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Dam Bursts at Intellisponse, Gaming Rumors Flood Internet

Monday, June 16, 2008

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Dam Bursts at Intellisponse, Gaming Rumors Flood Internet

Intellisponse, you’re doin’ a heck of a job. The rumors swirling about the gaming community are too many to count today, after an intrepid NeoGAF member found a gaping security hole at market research firm Intellisponse. The firm’s clients seem to have included Microsoft, Activision, and Disney, and now a feast of unconfirmed information has [...]

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Xbox Live Decides “Gay” is Unacceptable, Even If That’s Your Name

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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Xbox Live Decides “Gay” is Unacceptable, Even If That’s Your Name

Now it’s just getting stupid. Kotaku has the latest on Xbox Live and its “Don’t Ask, Just Ban” policy for gamertags with any inclusion of the three most offensive letters in the alphabet. The latest casualty of the carpet-bannings is the gamertag “RichardGaywood,” the obscene filth concocted by a gamer by the name of Richard [...]

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Xbox Live Decides “Gay” is Unacceptable, Even If You Actually Are

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Xbox Live Decides “Gay” is Unacceptable, Even If You Actually Are

A post over at The Consumerist has a tale of customer disservice that involves Xbox Live, homosexuality, and the fun that always results when they intersect. A gamer has found that Live has banned his gamertag, “theGAYERgamer,” and will not reinstate it despite his pleas to Microsoft. The gamer in question is, in fact, gay [...]

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