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Watch Obama Talk Math, Science, Education & Video Games
12:00PM Michael McWhertor | When the Entertainment Software Association’s president Michael Gallagher calls today “a very, very good day for the gaming industry,” he means this, U.S. President Barack Obama’s inclusion of video games as part of a new education initiative. More »
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ESA: Today Is A “Very, Very Good Day” For The Gaming Industry
11:00AM Stephen Totilo | Video game developers can be the new astronauts, a beacon that inspires schoolchildren to love learning science and math, the head advocate for the gaming industry in the U.S., told Kotaku today, as he described President Obama’s breakthrough education announcement. More »
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1:00PM David Wildgoose | South Australian Attorney-General and video game censorship advocate Michael Atkinson is to appeal the MA15+ rating handed out by the Classification Board to Modern Warfare 2. More »
Atkinson To Appeal Modern Warfare 2 MA15+ Classification
1:00PM David Wildgoose | South Australian Attorney-General and video game censorship advocate Michael Atkinson is to appeal the MA15+ rating handed out by the Classification Board to Modern Warfare 2. More »
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Welp, China’s Crackin’ Down On Games Again
11:00AM Owen Good | China’s Ministry of Culture sent out another nastygram to the country’s game operators, demanding they knock off the “low-brow cultural content,” and get their games back in line with the “core socialist value system.” More »
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Swiss Study Documents War Crimes Committed In 19 Games
8:00AM Owen Good | Two Swiss organisations have examined 19 games (including “Metal Gear Soldier 4″) for their compliance with/flouting of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), and while their intent is serious, the way they hold these games to IRL IHL gets a little wacky. More »
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British Government Agency To Run Xbox Live Recruitment Ads
2:00AM AJ Glasser | This morning, British publication The Guardian reports that Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is going to run ads in Xbox Live “including Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed, to attract quick-thinking 18- to 34-year-olds to its ranks.” More »
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Danish Group Asks You To “Hit The Bitch”
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | Denmark’s Children Exposed to Violence at Home is a group dedicated towards the prevention of domestic violence. It’s a noble cause! Pity their latest “ad” — a flash game involving woman-slapping — lacks the same nobility. More »
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America’s Army: Super-Effective
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | Of all the US Army’s various recruitment methods – and they have many – it appears none are anywhere near as successful as a humble, free video game. More »
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11:00AM David Wildgoose | Yesterday we published a letter the South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is currently sending to those who have written to him in support of an R18+ classification for video games. In response, Australia’s first gamer rights political party, Gamers 4 Croydon, has written its own “thoughtful rebuttal” of Atkinson’s views. More »
Gamers 4 Croydon Respond To Atkinson Letter
11:00AM David Wildgoose | Yesterday we published a letter the South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is currently sending to those who have written to him in support of an R18+ classification for video games. In response, Australia’s first gamer rights political party, Gamers 4 Croydon, has written its own “thoughtful rebuttal” of Atkinson’s views. More »
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2:00PM David Wildgoose | Kotaku reader Robert wrote to South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson earlier this year on the topic of video game classification in Australia. Robert has just received a reply. Would you like to read it? More »
A Letter From Michael Atkinson
2:00PM David Wildgoose | Kotaku reader Robert wrote to South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson earlier this year on the topic of video game classification in Australia. Robert has just received a reply. Would you like to read it? More » 
