New York Attorney Taking Action Over Videogame-Induced Seizures
by Dylan Duarte on November 3, 2009 at 5:15 pm
An attorney in Syracuse, New York is representing a four-year-old boy who suffered a seizure watching his brother play a videogame. The attorney is asking other victims to come forward to presumably set up a class action lawsuit. Read more…
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Massachusetts Governor Brags About Guitar Hero
by Dylan Duarte on June 25, 2009 at 12:20 pm
I jump with joy any time that video games are brought up in a good light, and this is no exception. Deval Patrick, the Governor of Massachusetts, lobbied game publishers to relocate to his state in an effort to help his state’s economy. Now he’s brought the subject up again, this time bragging about it. Read more…
Inside Every Gamer, There’s a Little Fanboy
by Wade Larson on October 23, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Liberal. Conservative. Fanboy.
These words have taken on new meanings in the age of internet and anonymous hate-spamming. And, just like pundits and politicos, gamers have their preferred warhorse.
But when you show your support for a system you instantly become “fanboy,” and are likely to get a face full of flamer comments within minutes. People get defensive. People get offensive. And most frequently, they degenerate into juvenile debates that go a lot like playground calls of “my dad can beat up your dad.” Sure, its never going to happen, its just that people really like to be assholes to each other.
But you already knew this, if you have any internet proficiency. So lets ask the question, what is a fanboy, and is it really so bad to be one? Read more…
Obama Billboards Appear In Burnout Paradise
by Andrew Podolsky on October 14, 2008 at 11:10 am
In a move that’s well beyond any lame Second Life appearances, the Obama campaign has bought ad space in Paradise City. EA confirmed the ad buy to website Gigaom today– check out their statement after the jump. Read more…
Master Chief is a Political Liability
by Justin Arnold on October 7, 2008 at 7:24 pm
The lexicon of American politics includes many derogatory terms: carpetbagger, hatchet man, or flip-flopper. Now we can add “Halo player” to the list.
In the Maricopa County District 1 Supervisor race in Arizona, incumbent Republican Fulton Brock is slamming Democratic challenger Ed Hermes in his campaign literature as a “Halo gamer.” Read more…
Warning: Politicians May Be Abusing Their Powers to Make Gaming… Better?
by Dan Landis on August 3, 2008 at 7:19 pm
This story starts with a young boy and a subscription to the MMO Final Fantasy XI. After a few months with the game, he grows tired of it and decides he’s going to cancel. Great, so how do you do that? What seems like should be a simple task ends up an exercise in frustration. Little did Square Enix know — they just messed with the wrong guy. Read more…
PC Review: The Political Machine 2008
by Andrew Podolsky on June 22, 2008 at 7:29 pm
It’s been 17 months since Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton started to duke it out for the Democratic nomination, less than a month since the winner of that contest was settled, and four score and seven years since John McCain graduated from flight school, after learning how to ride a pterodactyl. It’s easy to get fatigued watching all this crap on cable news, but for a fun bit of counter-programming, we have this clever little strategy game, The Political Machine 2008. Read more…
