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Left 4 Dead in the Aussie Censorship System
It looks like Left 4 Dead 2 has been banned in Australia. The reason:
[C]lose in attacks cause copious amounts of blood spray and splatter, decapitations and limb dismemberment as well as locational damage where contact is made to the enemy which may reveal skeletal bits and gore.
This was not deemed suitable for 15-year-olds.
Despite the [...]
Posted in Et cetera, Jens Schroeder, Video Games Also tagged Atkinson, censorship, Left4Dead 2, OFLC 4 Comments
How I Met the Inventor of the Videogame
Ralph Baer, inventor of the videogame console, recently came to Berlin to celebrate the online launch of the “History of Video Games Timeline” by the Berlin Computer Game Museum.
Quite an exciting moment for me, and probably the last chance to have a chat with the man behind the craze that touched our lives and [...]
Posted in Jens Schroeder, Technology, Video Games Also tagged Atari, Brown Box, Magnavox Odyssey, Nintendo, Nolan Bushnell, Pong, Ralph Baer, Technology, Videogame history, Wii 4 Comments
Community-based video game funding – could it work?
Gabe Newell recently suggested letting gamers fund a title, and in the process cutting out the middle-man that is the publisher.
“One of the areas that I am super interested in right now is how we can do financing from the community. So right now, what typically happens is you have this budget — it [...]
Posted in Jens Schroeder, Video Games Also tagged angelica express, gabe newell, game funding, valve 2 Comments
Is the Videogame Industry Recession Proof?
Will the US fall into a recession? Maybe. Will the videogame industry? Probably not, reports bloggingstocks.com:
According to The Wall Street Journal, “strong holiday sales of its Wii video game console and Nintendo DS portable game device helped Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) nearly double its nine-month net profit and raise its sales forecasts for the third time [...]
Wii really can’t argue with reasons like this
Fanboys, that scourge of mankind, number 8 on the list of the worst consumer tech trends and blind adherents to corporations that (optimistically) feel about one tenth of the passion for them that they do for their gadgets. No one wants to argue with them unless they have a fetish for insults.
If you can’t resist [...]
How to understand the Motivation behind Suicide Bombing – with Halo 3
If you want to put yourself in the position of a suicide bomber look no further than… Halo 3. Clive Thompson over at Wired explains that due him leading a normal life he just doesn’t have the time to improve his skills to keep up with homophobic teenagers around the world. In short: He sucks [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Game culture, halo 3, political games, suicide bombing, Xbox 360 1 Comment

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