Gaming in the Media Blog

Yahoo! Games - Video Game Myths: Fact or Fiction?

 Did Sony originally develop the Playstation for Nintendo?  Answer is in the article.

 VideoGamesBlogger - Britain to use Wii’s in School for PE

It looks like the British government has decided that putting the Wii in schools is a great way to get students into exercising and physical fitness. They have announced a pilot scheme is in the pipeline that will do just that, make the Wii a part of the National Curriculum as reported by The Independent.

But not everyone is so enthusiastic about that idea (and I’m willing to bet none of the critics are gamers themselves either. Just a hunch). The chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, for example, has stated that the group claims it is “concerned about falling standards and damaging changes in state education . . . being forced through without any evidence to support them” and Nick Seaton added, “Pupils would be far better doing serious competitive sports and games than this sort of thing. It looks like another gimmick. It’s pandering to the views of the physically idle.”

GamePolitics - Fine Print: Lawers Get 1M, You Get (up to) $35 Bucks in Hot Coffee Deal 

As the gaming press widely reported recently, Take Two has settled a class-action lawsuit filed against it in the wake of the 2005 Hot Coffee scandal.

Gaming Steve has dug into the fine print of the deal and discovered that the big winners are - surprise! - lawyers:

Any US citizen who was officially “offended and upset” by the ability to unlock [the Hot Coffee] content can now claim up to $35 in compensation. The exact amount you may be entitled depends upon directly upon how much documentation you have of your “outrage”…

Gamasutra - Video Games: Officially Art, in Europe

[The French government and European Commission have agreed in principle to fund tax credits for video games, due to their cultural importance - and Gamasutra tagged along with the French cultural minister and Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot to find out why it matters.]