Tags: culture

Tags: culture

Why Utah AG Shurtleff and Jack Thompson don't get along -- the video [update 1]

Posted Sunday January 21, 2007, 8:38 am, Over one day old at Joystiq

The short version of this whole story is that Shurtleff asked the Utah legislature to pull the Jack Thompson-authored video game bill because he believed, and the record is pretty solid on this so far, that it would be deemed unconstitutional anyway.

Read Why Utah AG Shurtleff and Jack Thompson don't get along -- the video [update 1] (Links)

Correcting the record on New York's proposed game laws

Posted Sunday January 21, 2007, 8:38 am, Over one day old at Joystiq

The confusion seems to stem from a section appearing in both New York Bill A00547 and New York Bill A02024 which says that access to a mandated "adult" video game section of stores will require customers to show ID unless the customer "reasonably appears to be at least thirty years of age."

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Famitsu primer for the uninitiated

Posted Sunday January 21, 2007, 8:38 am, Over one day old at Joystiq

Filed under: Culture GameSetWatch's Kevin Gifford published a piece that finally explains what the big deal is with Japanese game magazine Famitsu. Those who dare state publicly they could care less what some random Japanese magazine thinks are shunned in some circles.

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Final Fantasy aliases used by murdering teens

Posted Wednesday January 17, 2007, 11:52 pm, Over one day old at Joystiq



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Kids spend more time playing video games than watching TV?

Posted Wednesday January 17, 2007, 11:52 pm, Over one day old at Joystiq

Even more than TV? According to Kids & Digital Content, a new study from The NPD Group... an overwhelming majority (93 percent) of kids play games on a computer, cell phone, video game console or portable or digital music player.

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Today's least gamey game video: WarioWare Smooth Moves Australian TV Spot

Posted Wednesday January 17, 2007, 11:52 pm, Over one day old at Joystiq



Read Today's least gamey game video: WarioWare Smooth Moves Australian TV Spot (Links)

WOW Action Figures marauding this fall

Posted Wednesday January 17, 2007, 11:52 pm, Over one day old at Joystiq



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PlayStation teaches 9-year-old how to steal his third car?

Posted Wednesday January 17, 2007, 11:52 pm, Over one day old at Joystiq



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Learn Chinese through an MMO

Posted Wednesday January 17, 2007, 11:52 pm, Over one day old at Joystiq

A design framework for the game claims it will have "1000 learning activities" comprising the equivalent of a "3000-hour Chinese language and culture learning contents." If this trend continues, pretty soon all learning will be conducted through the superior form of the MMO.

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Historical figures and game addiction

Posted Wednesday January 17, 2007, 11:52 pm, Over one day old at Joystiq



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