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"Hold Your Wee" Family Awarded $16MOct 30, 2009
The family of Jennifer Strange, a woman who died following a radio station contest that had her drink large quantities of water and attempt to not go to the bathroom in an attempt to win a Nintendo Wii, has been awarded $16.0 million.
The contest was...
UK Pirate Party Head States His Case, Frets About NameAug 13, 2009
The digital era has permanently altered the way media is controlled and distributed, resulting in a relationship between rights holders and the public that is often contentious. Against that backdrop, so-called Pirate Parties have sprung up recently ...
Teen Halo 3 Gamer to be Sentenced For Murder of MomJun 16, 2009
Daniel Petric, the Ohio teen convicted of killing his mother and severly wounding his father after his parents banned him from playing Halo 3 in 2007, will be sentenced later today, reports local news station Fox 28.
The case bears watching because ...
Protester Writes About Her Arrest at Army Video Game Recruiting CenterMay 7, 2009
Last weekend GamePolitics served up live Twitter coverage as anti-war protesters marched on the Army Experience Center.
The high-tech recruiting facility in Philadelphia uses PC and Xbox 360...
GameFly Goes Postal over Poor Postal ServiceMay 5, 2009
When it comes to shipping rental DVDs, does the U.S. Postal Service give preferential treatment to big fish like Netflix and Blockbuster?
Video game renter Gamefly thinks so and has filed a...
ESPN's Outside the Lines Examines EA Sports SuitDec 28, 2009
The class-action lawsuit by college quarterback Sam Keller against the NCAA and EA Sports was front and center over the weekend in an eight-minute segment on ESPN's Outside the Lines.
The suit is contesting the use of college athlete likenesses in the...
Examining the Psychology of Loot in GamesDec 28, 2009
Ever wonder why you get a rush every time you find some new loot in a game, be it a new gun, better armor or a rare drop. A gamer with a PhD in Psychology has attempted to briefly explain the phenomenon, using his own experience as a...
China Continues War on Games with News ShowDec 28, 2009
China's state-run news organization continued the country's assault on videogames last week with a special feature entitled "Confession of a Murderer -- Focus on Pornography and Violence in Online Games (Part Two)."
The latest "expose," as reported by...
More Realistic Violence in Videogames?Dec 28, 2009
A comic book writer has opined that he is interested in seeing more realistic violence in videogames, but he isn't sure if the gaming public is ready for it.
Landry Walker, a writer who writes "Batman: the Brave and the Bold" and has also written for...
Happy Holidays!Dec 23, 2009
GamePolitics would like to wish all our readers a wonderful holiday and, dare we say, a Merry Christmas!
We’ll be taking off the rest of this week, but Monsieur Keefer will return next week with updates.
Until then, we hope Santa brings you...
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