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Byron Report Submitted - Parliament Expected to Act ASAP

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2008-03-27 15:09:02 by Stephany in Gaming Today
...harmful or inappropriate material on the internet and in video games was released this morning in the UK. The research for Dr. Tanya Byrons report titled: Safer Children in a Digital World, is an independent review complied at the request of the Prime Minister. The reports purpose was to focus on the needs of children and young people and...
 
Tags: industry, byron, report, games industry leaders, games, video-games, violent games, games players, video games
 
 
 
 
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Black Professionals In Games: Tomb Raider Producer Morgan Gray On Diversity, Resident Evil 5 and The Problem With Cole Train

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2008-04-08 12:56:03 by Tracey John in MTV Multiplayer
...harm no foul. But what is Cole Train? Cole Train is basically like every other effin black character in a video game. Like here comes the urban stereotype. Where is this 1990s not even 2000 black slang, where does this fit in this futuristic world that doesnt even take place on Earth? They go really far to do a lot of fictional justifications...
 
Tags: character, black character model, effin black character, main character, black character, black, video games industry, video games, mention japanese games
 
 
 
 
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Elite Skills for Elementalists in Eye of the North

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2008-05-06 13:12:09 by admin in Guild Wars: Eye of the North
...Harm Create a Ward Against Harm at this location. For 818 seconds, non-spirit allies in this area have 1250 armor against fire damage and 1222 armor against other damage Ward Against Harm can be obtained from Frazar Frostfur (Grothmar Wardowns, during Against the Charr Spafrod Iceblood (Sacnoth Valley Water Trident Send out a fast-moving...
 
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British High Court upholds Manhunt 2 ban

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2008-01-25 00:00:00 by Kyle Orland in Joystiq
...harm" rather than just "actual harm," as Eurogamer put it For those who might not remember, the game was banned by the BBFC, appealed for by Rockstar, banned again , appealed again ( successfully ), and then counter-appealed up to the British high court in December. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
 
Tags: british, british board, court, manhunt, film classification, s18-plus ratings certification, british shelves, classification, video appeals committee
 
 
 
 
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Manhunt 2 Saga Continues in UK

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2008-01-25 13:33:52 by Susan Arendt in Game | Life
...harm to anyone playing it Manhunt 2 's UK woes began when the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) refused to give the game a rating, effectively banning it. Rockstar appealed the decision with the VAC, who voted 4-3 that Manhunt 2 was "unlikely" to harm anyone The BBFC didn't take that too well, and asked for a judicial review of the...
 
Tags: manhunt, release manhunt, court upholds manhunt, decision, court judge, judge, video appeals committee, vac, rockstar
 
 
 
 
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Games to carry cigarette style warnings

2008-03-27 14:14:47 by Jonathan Cresswell in British Gaming Blog
 
...harm The issue of there being two systems was also addressed: but notes there is no consensus on whether it should be PEGI or BBFC, saying that it should have clear age ratings, clear descriptors explaining the content, trustworthy and also enforcable where there is the risk of harm Explanation is given as to why neither rating system, as...
 
Tags: games, enforceable bbfc logos, enforceable, pegi, bbfc logos, pegi system, pegi standards, pegi ratings, adult games
 
 
 
 
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Psychologist: UK Game Ratings System Needs Overhaul

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2008-03-27 07:44:48 by Susan Arendt in Wired: Game|Life
...harm to one which focuses on children and young people, what they bring to technology and how we can use our understanding of how they develop to empower them to manage risks and make the digital world safer," she wrote To help parents cross the "digital divide" -- a gulf created when parents feel ill-equipped to help their tech-savvy...
 
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Florida Paper Details WoW Gold Lawsuit

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2008-04-06 16:34:37 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
...harm of driving subscribers away from World of Warcraft. The economic harm incurred by this loss of time is in the millions of dollars Hernandez suit enjoys the blessing - if not the active participation - of WoW publisher Blizzard. Exec Paul Sams told the Sun-Sentinel We believe that shutting down gold farming and real-money transfer is in...
 
Tags: virtual world community, virtual world, wows virtual world, world, gold, warcraft players, warcraft, sells gold, hernandez
 
 
 
 
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MTV Looks at the Role of Race in Video Games

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2008-04-09 13:11:51 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
...harm no foul. But what is Cole Train? basically like every other effin black character in a video game. Like here comes the urban stereotype Theres not a lot of black folks in games. I used to joke that I cant wait to go to E3 and see all five of them and hang out I think when people think of games they think of Japanese cats, they think of...
 
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