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Let’s not oversimplify tragedy
I feel like I shouldn’t even have to say this anymore, but news stories keep bringing it up and dragging it out, so I don’t have much of a choice: Video games ...
Checks? Balances? Nope.
A Senator has openly argued against President Barack Obama’s position regarding the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The treaty would implement an international copyright enforcement policy that could include border searches, criminal prosecution ...
A ‘Rush’ of ignorance
Conservative political commentator and radio personality Rush Limbaugh made headlines last week after making some blatantly sexist comments on his show. He referred to Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown University law student who ...
Don’t be such a sexist tool
Competitive fighting game player Aris Bakhtanians made headlines on gaming blogs this week after a Web broadcast of a recent competition featured him picking up a camera, inappropriately focusing it on Miranda ...
Jokers get serious about journalism
Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, the minds behind the popular webcomic Penny Arcade, launched the journalistic arm of their website this week called the Penny Arcade Report. The site’s mission statement argues ...
‘I wanna dance with your money’
Legendary singer Whitney Houston was found dead Feb. 11 in a hotel bathtub. The very next day, Sony increased the wholesale price of her records in the UK, which in turn caused ...
Trading privacy for ‘security’
The Transportation Security Administration recently announced that it would be expanding its Pre-Check program that allows certain passengers a chance to bypass some of the more time-consuming security measures at airports. The ...
Silence of the tweets
Twitter made an announcement in the past couple of weeks that it would begin to cooperate with world governments and censor certain tweets in countries where they have been deemed illegal. Google ...
Take action against ACTA
While the U.S. congress’ Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act were successfully halted in the past few weeks, threats to free speech, privacy and an open Internet are still ...
MPAA’s blackout criticism a complete joke
Wikipedia, Reddit and hundreds of other websites participated in a massive Internet blackout Jan. 18 to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act, which would effectively allow ...
Happy New Year indeed
I think it’s safe to say that I started my new year with a good deal more excitement than anybody I know. At the stroke of midnight, beneath the ball drop in ...
Gamers give back
Comer Children’s Hospital partners with Child’s Play Charity for holiday giving
‘Call of Duty’ won’t incite war crimes
The International Committee for the Red Cross announced a few weeks ago that it was examining the depiction of war in video games and looking into whether the rules of engagement established ...
PMCs play dangerous game
As someone who follows the game industry fairly closely, I was surprised to realize that “Blackwater,” a game based on the private military company (PMCs), was released at the end of October, ...
Lobby for free speech
When I first wrote about Congress’s proposed Internet censorship bill a few weeks ago, very few people seemed to be aware of the issue. Luckily for proponents of free speech and an ...
Free speech turns deadly
Here in the U.S., we enjoy the privilege of criticizing or speaking out against whomever or whatever we want. We can feel free to decry corruption in our political system and denounce ...
