Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[VTech report doesn't mention video games; PAC cries cover up]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/26/vtech-report-doesnt-mention-video-games-pac-cries-cover-up/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/26/vtech-report-doesnt-mention-video-games-pac-cries-cover-up/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/26/vtech-report-doesnt-mention-video-games-pac-cries-cover-up/#commentsFiled under: ,

A federal government report released earlier this month about the issues surrounding the Virginia Tech shooting made no mention video games whatsoever, a point that Game Politics notes is substantial since contributor Michael Leavitt (pictured) had previously mentioned being aware of a potential video game connection.

Members of activist Lyndon LaRouche's political action committee (PAC) have denounced the report as a cover-up, and quotes game news sites as evidence, citing this statement from Games Industry and "Gammer Life" [sic]: "According to GamePolitics, the video game issue was brought up at the V-Tech Review Panel hearings no less than three times by supporters of Lyndon LaRouche PAC."

The 26-page report can be downloaded here (PDF file); a state-level review panel continues to study the event and will issue their own report later.

JoystiqVTech report doesn't mention video games; PAC cries cover up originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Searching the Entertainment Software Rating Board website by the Adults Only rating yields only two games without strong sexual content or mature sexual themes: Peak Entertainment Casinos for featuring "gambling" and Thrill Kill for Animated Blood and Gore, Animated Violence.

Game Revolution has found a video of the PlayStation One title which never saw the light of day -- not a good sign for the recently AO-ed Manhunt 2. More information can be found on the Wikipedia entry; video (NSFW) embedded after the break.

[Via Game Politics]

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JoystiqRemembering Thrill Kill, the 'other' violent AO-rated game originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>aoesrbgame politicsGamePoliticsthrill killThrillKillFri, 22 Jun 2007 16:55:00 EST<![CDATA[NY game bill awaits passage in July]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/22/ny-game-bill-awaits-passage-in-july/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/22/ny-game-bill-awaits-passage-in-july/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/22/ny-game-bill-awaits-passage-in-july/#commentsFiled under: ,

Though two pieces of video game legislation passed in New York -- one in the Senate and one in the Assembly -- a compromise was not reached in time for a vote before the current session ended yesterday, reports Game Politics. The compromise was reached, however, and a unified bill is expected to pass when the legislature reconvenes in July.

According to Lower Hudson Online, the agreement still makes it a felony to sell "violent and obscene video games to minors." The bill would also have manufacturers equip game consoles with parental control settings (already available in the newest consoles) and retailers would have to label violent and obscene games (already done with the ESRB, though this bill reportedly requires another sticker).

If the bill, which Vicarious Visions called troubling in an Albany Times-Union op-ed, passes in July, expect the Entertainment Software Association to go after the bill with the First Amendment. And so far they have a pretty good track record.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

JoystiqNY game bill awaits passage in July originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After being rejected by the BBFC in the UK, Rockstar's Manhunt 2 is seemingly getting banned in America as well. According to Game Politics, the "murder simulator" is getting an AO (Adults Only) rating, which effectively bans it from all major video game retailers.

Take Two games will certainly fight this decision as fiercely as possible in the coming days. Remember, the game's release is supposed to be only a few weeks away ...

[Via Joystiq]

JoystiqManhunt 2 gets AO rating from ESRB originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Two bills from the New York state legislature -- one backed by Republicans in the Senate and one by Democrats in the Assembly -- have been passed. Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno (R) and Governor Eliot Spitzer have both made comments leaning toward an agreement being made between the two houses, but no further details are known.

The Assembly measure, A08696, has some strong words for game retailers who sell games with "depraved violence and indecent images," defined as "rape, dismemberment, physical torture, mutilation or evisceration of a human being." Those caught selling such games to minors will be charged with a class E felony and could be sentenced for up to four years in prison. GamePolitics reports that "it is believed this is the bill favored by [Spitzer]."

The Entertainment Merchants Association have already condemned the Assembly bill, and we expect the industry-led lawsuit against the legislation be inevitable. The current session ends June 21, so both houses will have to act pretty quickly to reach a compromise.

