the surrogacy except the mother herself.