The National Institute for Media and the Family, founded by Dr. David Walsh, has served as watchdog for the video game industry since the mid-1990s. Now, after accepting $50,000 from a game advocacy group and changing their annual report card, their credibility has come into question -- but Dr. Walsh tells GameCyte that the org has merely switched gears. Their next target? Video game addiction.
Continue reading...Thursday, December 4, 2008
Know a parent who seriously needs to be educated about the role of video games in society? Hand them the National Institute for Media and the Family (NIMF)'s 13th Annual Video Game Report Card. Need a meaningful critique of the video game industry? This year, you'll need to go somewhere else. After spending twelve years as [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 3, 2008
GamePolitics has unearthed a fascinating company called The Timothy Plan, a Florida-based "Christian Financial Planning" group claiming to offer "a biblical choice when it comes to investing." The group has just published its "Inside Look Into Video Games," available for download in Basic and Graphic versions, just in case even descriptions of video game [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 19, 2008
GamePolitics is reporting that for over a year, former RIAA attorney Karin Pagnanelli has pursuing copyright infringement lawsuits on behalf of Activision -- and has so far obtained five settlements totaling $326,000. That sum of money isn't particularly notable, until you realize that the bulk of that $326,000 is coming from three individuals whose lives [...]
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
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