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Tag: controversy

Glumberland, Epic Games Each Respond to Harassment over Ooblets
News

Glumberland, Epic Games Each Respond to Harassment over Ooblets

Independent developer Glumberland recently found itself chained inside the internet hate mob’s kangaroo court. Last week, the developer creating Ooblets, a cute Pokémon-meets-Animal Crossing title with ...
By Riley ConstantineAugust 6, 2019
Features

The Myth of the Media Myth

There are six of us around the table, and the conversation turns to what I do for a living, also known as “my ...
By Brenda RomeroAugust 23, 2018
Experienced Points

Why is a Bare Breast More Offensive Than a Severed Arm?

This question gets asked a lot. “Why is a bare breast more offensive than a severed arm?” This question – or one like ...
By Shamus Young Legacy AuthorJuly 22, 2014
MovieBob - Intermission

Grand Theft Objectivity

The new Grand Theft Auto came out this week, expected to sell millions of copies and earn millions more dollars. The releases of ...
By Bob ChipmanSeptember 20, 2013
The Writers' Room

Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes: Hurtful or Hysterical?

It’s going to be a night of partying and heavy drinking — or, as Charlie Sheen calls it, breakfast. Wow, so let’s get ...
By Elizabeth Grunewald Legacy AuthorJanuary 17, 2011
First-Person Marketer

Controversy Marketing

The videogame industry has never been far from controversy. Exidy’s Death Race 2000, released in 1976, attracted so much negative attention from lawmakers ...
By JP Sherman Legacy AuthorSeptember 27, 2010
View From the Road

A View From the Road: MMOdern Warfare

Now that Modern Warfare 2 is out, perhaps we’re past that particular gamer-centric controversy that I wrote about last week, and we’re just ...
By John Funk Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2009
Press Released

Poking the Hornet?s Nest

Fair warning – spoilers to follow. As Modern Warfare 2 breaks retail records, the focus inevitably turns toward the predictable controversy of a ...
By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorNovember 14, 2009
Going Gold

Manufacturing Discontent

Perhaps it is just gaming’s silly season – post-E3 and pre-autumn games rush, maybe there was just nothing else to talk about. Or ...
By Christian Ward Legacy AuthorSeptember 23, 2009
The Needles

You Can’t Be the Hero If You’re the Rapist

The uproar surrounding the February “discovery” of the Japanese game RapeLay, which had largely subsided, erupted again last week with the news that ...
By Andy Chalk Legacy AuthorJune 2, 2009
Editorial Debates

Debate: The Secondary Market

Today and every Saturday, two of our writers are going to team up and duke it out in an editorial debate. Each of ...
By Dana Massey Legacy AuthorMay 12, 2007
The World Without Games

A Question of Manners

Videogames have been mired in controversy ever since their conception, providing an all-you-can-eat buffet of flavorless nourishment for the Thought Police to gorge ...
By Spanner Legacy AuthorMarch 7, 2006
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