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Balance the Budget The Game, Now With More Defense Cuts and Health Care Reform

Brian Crecente — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:30:00 EST

With the United States' budget projected to hit a $418 billion shortfall by 2015 and a $1.3 trillion shortfall by 2030, the New York Times knows something has to be done. So they made a game. More »

FTC: Game Industry Stricter Than Movies or Music

Brian Crecente — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:52:19 EDT

While video game retailers have made "significant progress" in limiting the sale of M-rated games to children, movies and music retailers have only made modest progress, according to a report released today by the Federal Trade Commission. More »

Lieberman and Clinton Team With ESRB

Mike Fahey — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:40:41 EST

Some of the most prominent figures in gaming politics are gathering today on Capitol Hill to announce the launch of a nationwide television game ratings awareness campaign. Senators Clinton and Lieberman will join ESA president Doug Lowenstein, and ESRB president Patricia Vance for a press conference today at 3PM Eastern. Also attending will be GameStop President Steve Morgan and Best Buy President Brian Dunn, both of whom will be appearing in ad campaign. More »

Clinton Fears Video Games, Internet Could Lead to Cyberkids

Brian Crecente — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:00:08 EDT

I just figured out why Sen. Hillary Clinton doesn't like video games: she's afraid it will lead to the Borgitization of the nation's children. More »

Clinton to Planning Video Game Tax, Looks for Martyr

Brian Crecente — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:18:40 EDT

It looks like Senator Hillary Clinton is gearing up for her war on video games. More »

Official FTC Hot Coffee Press Release

Brian Crecente — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:00:22 EDT

As promised, here's the full FTC press release on Hot Coffee. Feel free to comment and make sure to read our full story. More »

Clinton Attacks ESRB in New Media Guide

Brian Crecente — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 10:48:13 EDT

Senator Hillary Clinton certainly wears her heart on her sleeve in the Media Guide for Parents she released this morning. More »

Buckle Your Seatbelts, We're In for a Bumpy Ride

Brian Crecente — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:00:12 EDT

It looks like we're in for a busy summer afterall. Last July, we were the first to speak to the Federal Trade Commission about their decision to launch an investigation into Take-Two and allegations that the company used deceptive marketing practices in selling Hot Coffee-enabled Grand Theft Auto. More »

Center for Disease Control and Prevention to Investigate Video Games?

lsmith — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:00:53 EST

Apparently so. GameSpot reports that senators Joseph Liberman, Hilary Clinton and Dick Durbin have teamed up to ask the Center for Diseas Control and Prevention to study the "impact of electronic media use." So what? More »

Best and Worst of 2005

Brian Crecente — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:00:26 EST

The AP s Matt Slagle looks back at the year in games in a story that ran today on the wires. He writes that the high and lowlights of the year includes GTA s Hot Coffee, VG laws, the PSP, Xbox 360 and Gizmondo. More »

Jack Gets Space in Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Brian Crecente — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:00:42 EST

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I was chagrined to see that John B Thompson was allowed to pen an article for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram over the weekend. I was disappointed to see that one of the top Texas papers gave him the space, and even more so since I started out my career as a journalist at the Startlegram more than a decade ago. More »

PTA Backs Game Ratings, Blasts NIMF

Brian Crecente — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:46:47 EST

It sounds like the PTA may be splitting from the increasingly over-zealous National Institute on Media and the Family. More »

Clinton and Lieberman Making Bad, Bad Decisions

lsmith — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:02:02 EST

In case we haven't linked to Gamepolitics enough today, things just took a turn for the worse. Senators Joseph Lieberman and Hillary Clinton have taken "bad ideas" to the highest level of the land and announced the birth of "The Family Entertainment Protection Act." This bill, to be introduced at the Federal level, will prohibit the sale of adult-themed games to minors. A full description of the bill, straight from Clinton's press team, is after the jump. More »

Breaking: Industry Lobbies Clinton?