[Via Law of the Game]

JoystiqNY game retail bills pass; retailers could face felony charges originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 31 May 2007 18:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here's some light weekend reading about politics, the media and gaming. Earlier this week the U.S. Federal Trade Commission released a report about the gaming industry. The real fun for industry folk was seeing how all the various media outlets would report the news and what their headlines would be. Below is the list, shamelessly ripped-off from Dennis McCauley over at GamePolitics, of various media outlets and their take on the report:
  • FTC says content curbs fall short - L.A. Times
  • Report says the young buy violent games and movies - NY Times
  • FTC: self-regulation of violent content working - Beta News
  • Children still see ads for violent content - Advertising Age
  • FTC scolds marketers about violent content - AdWeek
  • FTC: violence still marketed to youths - Hollywood Reporter
  • Report: Violence still aimed at kids - Variety
  • FTC violence marketing report show general compliance - Broadcasting & Cable
  • FTC Report: Violence Still a Problem in Marketing - TV Week
  • FTC: game industry self-policing improving - GameSpot
  • FTC: M-rated games still marketed to minors - Next Generation
  • FTC: games are better regulated than music, movies - Ars Technica
  • FTC report: mixed reviews on industry's ability to self-regulate - Joystiq
  • FTC: game industry stricter than movies, music - Kotaku
  • FTC report praises, spanks video game industry - GamePolitics
As McCauley asks in his headline accompanying the list above, "Were these media outlets reading the same report?" The various headlines make us think of the classic question: If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to see it, does it make a sound? Some say yes, some say no, some say it explodes into various pieces, some say the Earth Mother picked it back up, some say there is no tree. The various headlines and the stores with them is a good read on the diversity of voice in the media -- especially when it comes to gaming.

JoystiqHow did various media outlets report the FTC gaming report? originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. has released a new report praising the games industry for making "significant progress" in decreasing both the sale of mature-rated games to minors and the advertising of mature titles alongside teen-marketed television shows, while criticizing them for failing to maintain similar marketing standards with internet advertising.

Other interesting statistics and observations:
  • In the five years between 2001 and 2006, sales of M-rated titles to minors have dropped 36% (from 78% to 42%). No other industry was reported to have such a significant decline and only the sale of R-rated movie ticket to minors is lower (39% in 2006, an increase of 3% over 2003).
  • Of the parents surveyed, 87% are aware of the ESRB, 70% utilize it and 75% of those familiar with the content descriptors use them.
  • Current ESRB regulations do not allow game publishers to advertise M-rated games on sites where 45% or more of the audience is under 17. The FTC report said that they are "not adequately enforcing even this limited standard." Our query, which is not adequately explained in the report's press release, is how the FTC is able to discern the demographic of a website (other than maybe content and grammar usage), and which is it following? Only MySpace and YouTube are specifically cited here. And, to be quite honest, if the FTC were able to effectively discern the demographics found on a site like YouTube, they could sell that data-mining algorithm and make quadrillions in profit.
The FTC report also chastises the ESRB for failing to put content descriptors on the front of the box. Said FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras overall, "Self-regulation, long a critical underpinning of U.S. advertising, is weakened if industry markets products in ways inconsistent with their ratings and parental advisories ... This latest FTC report shows improvement, but also indicates that the entertainment industry has more work to do."

[Via Game Politics]

JoystiqFTC report: mixed reviews on industry's ability to self-regulate originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Phew, that was close. And to think, he almost discovered our master plans ...

Infamous Miami lawyer Jack Thompson has thoroughly revised his complaint and counterclaim against Take Two. Concerning his counterclaim, Thompson shortened it from nearly 20 pages to a single paragraph that makes no mention of previous racketeering charges that listed Penny Arcade, the ESA, Joystiq, Kotaku and others as collaborators and conspirators.

Of course, Joystiq was left unaware what racketeering really was, having ignored Denis McCauley's thorough explanation for enlightenment via Tycho and Gabe's funny pictures.

In light of this pseudo-victory, Joystiq is celebrating with cake, ice cream and engaging in illegal business activities usually associated with organized crime.

