GTA Ads Spark Months of Controversy in Boston
Last week, politically-oriented industry blog Game Politics began covering controversy in Boston over advertisements for Rockstar Vancouver's Grand...
READ MORE >Friedman Has Decided: Bully is Alright
Gaming blog Destructoid, which reported firsthand on this week's developments in the saga of Jack Thompson vs. Rockstar Vancouver's Bully (PS2),...
READ MORE >""Thompson doesn't like the look of, he can take it to court and force the judge to act as a ..."
see all 67 commentsJudge Friedman is the Decider
Rockstar Vancouver's upcoming schoolyard adventure Bully (PS2) has generated a surprising amount of controversy given that it has not even yet been...
READ MORE >"now what I want to see is the judge write a review for a gaming site and give it like a 9.5!"
see all 57 commentsEvening Reading
Bring it! - WiFi art - Latest Jack Thompson lawsuit - UndoTV - FireFox crop circle Lastly, we're having a SOAP shackmeet this weekend! Read...
READ MORE >"I've got a brand new Supercard MiniSD for the Nintendo DS that I need to get rid of. $30 ..."
see all 2176 commentsESA Says, Vote for Video Games
As you have probably noticed, the legal and political climate surrounding video games and the video game industry is becoming absolutely stifling....
READ MORE >"Well, you can do lots of stuff in lots of games unless a developer specifically rules it out. ..."
see all 75 commentsI'm O.K.: A Murder Simulator
You may recall Jack Thompson's open challenge to the games industry to produce an incredibly violent game based on a premise of his design. There...
READ MORE >"Can anyone get to the site anymore? It just gives me "Could not connect to remote server""
see all 51 commentsLate Night Consoling
Any jazz fans around? I've been listening to a lot of Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus recently, and man is that a solid album. Ryu Ga Gotoku...
READ MORE >"It's about time SFA collection is released. I really hope A3 is not A3 Upper / the PS1 port, ..."
see all 73 commentsSo Jack Thompson Walks Into a Bar...
You may not be dying to hear more about good old Jack Thompson, attorney at law, but news is a bit slow right at the end of the year, and this...
READ MORE >""Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." - Machiavelli"
see all 35 commentsGame Law Struck Down, Thompson Buys Into Take-Two
A recent California law aiming to prevent the sale of excessively violent video games to minors, created by assemblyman Leland Yee and endorsed by...
READ MORE >"Wow. Just when you thought he didn't have anymore carnival tricks to amaze and amuse..."
see all 17 commentsVideo Games Hit the Courts
1UP's latest historical feature, entitled Trials and Tribulations, is a piece detailing some of the more noteworthy legal escapades that the game...
READ MORE >"I think my favorite part was Philips and Arakawa accepting lunch on Universal's dime before ..."
see all 8 commentsTV Says Gamers Are Crazy Killers
Did you see the recent episode of CSI: Miami in which a bunch of gamers were found to be committing serial murder and robbery in imitation of a...
READ MORE >"An opinion it's a concept. Killing it's not a concept, it's something you have to act upon. This ..."
see all 68 commentsWarren Spector Explains Himself
Designer Warren Spector, probably best known as the designer of Deus Ex (PC), made something of a stir with a keynote given at the recent Montreal...
READ MORE >"No sense getting bent out of shape over the term "murder simulator." It describes 90% of ..."
see all 83 commentsChild's Play Begins Again
Many of you are surely familiar with Child's Play, the annual Penny Arcade-run charity that seeks to provide sick hospital-bound kids with music,...
READ MORE >"Okay, I personally doubt that Penny Arcade would do that, but I also don't see why it should be ..."
see all 37 commentsThompson Cops Out, Penny Arcade Steps Up
Some say that widely-visited sites such as Shacknews should cease coverage of the insane antics and ramblings of Jack Thompson, attorney-at-law and...
READ MORE >"Yah, amen to that. Talk about a response that needed no words. Amazing."
see all 204 commentsLate Night Consoling
If you missed it, check out my The Movies interview. It will help you learn about the game The Movies! I'm glad that nutcase Jack Thompson finally...
READ MORE >"Fantastic, you can help me with another question I’ve had for a long time. It ..."
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"I thought that article was wry comedy gold. It perfectly skewers the overblown response ..."
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