A pen that was made from recycled gaming consoles? Cool.
MTV Multiplayer - When are you old enough for video games?
I wish someone had come up with this article before my younger brother was born. He’s been gaming since the age of three. That would generally be a good thing, but he didn’t spend time developing other necessary skills - like reading.
Is it seven? According to educational psychologist Jane Healy, who spoke at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, children should be kept away from video games until the age of seven to “allow their brains to develop normally.”
Video Game Media Watch - EA Requests Fox News Mass Effect Apology
Fox News Channel recently jumped the gun in proclaiming Mass Effect a hazard for teens and young ‘uns, citing gratuitous digital nudity found within the title. Electronic Arts, which owns Mass Effect developer BioWare, rightfully is having none of it and has issued a statement and request to Fox News.
As the parent company of BioWare, the studio which created the game, EA would like you to set the record straight on a number of errors and misstatements which incorrectly characterize the story and character interactions in Mass Effect.
What were the errors? The statement provided by EA and obtained by Kotaku outlines three primary errors within the FNC report: the headline, which says “New video game shows full nudity and sex”; a voice-over reporter proclaiming that “You’ll see full digital nudity and the ability for players to engage in graphic sex”; and a reporter opining that “Critics say Mass Effect is being marketed to kids and teenagers.”
Level Up - No Country for Old Gamers
Tagline: Your Grandmother Wants To Join Your Halo Clan. What Do You Do?
GamePolitics - New Bully Versions, Same Old Controversy
Rockstar’s Bully was the video game pariah of 2006.
The PlayStation 2 title was criticized by those who - wrongly - assumed that it cast the player in the aggressor’s role. Game industry nemesis Jack Thomson even took the game to court in Miami, where he sought - and failed - in an attempt to have it declared a public nuisance under Florida law.
