Kotaku: Congress

Do You Think Video Games Are Worth Saving?

Jon-Paul C. Dyson — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:00:00 EST

We do! More »

The Stop Online Piracy Act and You: A Primer

Kirk Hamilton — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:00:00 EST

I'm a world-class nerd. But that doesn't mean I understand the nuts and bolts of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an internet censorship bill on which the House Judiciary Commitee held hearings today. (You can watch the hearings live here.) More »

Blackwater Video Game Criticism Leads To Threats Against Congresswoman

Brian Crecente — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST

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Attorneys for the founder of infamous private military company Blackwater are threatening to sue a member of congress over statements she made during an interview about the PMC's bizarrely self-aggrandizing video game Blackwater. More »

Wait a Minute, Could Uploading Video of Video Games Really Send You to Prison?

Owen Good — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:00:00 EDT

It might in the future, according to one reading of Senate Bill 978, assuming it gets passed. This is a proposed law put before the Senate about a couple months ago, but the games community just sat up and noticed once it read the language and understood the totality of its prohibitions. More »

Sony Exec to Testify Before Congress on PlayStation Breach

Owen Good — Sun, 29 May 2011 14:00:00 EDT

During the PlayStation Network outage, Sony was asked to appear before a U.S. House of Representatives committee to explain the situation. The company declined, sending an eight-page letter instead. Now it will go before Congress, when the president of Sony Network Entertainment visits a Tuesday hearing to answer questions. More »

Watch The U.S. Government Discuss Sony's Playstation Network Hack and Network Security

Brian Crecente — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:52:14 EDT

Planned prior to hacker's breach of the Playstation Network, a hearing just kicked off in the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade to discuss the threat of data theft. This is the hearing Sony declined to testify during. You can watch it live here right now. More »

Sony Declines To Testify at Congressional Hearings, But is Cooperating With Request For Answers

Brian Crecente — Tue, 03 May 2011 12:07:41 EDT

Sony Computer Entertainment of America declined to testify at a Congressional hearing about the threat of data theft to American consumers, but will continue to work to answer Congressional questions, officials tell Kotaku. More »

Broken Record Congressman Pushing Health Warnings On Video Games Again

Mike Fahey — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:00:00 EST

In 2009 California congressman Joe Baca introduced legislation that would require games to display a label warning of links between violent video games and aggressive behavior. Now Baca's back, singing the same old song with a few new lines. More »

FTC Report Lauds Game Industry as the 'Most Responsible' Entertainment Marketer

Owen Good — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:30:00 EST

The Federal Trade Commission, in a report to Congress, lauds the video games industry as best among all entertainment producers when it comes to responsible marketing and advertising. More »

Former LucasArts President Running For Congress

Brian Crecente — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:20:00 EDT

Jim Ward, former president of LucasArts, is running as a Republican to represent Arizona's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in next year's election, according to Ward's official election site. More »

Congressman Calls For Health Warnings On Violent Games

Mike Fahey — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:40:00 EST

Do violent video games need health warning labels? California congressman Joe Baca thinks so, and he's introduced legislation that would make them mandatory. More »

Second Life Goes Before Congress

ogood — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Hat tip to OriontheSmiter for pulling this up — don't know how the royal we missed it, seeing as how it took place on April Fool's (really). But a House of Representatives telecommunications subcommittee held a hearing on online virtual worlds April 1, and that included the requisite avatar-making and getting-hip-with-the-kids by the panel members. More »

Psychiatrist Says Game Laws Are Nuts

brownlee — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:40:19 EDT

Dr. Jerald Block is a head shrinker from Portland. So he's probably well qualified to say that Jack Thompson is a gibbering lunatic and proposed game laws are absolutely nutso. More »

High Score: The Best of Kotaku

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:15:00 EDT

So much fighting going on this week. Here's what all the hubbub's been about at Kotaku for the week of June 18. More »

Breaking: FTC Rules on Hot Coffee

Brian Crecente — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:45:47 EDT

This morning the Federal Trade Commission found that Take-Two Interactive was deceptive in the way it marketed Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas but did not fine the company or order that they return any of their profits from the game, the commission announced today. More »