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Obama Sees Gamers as Underachievers
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.Many of his campaign speeches have contained advice for parents to get kids to "put away the video games." This isn't anything new, either. GamePolitics.com also points out that he's been talking about video games and underachievement in the same breath since April 2006.
In his victory speech in Wisconsin last night, Obama reiterated this sentiment: More »
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piracy
Mod Chip Raid Fallout: A Roundup
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 » -
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News of the Day: Politicans Using Video Games As A Platform
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 » -
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Games Less Engrossing Than Other Forms of Media?
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 » -
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New York Bills Look To Limit Violent Game Sales
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 » -
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SOE, GamePolitics, and Lawyerman Solve Mystery
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:
We found the Pribyl boy. He is in Illinois holed up with crazed gamers. We found him because of my going public and good police work. Tell your sycophantic, panting audience that.
Meanwhile, Sony Online Entertainment's Senior Vice President and General Counsel had contacted GamePolitics with information regarding Jacob's previously registered email being moved to an address in Illinois, which they passed on to the frightened parents. More » -
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Louisiana Game Law Ruled Unconstitutional
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 » -
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ThinkGeek Tee Jumps On Jack Thompson
Never one to hang about long, Thinkgeek have brought out a special commemorative tee: subtle it ain't! More »
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