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Gamers More Scary Than Bikers, Says Australian Minister
An Australian politician who opposes the lifting of a censorship ban on adults-only computer games has said he feels more threatened by gamers than outlawed motorcycle gangs.
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U.S. District Court Issues Injunction Against Chicago Transit Authority
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted the Entertainment Software Association a preliminary injunction in its suit against the Chicago Transit Authority, the ESA said today. The case, which the ESA filed in July 2009, challenges CTA’s prohibition of certain computer and video game advertisements as a violation of the guarantees of free speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Brazil Discussing Violent Game Ban
Brazilian Senator Valdir Raupp has authored a bill that would make it a crime to make, import or distribute “offensive” videogames in the South American country.
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Games-Masters.com Launches War on Illegal Servers
Games-Masters.com, publisher of the massively multiplayer online games CABAL Online and Perfect World, have today stepped up its action against illegal private servers. It follows recent success against one of the largest Perfect World Private Servers, with the service shut down with the support of the local laws and data centres involved.
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Why Hugo Chavez Hates World of Warcraft and The Legend of Zelda
At a video arcade in the center of Venezuela’s capital, the sound of tapping buttons and the rattle of virtual gunfire fills the room as young boys battle mercenaries and zombies on games such as “Target: Terror Gold” and “House of the Dead 2.”
But in a few months this busy arcade will likely stand silent and empty, thanks to a new law here that would ban the sale and playing of violent video games and toys.