As Americans, it is our civic duty to vote. However, as gamers we often feel chastised by politicians and their views on videogames. Now is our time to rise up and be heard. Yahoo games is trying to inform gamers as to which candidate will help defend our rights to frag.
I know what you are thinking: “If I’m old enough to vote, none of these game laws affect me.” They may not affect you directly, but if these laws start getting signed, larger retailers might start pulling games off shelves which would hurt the entire industry. Take Manhunt 2, for instance. When I went to pick up my copy at my local Target, they informed me that they weren’t carrying the game due to its controversial nature. If the government starts regulating videogames, who knows what they will deem “unsuitable” for public consumption? Continued…
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5. Cheating in EVE Online
Within the world of EVE Online, it’s perfectly acceptable to lie, cheat and steal. So why cheat in the game itself? Continued…
The United States opposes online gambling, and Europe is pissed about it. WTO member nations on The Continent are seeking $100 billion (with a “b”) in compensation.
The World Trade Organization has the authority to levy fines against member states that pass laws that interfere with what the organization considers “free trade.” Continued…
Hyperbole and scare-mongering were de rigueur at a weeklong “anti-piracy” conference in Hollywood.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles Counterfeiting and Piracy Awareness Week began last Thursday and featured comments by many high-level politicos that could affect how you play. They included: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa; singer Mary Wilson of The Supremes; California legislators Howard Berman, Diane Watson and Brad Sherman; MPAA anti-piracy lobbyist Mike Robinson; former Dreamworks exec and Los Angeles City Councilmember Wendy Greuel; and Safwat Fahmy of SafeMedia Corp., which produces software designed to break P2P networks. Continued…
More Wikipedia-edit shenanigans have come to light — and this time the culprit is the Entertainment Software Association.
Using Wikipedia Scanner, GamePolitics.com has uncovered changes to the Wikipedia modchip entry, made from behind the ESA firewall. Continued…
Ostensibly, our troops are in Iraq to promote Democracy, stabilize the region, and depending on to whom you listen, lower the price of crude oil. But they’re not there to kill Muslims just because they’re Muslim.
Yet the Pentagon is allowing a right-wing Christian evangelical “entertainment troupe” to distribute copies of Left Behind: Eternal Forces to U.S. troops in Iraq. Continued…
The state of California’s latest attempt to block sales of videogames to minors was ruled unconstitutional by a U.S. District Court judge yesterday. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger immediately vowed to appeal the decision to a higher court.
Judge Ronald Whyte struck down the law on the grounds it unfairly targets one medium for censorship. This same rationale has overturned a previous legislative attempt in California, as well as in other states. Do date, no anti-games law passed in the United States has passed constitutional muster in the courts. Continued…
