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A unanimous ruling by the Federal Trade Commission today would update truth-in-advertising language to require the disclosure of "material connections" - hint, hint "cash or an in-kind payment to review a product" - by the recipient of such considerations. More »
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The Federal Trade Commission, it seems, has determined that bloggers aren't journalists, or should at least be treated differently. More »
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Over at Gamers With Jobs, Julian Murdoch looks at the craft of writing about games — and how being a gaming journalist has improved his relationship with games. While I've found writing about games has significantly cut into my time I can spend playing games — and there's a difference between playing for pleasure and playing for pay — I'll agree with many of Murdoch's thoughts in regards to going into situations with a new perspective, one that is frequently quite positive: More »
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Ah Peter Moore, how we've missed you. No one has really stepped into the "public face" void filled by Moore's sudden departure over at Microsoft, but fortunately, Moore himself is still going to be very much a public face in gaming. More »
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We've known for a while that, among other things, Japanese adult video actress Ann Nanba was really into games. Her gamer cred: She owns a PS3, an Xbox 360, a PS2, a PSP, a Wii (which she bought in NYC on launch day) and a DS (which she waited in line for.) She seems to truly be into games, among other things. Over at Japanese game blog network Beside Games, Ann's blogging about the games she's currently playing. Which is? Dragon Quest IV, Game Center CX and Wii Fit. Her site is fairly innocuous and, as of posting, totally work safe. Her movies are totally not. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=331776&view=rss&microfeed=true Sitting in teh front row of the Sega Gamers Day. More »
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In a four-hour special called "News War," FRONTLINE examines how news media today is changing. Interesting and fascinating — Worth a watch, if only to see a millisecond of Kotaku. Be sure to blink so you can miss it! Brian Ashcraft More »
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Are you looking to land a sweet job writing for a video game related website? Do you constantly send in unsolicited writing submissions to your favorite blogs that no one really has time to look through? Your time is now, my friend. The fine people over at FiringSquad have announced The FiringSquad Editors Challenge, a contest sponsored by Intel that lets you put your writing skills to the test against other hopefuls for the chance at contracts to write or produce multimedia for their website. It's an elimination tournament that pits your writing against another challenger in a multi-round elimination contest. More »
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Found by Kotaku contributor Alice on her way back from the airport. Signs of the times, signs of the times, folks. All that's missing is a Viagra ad. Brian Ashcraft More »
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Wired's Game|Life is on the prowl, looking for an East Coast writer. The site's Chris Kohler blogs: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=225898&view=rss&microfeed=true You may have noticed in the past few weeks that we recently added some new names to our stable or writers. Three new names to be specific. More »
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Well this isn't very nice. More »
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That's right I'm sitting up here on a panel about blogging, and blogging it. It's an addiction, I can't stop. More »
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The July Carnival of Gamers is at Ron Gilbert's place, and he's got a nice batch bubbling on the ol' fire. For those of you out of the rollercoaster's terrifying loop, here's Buttonmashing's explanation: More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=191707&view=rss&microfeed=true Microsoft seems to be the only of the big three that seem to get the power of blogs, even the ones written by company employees. Major Nelson's site is a tremendous success and Gamerscoreblog is becoming a must read. The latest addition to Microsoft's blogging stables is David Weller, the community manager at Msoft's Game Technology Group. LetsKillDave promises to dish the Msoft approved dirt on game development tech by developers for developers. More »
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Blogger Joi Ito pens a piece on World of Warcraft addiction in this month's Wired. Old hat for some, but it's Joi Ito! And he used to hang with Timothy Leary, worked on the Dreamcast online and is related to Cornelius!! The piece does a fine job of laying of Ito's WoW addiction, but wraps up nicely with this last paragraph: More »
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