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In a rather unsurprising turn of events, Hillary Clinton and Joseph Lieberman have just announced new legislation to help keep kids safe from those awful video games. Well, mostly from GTA it seems, as the press release explicitly mentions Rockstar and GTA repeatedly. To put it simply, The Family Entertainment Protection Act seeks to put the force of law behind the ESRB’s
This just in, everybody’s favorite anti-game crusader, Jack Thompson has been thrown off the case by the judge in the Strickland vs. Sony civil suit in Alabama. For those not following the news, Thompson voluntarily removed himself from the prosecution team following a motion to remove him on behalf of Take2’s lawyers. This appeared to most observers as damage control on Thompson’s
Some months ago (yes, it’s been months) I posted an email that was sent to Patrick by a certain indy game developer named Joe Laurino. Considering the amount of time that has passed between then and now, I’d have thought that the amount of hatemail he’s been getting would have died down – however, that seems to not be the case. For
I refuse to make some snarky, sarcastic entry about the Hot Coffee fiasco. I’ve had it. I don’t care anymore. It went out of control, becoming an orgy of press and populace. Nutter protestors and politicians (and Jack Thompson, who deserves a category all his own) are on a rampage, going after everyone and anyone who looks at em’ funny.
For the most part, it seems the Hot Coffee controversy has been put on the back burner pending the outcome of the FTC investigation. So what have the critics done to channel their self-righteous rage and stay in the spotlight? Well, in Thompson’s case, as you’ve surely heard already, he’s simply widened his fear-mongering campaign against The Sims, Bully, and Killer 7, among others. He
Kick back, relax. Have yourself a sandwich. Just because Chappelle’s Show has officially bitten the dust, it doesn’t mean that the world is without it’s humour. Take the following email, for instance – sent on behalf of the “entire gaming industry” to Patrick (the modder behind Hot Coffee), it seems to have come from someone who wasn’t breast fed enough
GamePolitics.com, the gaming news supersite that deals with the delicate relationship between the videogame community and the political world, has been in a flurry of GTA mania lately. It’s not surprising, of course – the Hot Coffee controversy has brought both sides out swinging. If (for some reason) you don’t have these guys bookmarked, here’s a rundown of today’s top
Check out the BBC’s latest piece about the ESRB/Hot Coffee fiasco, written by our very own illspirit. “It’s also worth mentioning that nearly everyone in the GTA3/Vice City/San Andreas mod scene have purchased each title twice. Each of those three games was released in the month of October for the PlayStation 2, with the PC version following in May or June of the
Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification have revoked GTA: San Andreas’s current rating as a result of the Hot Coffee modification. Originally the game had the classification MA15+, therefore it could only be sold to those over the age of 15. The game is now banned in Australia from being sold, rented or advertised. The board have stated that
On Tuesday we reported that the FTC have launched an investigation into advertising claims made for GTA San Andreas, now it has emerged that a granny is filing a lawsuit in the southern district of New York after she bought the “M” rated game for her teenage grandson. “The plaintiff, Florence Cohen, claims in her lawsuit that she purchased the
