I often rant, rave, and foam at the mouth when I hear people blaming video games and other media as the root cause of child corruption. In this clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, he says more in a few minutes than I ever could. Of course, it’s the Congressmen in the clips […]
A recent Washington Post article about gaming addiction in Korea really seems to handle the topic better than I would have expected. In America, with video games blamed everytime a kid goes nuts, I would have expected the article to be slanted toward the “video games cause addiction” side. Instead, the article refreshingly looks at […]
A teenage school shooting plot was foiled thanks to a tip posted by another teen on MySpace. My first thought as I began reading the article was that it’s good to finally see some positive press about MySpace. I don’t use it, but I know people who do. They’ve somewhat jokingly told me that they […]
The Utah House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a violent video games bill which equates such games with pornography. The Republican-sponsored bill now must go the State Senate. The linked article featured this little gem of a quote from the bill’s sponsor, David Hogue, in reference to school shootings such as Columbine:
“Would these same kids have […]
It is not uncommon to see a thread in the Indiegamer forums regarding software priacy and what, if anything, to do about it. Read through some of the threads and three obvious camps emerge: those who think they need to do whatever they can to deter pirates, those who think that you can’t stop them […]