Glenn Reynolds, aka The Instapundit, has a great piece on the Clinton/Lieberman/Bayh legislation that would codify the ratings assigned to video games. While IANAL, Reynolds is, so when he says this law would be unconstitutional, I would have to agree. He makes some great points, including the fact that this is blatant posturing by Clinton [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Politics'
Gaming and politics
December 7th, 2005 · 3 Comments · Commentary
I will probably need to add a new category for games and violence/politics at some point here on buttonmashing.com. I don’t cover them as thoroughly as Game Politics and others but I still follow it closely. (I’m little bit of a poltical junkie but I try to avoid anything too political on these pages). Anyway, [...]
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Ugggh
November 29th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Commentary
Hello, America. I want to be your next President. Why should you vote for me? Look at all the things I’ve done for the children. Won’t you please think of the children?
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Parents just have to be better parents.
July 14th, 2005 · 8 Comments · Commentary
First off, I never wanted buttonmashing.com to become a place for political statements, so I will try to refrain from such comments as much as possible. Also, I didn’t want to talk about GTA:SA anymore. I think the game has no redeeming qualities. I respect the opinions of people who think otherwise, but for my [...]
Game Cheats as Political Speech : Kotaku
April 19th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Commentary
This is one of the best posts I’ve seen at Kotaku. Ever. Pure awesomeness. My buddy over at Rightank would get a big kick out of this one. Update (4/20/05 12:53pm): As pointed out to me by Ed (in the comments), the original source to the list of “cheat codes” is the Riding Sun blog.
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Gaming and politics
June 5th, 2006 · No Comments · Commentary
Well, even though this was widely linked last week, I’d be remiss if I didn’t comment on it as well. There was a piece in the Opinion Journal (of the WSJ.com) by Brian Anderson about video games. It’s the same mantra we’ve been hearing but it never hurts to repeat it: Video games can also [...]
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