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In a demonstration of both ignorance and apparent loyalty, US Senator Lamar Alexander has spoken out against video games – calling them a bigger problem than guns”, because they affect people.” The Tennessee state republican representative made the seemingly indefensible statement during an appearance on The Daily Rundown with Chuck …
Read More »China considers lifting console ban
But reports say the Chinese government is not showing its cards just yet
Read More »Ralph Nader calls violent video game devs ‘electronic child molesters’
American political activist and five-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader has accused companies who work to promote violent television programs and video games of being electronic child molesters. Speaking in an interview with Politico, Nader sounded off on Barack Obama’s plan to combat gun violence – stating that the proposals didn’t …
Read More »Australia’s first 18-rated game is Ninja Gaiden 3
Team Ninja's hack and slash title approved for Australian consumers
Read More »James Dyson criticises governmental focus on games
The glamour of web fads and video gaming is being put ahead of tangible technology that can be exported from the UK, Sir James Dyson has said. Speaking to theRadio Times, the British entrepreneur famous for inventing the Dyson vacuum cleaner said too much emphasis was being placed on sectors …
Read More »Connecticut town paying residents to destroy violent video games
The tragedy of the Newtown school shooting is at risk of claiming another undeserved victim – video games. Polygon reports that residents of Southington, a small community around 30 miles from the site of last month’s horrific shooting, has launched what it is calling The Violent Video Games Return Program. …
Read More »MCV Pacific Yearly Wrap-Up: 2012
With the year drawing to a close and most people already scouring for beer, MCV looks back at the biggest and saddest stories of the year. Before THQ declared bankruptcy (and before it refuted claims that it was going to be sold) its Australian publishing office had already closed its …
Read More »Trade bodies respond to UK games tax relief
UKIE and TIGA welcome first details of government scheme
Read More »Indie title McBank challenges the social order
Developer takes on the banks with a game tackling the economic system and your morals
Read More »MP Ed Vaizey "pleads" with civil servants for a console in his office
The Government’s Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries wants a games console in his office. Tory MP Ed Vaizey has, according to The Daily Mail, pleaded” with civil servants for the installation of a games console in his office. However, the powers that be” have told him such a …
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