In Real Life

Do You Think Video Games Are Worth Saving?


December 16, 2011
In Real Life

The Stop Online Piracy Act And You: A Primer

I’m a world-class nerd. But that doesn’t mean I understand the nuts and bolts of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an internet censorship bill on which the House Judiciary Commitee held hearings today. (You can watch the hearings live here.)


December 2, 2011
News

Blackwater Video Game Criticism Leads To Threats

Attorneys for the founder of infamous private military company Blackwater are threatening to sue a member of congress over statements she made during an interview about the PMC’s bizarrely self-aggrandizing video game Blackwater.


July 3, 2011
In Real Life

Wait A Minute, Could Uploading Video Of Video Games Really Send You To Prison?

It might in the future, according to one reading of Senate Bill 978, assuming it gets passed. This is a proposed law put before the Senate about a couple months ago, but the games community just sat up and noticed once it read the language and understood the totality of its prohibitions.


May 30, 2011
PlayStation

Sony Exec To Testify Before Congress On PlayStation Breach

During the PlayStation Network outage, Sony was asked to appear before a U.S. House of Representatives committee to explain the situation. The company declined, sending an eight-page letter instead. Now it will go before Congress, when the president of Sony Network Entertainment visits a Tuesday hearing to answer questions.


May 4, 2011
News

Watch The US Government Discuss Sony’s PSN Hack

Planned prior to hacker’s breach of the Playstation Network, a hearing just kicked off in the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade to discuss the threat of data theft. This is the hearing Sony declined to testify during. You can watch it live here right now.


PlayStation

Sony Won’t Testify, But Is Cooperating With Requests For Answers

Sony Computer Entertainment of America today declined to testify at a Congressional hearing about the threat of data theft to American consumers, officials tell Kotaku.


January 27, 2011
In Real Life

Broken Record Congressman Pushing Health Warnings On Video Games Again

In 2009 California congressman Joe Baca introduced legislation that would require games to display a label warning of links between violent video games and aggressive behaviour. Now Baca’s back, singing the same old song with a few new lines.


January 13, 2009
Uncategorized

Congressman Calls For Health Warnings On Violent Games

Do violent video games need health warning labels? California congressman Joe Baca thinks so, and he’s introduced legislation that would make them mandatory.