Three Reasons Why Gamers Should Care About the ESA
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Editorial, Politics | 2 Comments »Recently, the Internet has been abuzz with discussion surrounding Activision and Vivendi's decision not to continue their membership with the Entertainment Software Association ("ESA"). Coupled with a rumored defection by LucasArts, gamers have begun to wonder if this is a ...
GamePolitics Interviews Rep. Terry
Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Interview, Legislation, News, Politics | No Comments »Today is particularly busy here at Laws of Play, so most of our updates won't be arriving until later this evening. In the mean time, GamePolitics has posted an exclusive interview with Rep. Lee Terry, co-sponsor of the Video ...
Retail Ratings Enforcement Improving
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in News, Politics | No Comments »In light of the growing controversy surrounding the re-introduction of the Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act and Grand Theft Auto IV, Sean Bersell of the Entertainment Merchants Association ("EMA") forwarded me some welcome news this morning: Retailers have shown "major ...
Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act Redux
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Legislation, News, Politics | 1 Comment »Variety and ABC News report that Representatives Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah) introduced the "Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act" to the House floor today. The bill, H.R. 5990, was subsequently referred to the House Committee on Energy ...
GTA IV Ad Controversy Roundup
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Jack Thompson, New Complaint, News, Politics, Rockstar | 1 Comment »The Internet has been rife with Grand Theft Auto IV stories as of late. It seems as though any website with a merely tangential relationship to video games has mentioned Rockstar's blockbuster and many gaming-centric sites have turned into ...
San Diego GOP Chairman: Video Game Pirate?
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Crime, Hilarious, Intellectual Property, News, Politics, Stupid Politics | 7 Comments »According to a lengthy article posted at The Raw Story, San Diego Republican Chairman and head of the state party's budget committee Tony Krvaric is co-founder of Fairlight, one of the world's largest and oldest software cracking rings. Krvaric, ...
ICED Tackles Complex Deportation Issues Through Gaming
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Immigration & Customs, News, PC Game, Politics | 9 Comments »[swf]http://www.viddler.com/player/30434823/[/swf] Breakthrough, a New York-based non-profit group, has recently launched a freely available PC game called ICED, which hopes to help gamers “understand how important it is to restore due process to the immigration system.” ICED, an acronym for “I Can End ...
