After a court order was issued preventing rapper-turned-hacker George Hotz from ever hacking Sony products again, Hotz has begun a boycott on the electronics giant’s wares. More »
Either Sony’s gotta cut its price or the Danish kroner’s gotta get a lot weaker against the dollar for the PSPgo’s sake. It’s listed at 2,000 DKK — or AU$454, one reason retailers there aren’t stocking the thing. More »
Whatever your view is of these kinds of gestures – internet boycotts, petitions and such – Left 4 Dead might be the first critically acclaimed franchise whose announcement of a sequel was answered by nearly 10,000 fans pledging not to buy it. More »
Saint’s Row 2 might be a very tongue-in-cheek take on the GTA-style sandbox genre, but the New York’s police unions are taking the game very seriously indeed, calling for it to be pulled from store shelves because it glorifies the sort of things you should really only do in video games. New York’s powerful police unions say that a violent new video game called “Saints Row 2″ is an abomination. In the game, the player controls a gang member who can steal, do drugs and kill as many characters as possible, including police officers.
