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So, How’d That Half-Life 2 Protest Go?

8:00AM February 6, 2012 | Owen Good

Earlier this week, tens of thousands of users joined a Steam group dedicated to playing Half-Life 2 as a demonstration calling on Valve to get its arse in gear and release, or at least officially confirm work on Half-Life 3. How’d it turn out? It was either a great success or a disappointment, depending on your point of view. More »


News

Support The First Amendment With Your Old Game Controllers

2:40AM October 8, 2010 | Mike Fahey

With Supreme Court arguments over the California game law beginning next month, the Video Game Voters Network has devised a way of showing the law’s author Senator Leland Yee your support for the First Amendment: mail him your used controllers. More »


In Real Life

In Protest, Chinese Artist Paints Self To OctoCamo Perfection

2:00AM July 29, 2010 | Aulistar Mark

Chinese artist Liu Bolin took the streets after literally being made homeless by the Chinese government. Suojiacun, an artists’ village in northeastern Beijing was torn down during the Olympic redevelopment. An interview with WhiteHot Magazine can be found here. More »


In Real Life

Don’t We All?

11:40AM July 23, 2010 | Owen Good

Targeted for a demonstration by the tantrum-throwing hate whores of the Westboro Baptist Church, Comic-Con’s cosplayers fought fire with fire – very clever fire – in San Diego this afternoon. More »


News

PETA Doesn’t Want You To Buy The Ringling Bros. Game

7:20AM November 5, 2009 | Mike Fahey

PETA doesn’t want you rushing to the shops to pick up the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus game for the Wii on November 10 without considering elephant abuse. More »


In Real Life

PETA Fights Call Of Duty Dog Killing With Nintendogs

5:20AM March 24, 2009 | Mike Fahey

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have thrown their support behind the Academy of Notre Dame student protest against dog killing in Call of Duty: World at War.

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In Real Life

Students Protest Call Of Duty Dog Killing

3:40AM March 21, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Students at the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, are up in arms over Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War for promoting the killing of deadly attack dogs.

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News

Shenmue Fans Plan Toy-based Direct Action

7:20AM November 25, 2008 | Stuart Houghton

Power to the people! In a move straight out of the Jericho fan playbook, disgruntled Shenmue devotees are planning a mass protest to try and convince SEGA to resurrect the franchise.

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