| | Mortal Kombat 9 to Feature Modelled Guts | 
Geoffrey Tim - July 6th, 2010 | The last Mortal Kombat, pitting the series’ stalwarts against characters from DC comic’s stable was T-rated – meaning the game was devoid of the gratuitous, over-the-top violence the series is known for. Mortal Kombat 9 – due next year – won’t be quite as tame. "We're going to be as M-rated as we've ever been," said series co-creator Ed Boon. "Mortal Kombat is known for and associated ... [»] | 
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| Hate the player not the game! – Should violent video games be banned? | 
Gavin Mannion - March 29th, 2010 | You may recall a few weeks back we asked for some submissions for my sister, who lectures a Criminology class, and her upcoming videogame debate. The idea behind the debate was to discuss whether or not violent videogames themselves were responsible for violent behaviour and whether we should be censoring them or ... [»] | 
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| Suspected Counter-Strike Cheater Gets a Knife to the Head | 
Geoffrey Tim - March 23rd, 2010 | Cheaters never prosper folks, and that’s been highlighted when a Chinese counter-strike player suspected of wallhacking became the unfortunate recipient of a 30cm knife to the head from an angry assailant. Wallhacking allows players to see through walls, allowing you to see your enemies before they see you - giving cheaters an obvious advantage. Too bad his hacks couldn’t let him to pre-emptively see his knife-wielding attacker. A fight broke out at an internet cafe in the Jilin province of northern china when a group of youths noticed that one ... [»] | 
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| A call to arms – Do videogames cause or lead to violent behaviour? | 
Gavin Mannion - March 11th, 2010 | Quick family history lesson, my sister is an insanely qualified person who is currently lecturing a class on Criminology at a local University. Every Friday they debate something and juggle the pro’s and con’s from either side (some of the topics are just downright scary and disgusting). However tomorrow the ... [»] |
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| Italian Teen Stabs Father Over Fifa 2009 | 
Geoffrey Tim - January 26th, 2010 | An Italian man trying to give his son pointers on how to play Fifa 2009 got something he wasn’t expecting - a knife in his throat.Fabrizio R., A 46-year-old storekeeper was watching his 16-year-old son Mario play the football game on his PlayStation on Sunday evening. The man then started giving the boy advice on how to play better, leading to an argument which resulted in Fabrizio turning the console off. This was the key that set the crazy free from its ... [»] |
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| Media Blames Another Senseless Killing on Videogames | 
Geoffrey Tim - October 28th, 2009 | 17 year-old James Callaghan, a person with a history of undiagnosed schizophrenia and known to be violent under the influence of alcohol has, in what is a particularly senseless tragedy, killed a 65-year old woman with an axe. Callaghan, after dispensing with a bottle of vodka and arming himself with point instruments of death, forced his ... [»] |
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| The Causal link Between Games and Violence – Like Cigarettes and Lung Cancer | 
Geoffrey Tim - October 26th, 2009 | Paediatricians, not to be mistaken for kiddy fiddlers, have apparently established an irrefutable causal link between media violence and untoward aggression in children. The American Academy of Paediatrics claims that "The evidence is now clear and convincing: media violence is one of the causal factors of real-life violence and aggression," particularly outing the music industry for glamorising sex, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and violence. They do also take stabs at visual media – TV, movies and videogames – saying that "the ... [»] |
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| A Monk’s Tale : Videogames are Cathartic | 
Geoffrey Tim - September 21st, 2009 | Trinley Dorje is, by all accounts, your average 24 year old guy. He listens to hip-hop and plays videogames. He’s also the He's also the Karmapa Lama, making him the only politically recognised senior Buddhist leader. So probably not your average 24 year old then. Unlike the rest of us, he dresses in red and gold robes and is a spiritual and political leader. Like us though, he plays videogames to ease his aggression and vent frustration.In an interview with The Times of India, the Lama revealed that despite the apparent dichotomy, playing violent videogames is not at ends with the spiritual and philosophical tenets of Buddhism.Well, I view video games as something of an emotional therapy, a mundane level of emotional therapy for me. ... [»] | 
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| Man Murders Friend While Playing Call of Duty | 
Nick de Bruyne - May 6th, 2009 | You know what, when I read up about this story it became clear pretty quickly that videogames were becoming yet another victim to media BS.
You see, what happened is that the murder victim Danny Taylor's girlfriend reports that she was out ... [»] |
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| Germany Getting A Touch Ridiculous With Warning Labels | 
Nick de Bruyne - April 1st, 2009 | So as we all know, Germany are a little nuts when it comes to violent video games in the fear that if a little German boy plays a bloody game then they will be responsible for another world war.
Check out this new warning label being slapped on violent videogames (posted on the NeoGaf forums) such as Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars in Germany. In big bright red letters it looks like it says something that you would expect, like "No under 18's". Problem is, with a label like that, it may as well say " Caution, this game will turn you into a crazy murderer".
The recent shooting in Germany has put them even more on edge, but with all of their restrictions already in place, you would think that they would have realised that it might, just might be something other than videogames.
Source: VG247 |
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| Madworld Deathwatch – Episode 2 | 
Gavin Mannion - February 13th, 2009 | It’s Friday finally which also means that we all have to sit through another day at the office pretending to work. So to help get you into the swing of things here is a completely over the top Madworld trailer, can you also picture your bosses head on those black and white action figures? Nice thought isn’t it… |
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| Getting your head in the game – Project Immersion |
Nick de Bruyne - December 3rd, 2008 | A guy who goes by the name of Robbie Cooper has been working on a rather interesting project that goes by the name of "Project Immersion".What he has done is project games onto a large camera lens so that he can film children playing video games whilst having them stare directly at the camera. Testing the children with different titles such as Call of Duty, Halo 3, Tekken, GTA IV and Star Wars: Battlefront, he has created a means to really study the different types of reactions and facial expressions that are generated whilst playing ... [»] |
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| Golden Axe: Beast Rider |
Gavin Mannion - October 8th, 2008 | As this trailer starts up we get warned that Golden Axe contains Blood and Gore, bade language, Partial Nudity and Violence... hell yeah what a game.Anyway after getting past that welcoming screen I was expecting something awesome, but to be honest this trailer isn't very exciting at all.It reminds me a lot of Beowulf and very very little of the great Golden Axe...I have to say that currently this is barely registering on my excitement scale, lets hope there is more to this than I have seen so far. |
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