Who is the Biggest Political Hypocrite? …Vote in New GP Poll

GamePolitics

Video games, as every GamePolitics reader knows, have become a political football.

Arizona State Senate Rejects “Dangerous” Media Content Bill

GamePolitics

As GamePolitics detailed yesterday, the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on HB2660, a measure which would potentially hold media content producers liable for violent acts committed by consumers of books, movies, video games and the like.

The Political Game: Welcome to the Slippery Slope

Joystiq

If you pay attention to the First Amendment arguments offered in defense of video games, you'll often hear reference to something called the "slippery slope."

What a World: Byron Review - Parent Edition

Boesky.Blogspot

I was standing in Gamestop today and two kids wearing soccer uniforms, whose heads barely passed my beltline came running through the door and made a beeline to the GTA IV boxes.

Gaming, Real Violence Trends Tracked, Charted

Wired

It's easy to claim that gaming violence has no correlation with real world violence, but those arguments are a bit hollow if you can't provide data to corroborate; or even better, a fancy line graph.

Grand Theft Auto IV - multiplayer hands-on

GamesRadar

16 players. Three perspectives. One city. Five ways to tear it all to pieces

Rockstar: ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ Multiplayer ‘Not Tacked On’

MTV

…Our two hours at Rockstar showed that the secret of “GTA IV” multiplayer is the same as the secret of single-player: Whatever the rules are in “GTA,” the most fun may be attained by not following them.

Games for Windows Mag Shifts from Print to Online

GameDaily

In what is no doubt part of the general plan by Ziff Davis Media to reorganize in the face of flagging profits, Games for Windows will cease as a print magazine after this month.

"Red Light Of Death" Xbox Owner Wants Same Extended Warranty As "Red Ring Of Death" Sufferers

Consumerist

Though Microsoft bowed to a gamer backlash and gave 3-year warranty protection for the widespread Xbox hardware failure known as "The Red Ring of Death," it seems another debilitating malfunction, "The Red Light of Death," hasn't become enough of a PR fiasco to merit the same treatment.

Guitar Hero

CharlieDaniels.com

I had a rude awakening recently when I looked at a video game. It was called Guitar Hero and is wildly popular with the younger set.