Kotaku: Gamepolitics

ESA Slams Game Politics Over Bias Claims

Brian Crecente — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EDT

The Entertainment Software Association, already suffering from an exodus of member companies, took on Game Politics today over a post the Entertainment Consumer Association-backed site wrote calling into question the choice for the upcoming E3's keynote speaker. More »

Mortal Kombat Murder A Misnomer

torif — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:07:00 EDT

Some may remember the horrific murder of a seven-year-old girl last December. Supposedly, her death was caused by the girl's 16-year-old babysitter, Heather Trujillio, and her 17-year-old boyfriend, Lamar Roberts, when they acted out "Mortal Kombat style" fighting moves on her after having played the game, eventually killing her. Now, a statement from Garcia's aunt and former stepmother has suggested that video games had very little to do with the death, and it was the negative influence of Roberts that led her to commit such a heinous crime:
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Obama Sees Gamers as Underachievers

torif — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:00:00 EST

Democratic presidential candidate nominee Barack Obama hasn't made major claims about the content video games like his rival Hilary Clinton has in the past, but he's definitely been mentioning them. According to GamePolitics.com, Obama's been using video games as a metaphor for underachievement throughout his campaign speeches. More »

Mod Chip Raid Fallout: A Roundup

Maggie Greene — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:30:41 EDT

We already covered the basics of what went down last week when "Operation Tangled Web" took place. GamePolitics has had continuing coverage of some of the little details - like the guy who had a grand total of one mod chip seized from his house. I think most people agree that piracy is generally a bad thing and causes problems for everyone, but shouldn't they be going after heavier hitters (like this guy who was sentenced to 2 years in prison for making a significant chunk of change off of pirated game and DVD sales) instead of guys with ... one mod chip and a soldering iron? Links and some choice quotes after the jump. More »

New York Game Law Passes Senate

Mike Fahey — Tue, 22 May 2007 12:20:00 EDT

Just four days after Senator Andrew Lanza introduced his violent video game legislation to the New York State Senate, a press release has been issued signaling the bill's passage. The legislation requires games sold in New York carry visible ratings (which they already do), create an Advisory Council that would focus on youth violence and interactive media and the ESRB, establish a parent/teacher anti-violence awareness program, and make it illegal to sell games contrary to their rating. That last one should go over like gangbusters with New York game retailers. The rest? Not much of a big deal really. Let's hear it for establishing ineffective councils! More »

News of the Day: Politicans Using Video Games As A Platform

Maggie Greene — Sun, 06 May 2007 18:30:07 EDT

In what is just terribly shocking news, yet another politician is climbing on their "video games are eating the youth of America!" platform to curry favor for the 2008 presidential race. In this case, it's former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, speaking at Regent University, a Virginia university I'd never heard of before reading the GamePolitics & Washington Post articles, despite living in the state for 20-some odd years. What sparkling insights does he have to impart to us? More »

Games Less Engrossing Than Other Forms of Media?

Maggie Greene — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:30:01 EDT

GamePolitics has another take on the recently released (and much discussed) British Board of Film Classification report on gaming, results culled from interviews with gamers and non-gamers alike. One of the interesting (if very broad) conclusions they reached was that More »

New York Bills Look To Limit Violent Game Sales

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:40:41 EST

GamePolitics is reporting on two new legislation proposals introduced in New York that would attempt to limit the sale of violent or "mature" video games to minors. More »

SOE, GamePolitics, and Lawyerman Solve Mystery

Mike Fahey — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:40:53 EST

GamePolitics has been following the story of Jacob Pribyl since Tuesday. Pribyl is a 20 year-old MMORPG player form Minnesota who went missing last week from his parents home. A typically obsessed MMO player, his parents believed the game had something to do with his disappearance. Florida lawyer JT Pompnstuff was quickly brought in to help solve the mystery of the missing man-child, and on Wednesday sent GamePolitics the following message: More »

What The ECA Will Do for You

Mike Fahey — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:40:00 EST

Hal Halpin, the president of the Entertainment Consumers Association recently spoke with The Stamford Advocate about partnerships, memberships, and what the ECA plans to ultimately do for the gaming community. More »

Halpin Comments on Lowenstein Rumor

Brian Crecente — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:00:09 EST

While the Entertainment Consumer Association president hasn't been tapped to replace Doug Lowenstein as the new president of the Entertainment Software Association, he does have some opinions oabout who should replace him: More »

Louisiana Game Law Ruled Unconstitutional

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:16 EST

Louisiana bill HB1381, penned by That Wacky Miami Laywer and Representative Roy Burrell and signed into law following governor Kathleen Blanco's approval, has been ruled unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge James Brady according to Game Politics. More »

Oklahoma Makes Violent Games Bill A Law

Michael McWhertor — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 13:52:32 EDT

In a story broken by GamePolitics, the Oklahoma bill that would make it unlawful to rent or sell violent video games considered harmful to minors to anyone who doesn't meet age requirements. Oklahoma has become the eighth state to propose such legislation, which would take effect in the state this November. More »

Pixelante Garb for Charity

kotaku.com — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:40:00 EST

You may remember attorney-cum-asshole Jack Thompson's flaccid insult "pixelante," intended to refer to video game-inspired wreakers of violence. Game Politics decided to pull Johnson's limp neologism from his very hands and turn it into a point of pride. Accordingly, they've announced the winners of their pixelante T-shirt contest, and made the best designs available for sale. Proceeds go to charity, so you can stick it to the man with a clean conscience. More »

Dateline NBC Does RPG Gamer Murder Tonight

Brian Crecente — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:01:08 EST

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Game Politics has an item up about a game-related piece that will be showing up on Dateline NBC tonight. The episode will look at the murder of Randi Trimble, who was stabbed to death by her husband and a friend. Both are serving life for the crime. More »

ThinkGeek Tee Jumps On Jack Thompson

ataylor — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:43:49 EDT

Never one to hang about long, Thinkgeek have brought out a special commemorative tee: subtle it ain't! More »