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Is MMO Loot a ‘Jackpot’ Under the Law?
Video games regulators in South Korea say MMO publishers there have obstructed an investigation into “jackpot items,” predicated on the idea that players risking in-game currency for random-item payoffs is in fact a form of gambling. While publishers have cooperated so far as to provide the virtual items’ names and virtual costs involved, they haven’t…
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Sniper Voice Actor’s Book Picks Up Plugs from Team Fortress 2 “Reviewers”
You may not be familiar with the name “John Patrick Lowrie.” You probably are familiar with the name “Sniper,” whom Lowrie voices in Team Fortress 2. He’s just published the novel Dancing With Eternity and, well, his friends are giving it some kind reviews on Amazon. Heavy gave it five of five stars: Even if…
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Proposed City Law Would Require Mugshot When You Sell Used Games
In Oregon, when I trade my games in, I’m required to certify there is no lien against them, like the IRS wants my copy of NCAA Football 11. It’s one of the many fun-filled ways in which local ordinances regulate the sale of used games. Madison, Wisc., is scheming up another. A proposed ordinance would…
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Holding Madden for Later Release Date a Winning Move, Says EA Sports
Traditionally releasing the first or second Tuesday of August, Madden NFL 12 this year moved to the end of the month, Aug. 30. EA Sports insisted the schedule change was not because of this year’s NFL lockout, but because it provided a more natural alignment of the game’s launch to the league’s opening week in…
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Metacritic Bans Review Bombers
Metacritic doesn’t just aggregate the arbitrary scores that professional reviewers assign to subjective works such as video games. It aggregates the arbitrary scores anyone can apply to subjective works such as video games. This has all sorts of fun applications, such as abuse. So, recently Metacritic banned a bunch of spam accounts set up to…
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The Kotaku Game Club is Debating Gears of War 3 Acts 1-2 Right Now
Welcome to the first meeting of the Kotaku Game Club: Gears of War 3 edition. Today we’ll be discussing the the first two acts of the game’s campaign. For all you Game Club first-timers, this group convenes to analyze and discuss games as we play them. For all you Gears players who haven’t played the…
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