What the Funk?: Microsoft patents real-time speech censoring technology
Back in 2004, Microsoft filed a patent for real-time speech technology and, four years later, the patent has been approved, reports Ars Technica. In a nutshell, if developed, the tech could automatically censor naughty words. As every Xbox Live player knows of the horror, er, stupidity that is caused by… Continue Reading »
Ireland begins banning violent games
According to the European Commission survey, Ireland is now banning violent video games. The reason for banning violent games, according to the EU’s study of the implementation of Pan European Game Information ratings, is that many of the EU nations are not enforcing the age limits on the games identified… Continue Reading »
Finnish Christian Democrats wants to censor, examine videogames
Every country has their own opinion as far as ratings go. In the US we have the ESRB rating system and in Finland they have the PEGI (Pan European Game Information) classification. Recently the Finnish Christian Democratic Party demanded censorship of video games which was not previously included in their… Continue Reading »
Hizbollah game spawns online petition
Some games have embedded political messages. A few games flaunt those messages openly. Much like the United States’ America’s Army, a game called Special Force 2 is an advertisement for armed forces, but for terrorists. Designed by Hizbollah, an international terrorist organization, Special Force 2 re-enacts a 34-day war between… Continue Reading »
Opinion: AO ban exemplifies disconnect between opponents and audience
For those gamers who’ve followed the tragically comic progression of Manhunt 2 through the various dens of censorship, the announced death of the game’s launch date just goes to show that ignorance and arrogance are alive and well in the minds of the opponents of the video game industry. These… Continue Reading »
Experience what it’s like to download at unlimited speeds from a massive collection of over 800 Terabytes of user uploads. You’ll max out your Internet connection downloading a file in… Continue Reading »
Live Coverage of E3 2009
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