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The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), Australia’s classification board, has refused to give a rating to Digital Extreme’s latest game, Dark Sector, essentially making it illegal to sell the game in that country. The OFLC considers the game to be too violent. Dark Sector is a third-person shooter… Continue Reading »

The Presidential candidates are debating nearly every relevant issue these days. Videogaming has found prominence as a political issue in recent times - sadly enough – so, it would be nice to know the candidates’ positions on the issue. Common Sense Media tried to sample the opinions of the candidates… Continue Reading »

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been deeply involved in his activism against violent video games. He gave his assent to California’s video game law (or anti-game law as many believe), which found legal force in 2005, only to be overturned by a federal court as unconstitutional. This, however, didn’t dampen Schwarzenegger’s spirits… Continue Reading »

During the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention held September 14, 2007, Electronic Arts’ chief executive officer, John Riccitiello, stood up for the gaming industry after ITV’s executive chairman, Michael Grade, attacked the industry calling it a “moral vacuum.” “Those acts of violence [shown in games] exist in a moral vacuum,… Continue Reading »

TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw McGraw (yes, that is his last name) will soon be taping an episode about violence in videogames. Although the news that questionably helpful product of Opra will be educating fans about violence in videogames is scary enough, GamePolitics may have received a comment from anti-game… Continue Reading »

With the California violent videogame law recently being stopped, it’s no surprise that an article (it most likely ran on the Opinion/Editorial page) titled “How to protect kids from violent video games” would run this week in the San Jose Mercury News. The article, written by founder and president of… Continue Reading »

Across the Atlantic, Manhunt 2 bore the brunt of the fierce campaign against excessively violent games. In the US, however, the Manhunt 2 episode doesn’t seem to have set any precedents, at least that’s how it appears for federal judge Ronald Whyte. In his recent ruling ruling, Whyte decided a… Continue Reading »