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What It’s Like To Live Where Games Are Criminalised
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Twenty-six-year-old gamer Guido Núñez-Mujica lives in Venezula, where the government has passed a new law that in effect criminalises video games. More »
Features
11:00AM David Wildgoose | Established in the wake of the controversial banning – and subsequent censorship – of Left 4 Dead 2, the Gamers 4 Croydon party plans to run against South Australian Attorney-General and R18+ videogame opponent Michael Atkinson in next year’s state election. I caught up with party founder David Doe to discuss those plans. More »
Exclusive Interview With Australia’s First Gamer Rights Political Party
11:00AM David Wildgoose | Established in the wake of the controversial banning – and subsequent censorship – of Left 4 Dead 2, the Gamers 4 Croydon party plans to run against South Australian Attorney-General and R18+ videogame opponent Michael Atkinson in next year’s state election. I caught up with party founder David Doe to discuss those plans. More »
News
9:00AM David Wildgoose | At the next election, South Australian Attorney-General and R18+ videogame opponent Michael Atkinson may be challenged by a political party championing the rights of adult gamers and an overhaul to Australia’s classification system. And they need your help. More »
Gamer Party To Run Against Atkinson At Next Election
9:00AM David Wildgoose | At the next election, South Australian Attorney-General and R18+ videogame opponent Michael Atkinson may be challenged by a political party championing the rights of adult gamers and an overhaul to Australia’s classification system. And they need your help. More »
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World Of Warcraft “Lacks Approval” To Operate In China
2:20PM Luke Plunkett | Courtesy of some alleged “gross violations” of national regulations, China’s General Administration of Press and Publication have ordered that World of Warcraft once again be suspended in the country. More »
Culture
Resistance Fan Appeals His Ban Lawsuit Getting Tossed
9:30PM AJ Glasser | Meet Erik Estavillo. He likes playing Resistance: Fall of Man so much that he’s willing to sue Sony Computer Entertainment three times over (once on appeal) for having his account banned. More »
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German Activist Group’s “Killer Game” Toss Makes Me Uncomfortable
8:30PM AJ Glasser | Game Politics reports that a German advocacy group wants people to bring their “killer games” to the front of an opera house to throw away. One lucky tosser (har, har) will win a signed jersey from a sports team. More »
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China Bans Foreign Investment In Online Gaming
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | The General Administration of Press and Publication, China’s video game industry regulator, is now prohibiting foreign investment in domestic online gaming, reports Reuters. This comes as China’s online gamine sales are expected to increase 30 – 50 percent in 2009. More »
Culture
This Is How You Promote Voting
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Character Date Masamune from Capcom’s Sengoku BASARA is appearing in ads and posters to raise awareness for the upcoming October 25 election in Miyagi Prefecture. More »
News
China Cracks Down On Online Gaming
10:00AM Owen Good | You could go through the Oxford English Dictionary, pick a noun, and China’s likely cracked down on it. (Except counterfeit goods). Online games that are “unhealthy” (says the state) are the latest target, and 45 have been shut down. More »
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