Category " GamePolitics"





Surely Jessi Slaughter Could Have Benefitted From Anti-Cyberbullying Games?

Date: 26 Jul 2010
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Posted by: Dan
I have a new article up at Gamepolitics.com discussing the regrettable situation surrounding Jessi Slaughter and her family. It explores whether anti-cyberbullying games could have taught her and her family how to use the internet safely.


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Korean Game Regulation Uncertain

Date: 12 Jul 2010
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Posted by: Dan
I've done a new piece at GamePolitics covering the uncertainty surrounding the proposed Korean mobile game regulation. This is the one that includes mandatory in-game penalties for exceeding playtime limits.  Check it out here.


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Class Action Lawsuit Against Sony and Square Over FF13 Console Brickings

Date: 07 Jun 2010
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Posted by: Dan
Square Enix and Sony Computer Entertainment of America have been hit with a class action lawsuit filed by a San Diego gamer upset over a glitch in Final Fantasy XIII that can cause PS3 consoles to freeze up and become useless. My coverage and a copy of the complaint are up at GamePolitics.com and a detailed analysis should follow in the next few days.


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EMA v. Schwarzenegger gains cert with SCOTUS

Date: 26 Apr 2010
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Posted by: Dan
The Supreme Court of the United States has granted the petition for a writ of certiorari on Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) v. Schwarzenegger. GamePolitics editor Pete Gallagher and I have ongoing coverage of the event, and reactions from industry players, as it unfolds. (Note: if you get 404 errors, just increment the number of the update by 1, and that should work).


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LAPD Chief Daryl Gates Dies at 83

Date: 23 Apr 2010
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Posted by: Dan
LAPD Chief Daryl Gates has died at 83 of bladder cancer. Gates was a designer on the Police Quest and Police Quest: SWAT series of games from Sierra in the 1990's.


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Followup on EMA v. Schwarzenegger

Date: 23 Apr 2010
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Posted by: Dan
In light of the recent decision in U.S. v. Stevens, GamePolitics has done a followup article with Gameslaw discussing the implications of Stevens on the Court's acceptance (or denial) of certiorari in EMA v. Schwarzenegger, the long-running Ninth Circuit case on video game violence. Catch the article here.


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U.S. v. Stevens

Date: 23 Apr 2010
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Posted by: Dan
The SCOTUS has made their ruling in U.S. v. Stevens, a controversial case about crush videos that has broad implications for violent games legislation. Check out our continuing coverage at Gamepolitics! Also, I should point out that my Fantasy SCOTUS team totally called this one, right down to the breakdown.


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Dissection of Activision Cross-Claim vs. Infinity Ward Staff

Date: 12 Apr 2010
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Posted by: Dan
For those of you following the interesting drama between Activision (one of the industry's largest publishers) and former heads of Activision owned studio Infinity Ward, Jason West and Vince Zampella, there has been a new development. Activision has filed a cross-claim against West and Zampella which provides us with all sorts of insights into the relationship between the two companies, the millions...


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A Look Inside Serious Games

Date: 10 Mar 2010
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Posted by: Dan
Our man Dan Rosenthal is at the Game Developers Conference and filed this report from a lecture he attended last night: The Serious Games Summit at GDC closed out its first day with a sobering presentation from Allan McCullough and Parry Aftab entitled "Violence Prevention -- Playing A Video Game Can Make A Difference." Sponsored by the Child Safety Research and Innovation Center, the session explained...


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GDC Coverage: Serious Games and Abusive Design

Date: 10 Mar 2010
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Two new articles up today live from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, CA. First, up at GamePolitics, I covered a session called "Violence Prevention -- Playing A Video Game Can Make A Difference." The session covers CSRIC and their entry into the serious games market with children's violence prevention games such as Alex Wonder, and Sydney Safe-Seeker. The second, up at Negative...


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