Brian Crecente — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 03:40:06 EDT

I just broke a story for the Rocky Mountain News about an eyebrow-raising fundraiser being put on for Sen. Hillary Clinton. ESA president Doug Lowenstein and Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music for Electronic Arts, are co-hosting the intimate $1,000-a-plate affair to raise money for the Friends of Hillary Clinton. More »

Rockstar Faces Two Class Action Lawsuits

Brian Crecente — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 20:15:30 EDT

I wrote earlier this week about the grandma who decided to sue Rockstar after discovering dry-humping mixed in with GTA s deliciously violent content in the game she bought for her 14-year-old grandson. More »

Oz Bans GTA

Brian Crecente — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:32:36 EDT

I know what I'm stuffing my suitcase with for my trip to Australia late this year: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. More »

Grandma Sues Rockstar Over Hot Coffee

Brian Crecente — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:32:37 EDT

Some New York Grandma is suing Rockstar for trying to sneak sex to her 14-year-old grandson in what she thought was just a game about pimping, drug-dealing and cop-killing. More »

Football Vs GTA Hot Coffee

Brian Crecente — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:27:43 EDT

Thank god there's at least one smart gamer who knows how to write out there. More »

Congress to Hear ANOTHER GTA Bill

Brian Crecente — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:05:53 EDT

Senator Sam Brownback plans to introduce legislation to Congress regarding the whole Hot Coffee dealymabob. More »

FTC Talks About GTA

Brian Crecente — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:00:20 EDT

A federal investigation into Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive may already be underway. Although no official announcement has come, by law the Federal Trade Commission is not allowed to comment on an ongoing investigation, according to a spokeswoman for the FTC that I spoke to this morning. More »

Retailer Organization Vows to Pull San Andreas

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:21:47 EDT

If you want a sexy copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas you better hit a store now and cross your fingers. The Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association says all of their members will immediately stop stelling the now AO-rated game. More »

ESA President Backs GTA Decision

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:35:16 EDT

Entertainment Software Association president Doug Lowenstein sent out a brief statement in support of the ESRB this afternoon. More »

Take-Two to Sue Action Replay Makers?

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:33:19 EDT

Take-Two is hinting at taking legal action against the makers of popular console peripheral Action Replay. More »

ESRB Ruling Poll

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:27:53 EDT

With the ESRB putting the recall smack-down on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the second guessing and backseat politicking can begin. More »

Take-Two Stops San Andreas Production

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:26:44 EDT

Take-Two has announced that will stop manufacturing the current version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and begin work on a non-hot coffee version. More »

Stores to Start Pulling GTA

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:20:27 EDT

Rumor has it that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas may be pulled from some of the nation's largest retailers by the end of the day. More »

BREAKING: ESRB Recalls San Andreas

Brian Crecente — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 17:00:11 EDT

Holy shit! More »

Error-Filled CBS Story Attacks GTA

Brian Crecente — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:07:20 EDT

Jesus Christ, if you re a national news program covering a national issue you would think you would devote, I don t know, five seconds to a bit of research before making a complete ass of yourself. More »

Clinton's Bill Equates Video Games With Cigarettes

smizek2 — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:30:00 EDT

Freedom-defender Sen. Hillary Clinton wants to add Mature and Adult Only video games to the list of things to buy when someone turns 18. Clinton plans to introduce a bill that will make selling or renting MA and AO games to minors illegal. She also wants a recall of all copies of the game, offering those offended (or willing to cash in) reimbursments. This, along with launching an investigation to root out the source of Hot Coffee, is Clinton's response to the shrill cry of "Won't someone please think of the children!" More »

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Poll

Brian Crecente — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:50:35 EDT

This is our first official poll, be gentle and expect to see more as more Rockstar, I mean controversial games come out. More »

Rockstar Supports ESRB

Brian Crecente — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:20:11 EDT

With all of the letters of support, denouncement and out right stupidity that came out yesterday, I somehow missed the statement Rockstar put out supporting the ESRB. They still haven't really come out with a clear denial of the Hot Coffee content, instead going with more obfuscation, than outright denial. More »

Thompson Coached Clinton for GTA Attack?

Brian Crecente — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 03:33:52 EDT

This is a wee bit interesting. It appears that Jack Thompson accidently sent out a copy of an email intended for the attorney general of Minnesota to one of the people who emailed to berate him for his open letter to the ESA. More »