JoystiqActivist lawyer drops RICO charges against Take Two, others originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Did you catch the Take Two shareholders meeting yesterday? Don't worry if you missed it, the event turned out to be much less dramatic than we had hoped. However, it was not without some ruffled feathers, as now-former CEO Paul Eibeler was shown the door. Taking his place is Ben Feder, a former executive at News Corp, as acting CEO.

Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan Securities expresses disappointment that the new management is giving themselves a three- to six-month window. Also, Pachter said of Feder, "he appears to have no meaningful experience managing a large organization, nor does his resume suggest that he has any practical experience in the video game industry."

Game Politics has a roundup of more opinions regarding this executive shuffle. Our take, however limited in scope, is that Eibeler was a beacon for bad news. His ousting can only spell an upward trend.

JoystiqTake Two shareholders oust CEO originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GamePolitics has a roundup of the Portland, Oregon public transportation system removing GTA: Vice City Stories advertisements. They've also linked to The Oregonian's columnist Jerry Boone's editorial about how GTA might cause a small percentage of gamers to go on "stealing, killing and raping binges." At the end Boone says the transit system lost $71,250 removing the ads, but the value of a cop's life is "priceless." Boone is right, a small percentage of gamers might kill cops, because it never happens the other way around. Wonder how much the life of a dead unarmed kid and his bullet filled dog are worth?

On the other coast, the head of Boston's public transportation system told the politicians to go take a long walk off a short Boston pier. The GTA ads are staying up. The outrage in Boston was pretty faux and created by the local tabloid paper The Boston Herald. Maybe The Oregonian made the whole crisis up to sell papers like The Boston Herald did. Sadly, the Portland public transportation directors have no spines and blew over like a house of cards to "media issue of the week" pressure.

Meanwhile, in England ... GTA: Vice City Stories is advertised on a double-decker bus.

JoystiqPublic transportation and GTA: Vice City Stories originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Political-types have a love-hate relationship with video games; they love to hate them. The person doing the hating doesn't always have to be in office (Republicans and Democrats equally hate video games, just to stop that argument short), he just has to have enough riding on the political game. Bill O'Reilly, hyper-conservative, is the newest member of the anti-video game crowd, and he has some spin for you.

O'Reilly, best known for his No Spin Zone show on Fox News, has compared video games to hard drugs. O'Reilly was heard on Radio Factor saying that "what [we] have is a large portion of the population, mostly younger people under the age of 45, who don't deal with reality -- ever." We think we've heard that one before, with rock 'n' roll and even books (The Great Gatsby totally messed up society).

Not even the most avid gamer can admit there aren't cases of video game addiction, but that is hardly a reason to rail on them. People are addicted to work; should we ban jobs? We can't be bothered to answer the question, we're too busy rolling up our PS3, 360 and Wii and smoking that wicked doobie. O'Reilly is making us dizzy; no spin zone our knee(s).

JoystiqO'Reilly's no video game spin zone originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Each week Dennis McCauley contributes The Political Game, a column on the collision of politics and video games:

Wednesday's tragic shooting spree at Montreal's Dawson College has prompted yet another media feeding frenzy over violent video games. Word that 25-year-old shooter Kimveer Gill played Super Columbine RPG, a non-commercial game design, was enough to push the video game angle into lead paragraphs in newspapers from London to Washington, D.C. to China. Hell, it even made the Drudge Report.

To be sure, the clearly unbalanced Gill was no stranger to games, especially first-person shooters. His blog on VampireFreaks.com names Half-Life 2, F.E.A.R. and Call of Duty 2 among his favorites. He also played some of the commonly-cited poster children for game violence, including Manhunt, Postal and the GTA series. Gill also played less controversial titles like Warcraft III, Need for Speed Underground and Command & Conquer Generals.

But Super Columbine RPG is the sound bite here, and it's no surprise that the media has jumped on that angle with both feet. Think about it -- a game based upon a horrendous school massacre being played by a lunatic who then commits his own deadly school shooting. If you're writing headlines, it's practically irresistible.

