Sleeping Dogs to be Significantly Censored in Japan
Despite being the prime source of “WTF?” in pop culture, Japan has some pretty strict laws on censorship, ranging from the reasonable to the inane.
Author: Rian Quenlin
Violence and Gore Bores Me.
A large amount of recent releases topping the charts the last few years are rated M for things ranging from sex, violence, harsh language, and so on. To be honest, this is beginning to grate on my nerves.
Katsuhiro Harada has had it to the Back Teeth with Tekken Fans Making Demands
When you’re in the gaming industry as either a developer or a player, you will know that there is a significant amount of people who can be called “Whiny bastards”. Tekken Creator Katsuhiro Harada has put up with said people long enough and has put his …
Anti-Piracy Groups Target Downloaders. Again.
Though many sites have said July 12th, CNN has amended theirs to say July 1st. Earlier articles on this subject from 3 months ago confirms this. On July 1st, ISPs will start policing downloads on behalf of the RIAA and MPAA. Last year, many ISPs agreed …
Oh I Don’t “own” the Game? Then Replace My Disk On Demand!
DRM blah blah blah doesn’t work blah blah blah. Okay let’s cut to the chase. There is one thing that bugs me about the mentality of companies that use DRM, and that’s the fact that they believe you don’t own the game, only a license to …
South Korea lays the Smackdown on Trading Virtual Items for Cash
The South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism is currently preparing a law that will outlaw virtual item trades, and farming items for commercial use. This means that botters who rack up millions of gold and spam channels will become criminals. The law is aimed …
Court Rules Finnish WiFi Owner Not Liable for File Sharing
Piracy is a touchy subject, and when red tape gets involved, some people get strangled in it by virtue of standing too close. A handful of courts believe that if you run an open WiFi and someone uses it for illegal purposes, you can be charged …
Major Minecraft Changes Planned: Singleplayer is now a solo Multiplayer. Also, some Modding API thing.
Okay that sounds weird, but let me explain this a little. Notch commented in the past that the code of Minecraft would have been much cleaner and more friendly to work with if he had coded it purely as a multiplayer game, and having singleplayer be …
John Beiswenger Files Lawsuit Against Ubisoft, Fans Strike Back
Assassin’s Creed is popular, even if people hate Ubisoft for their business methods and DRM. Sci-fi author John Beiswenger accused Ubisoft of ripping off the story for Assassin’s Creed from his novel Link. The book released in 2002 has a similar element to it as a …
Dev claims Fanservice in Dead or Alive distracts Gamers, Plans to Tone it Down
The Dead or Alive series since its inception has been known for its teasing outfits, swimsuits, and very nice boobs on very nice women. Plus bouncing. Dead or Alive 5 however is going to take a few steps away from this usual approach.
I don’t Think Racy Outfits are Demeaning to Women, but they are Indeed Pathetic.
Night Elves, you dress like sluts. Vierra in Ivalice, you’re fetish fuel. Bunny in Bunny Must Die, are you kidding me you flat-chested rabbit/cat-eared albino in a bunny suit? Sill Plain pre-Sengoku Rance, your kimono looks a lot better than being practically naked. Any woman ever …
AT&T Sued for Aiding Cellphone Thieves
A class action lawsuit against AT&T has accused the company of allegedly aiding thieves and fleecing customers of their money through reactivating stolen phones, lying about inability to block phones, and are using these facts to make customers buy new phones.
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