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  • Parent Group: Industry Looks to "Buy" Clout

    01/22/2008 1:54:40 PM PST · by antiRepublicrat · 5 replies · 82+ views
    Next Generation ^ | 18 January 2008 | Kris Graft
    "The Parents Television Council has berated the Entertainment Software Association and the videogames industry at large for trying to "buy influence in Congress." The New York Times recently reported that a new political action committee formed by the ESA would soon be making donations to politicians who support the videogames industry. The PTC denounced the ESA's plans in a statement this week. “The videogame industry continues to fight meaningful accountability for selling inappropriate material to children. The industry has been exposed repeatedly for its reprehensible behavior and now they are looking for ways to buy friends in the government,” said...
  • 'Grand Theft Auto IV' teaser hits the Web

    03/30/2007 12:33:50 PM PDT · by JohnSheppard · 4 replies · 101+ views
    Cnet ^ | 03/30/2007 | John Falcone
    Rockstar Games took the wraps off the teaser trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV yesterday afternoon, giving gamers their first look at the highly anticipated sequel. While only about a minute long, the trailer offers some key details about the new game. The graphics have gotten a big next-gen upgrade, the setting is clearly a skewed version of New York City, and the game puts you in the shoes of an Eastern European protagonist. Tor Thorsen over at GameSpot offers some additional details, but the big news is that all of the footage in the trailer was captured "in game"...
  • Judge sentences gamer to death

    10/23/2005 6:15:00 PM PDT · by freepatriot32 · 19 replies · 708+ views
    Earlier this year, Devin Moore, now 20, was on trial for the 2003 triple homicide of three Alabama policemen. While in detention for stealing a car, Moore grabbed the pistol of one officer and used it to fatally shoot a total of three of them. The defense mounted a case based on a childhood full of mental and physical abuse, as well as an affinity for violent games. One game in particular, Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto III, was singled out, because gamers can steal cars and kill cops in it. Moore had said he was inspired by the PlayStation...