Did Buying Your Gaming Console Help Fund War Atrocities in the Congo?

Kotaku writes: "Do you own a video game console? Then you might have more to do with the bloody, brutal war in the Congo than you realize.

While the availability of blood diamonds, those rare minerals mined in war zones and sold to build armies, has begun to dwindle under international scrutiny, a new set of conflict minerals is rising to take its place.

I was reminded of this by an excellent Op-Ed piece by New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof this weekend. In Death by Gadget he talks about his own experiences reporting on the Congo's barbaric war and why electronics companies need to take more responsibility for where they get their supplies."