We do have a new medium here, Your Honor, but we have a history in this country of new mediums coming along and people vastly overreacting to them, thinking the sky is falling, our children are all going to be turned into criminals. It started with the crime novels of the late 19th century, which produced this raft of legislation which was never enforced. It started with comic books and movies in the 1950s. There were hearings across the street in the 1950s where social scientists came in and intoned to the Senate that half the juvenile delinquency in this country was being caused by reading comic books, and there was enormous pressure on the industry. They self — they self-censored. We had television. We have rock lyrics. We have the Internet.— Supreme Court Reacts to Violent Game Law (complete transcript in PDF)
http://kotaku.com/5518493/fifa-promotion-doesnt-get-more-bizarre-than-this
A washed up sumo wrestler, a cross dressing kick boxer and a 14 year old Youtube idol are the stars of a FIFA 2010 promotion in Japan… are you serious? Promote a game in a country where your biggest competing game Pro Evolution is made with an event containing no soccer players let alone anyone related or working in the game of soccer. Genius! Really, wish I had thought of it!
The difference between exclusive and multi-platform games is the difference between tailor-made and off-the-rack clothing.— The Making Of A Video Game Fanboy
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