Continue reading The Political Game: The blame game

JoystiqThe Political Game: The blame game originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The ever vigilant Game Politics brings word of yet another video game bill (YAVGB), this one brought to you by a bipartisan group of Congressman spearheaded by Florida Republican Cliff Stearns, seeking "truth in video game ratings." Of course, Stearns is also the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, the same Subcommittee that The Daily Show's Jon Stewart teased for being out-of-touch in June. So what are they seeking with bill HR 5912:
  • "Rating games on only partial content: Unlike the present system, the ESRB would be forced to play games in their entirety." This will immediately become the dream job of gamers everywhere.
  • "Withholding content: Publishers would be on the hook for failing to completely reveal content to the ESRB." Also known as Hot Coffee and Orc boobies are bad.
  • "Gross mischaracterization of content: Although not specifically named, the ESRB would be barred from 'grossly mischaracterizing' (as defined by the FTC) game content." So wait, it wasn't coffee?
Check out Game Politics for some more on the bill and their adroit analysis of these politician's motivations: all three sponsors are running for reelection this fall.

JoystiqPols want "Truth in Video Game Rating Act" originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Cliff StearnsCliffStearnsESRBGame PoliticsGamePoliticsHR5912LawspoliticsMon, 07 Aug 2006 10:45:00 EST<![CDATA[Entertainment Weekly honors Joystiq in top 25 list]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/16/entertainment-weekly-honors-joystiq-in-top-25-list/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/16/entertainment-weekly-honors-joystiq-in-top-25-list/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/06/16/entertainment-weekly-honors-joystiq-in-top-25-list/#commentsFiled under:

While we're physically unable to pat ourselves on the back (freak DDR accident, y'know), we thought there might be some interest in seeing your favorite game blog (read: that's us, guys) in dead tree format. We've been selected by the good people at Entertainment Weekly as one of their "25 favorite online entertainment sites!" Part of the gig required us sending in a handful of our favorite online entertainment sites. We chose: the superlative Game Politics, the entertaining and promising GameVideos.com, and the more entertaining than it ought to be Wikipedia.

Other notable sites we chose that didn't make the cut included The Escapist, Gamasutra, Gamerankings, and YTMND; some of our choices, namely Wonderland and Penny Arcade, were already chosen by other sites (thankfully); and still others, like Clive Thompson's excellent CollisionDetection.net, we mistakenly left off our list entirely.

(Disclosure: Entertainment Weekly is published by Time which is owned by Time Warner who were purchased by AOL to create AOL Time Warner; of course, AOL owns Weblogs, Inc. who in turn own Joystiq, so if you really wanted to be cynical you could follow that corporate trail to a gray, lonely place we call Nepotism. Us, we're going to keep trying to be the best gaming blog on the internet regardless!)

JoystiqEntertainment Weekly honors Joystiq in top 25 list originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AccoladesEntertainment WeeklyEntertainmentWeeklyGame PoliticsGame VideosGamePoliticsGameVideosWikipediaFri, 16 Jun 2006 17:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Governmental ads: "give your thumbs a rest"]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/27/governmental-ads-give-your-thumbs-a-rest/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/27/governmental-ads-give-your-thumbs-a-rest/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/27/governmental-ads-give-your-thumbs-a-rest/#commentsFiled under: ,

An ad campaign from the Centers for Disease Control is pulling no punches with their tagline "Give your thumbs a rest. Play for real." Supposedly encouraging active lifestyles rather than the way of the couch potato, the ad features an in-game style image of obese baseball players on an overgrown field.

As Water Cooler Games points out, this seems to have been created with no thought for its target audience. In particular, the ad mocks rather than reaches out to gamers; not the best way to connect with a demographic. Also, as governmental propaganda goes, jumping on the anti-gaming bandwagon is a disturbing trend--a sideline political campaign is one thing, but a government-approved message seems overkill.

With CDC themselves turning to games for educational purposes, we can't help but feel there's a mixed message here.

JoystiqGovernmental ads: "give your thumbs a rest" originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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