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Tag: gaming social issues

gaming social issues
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The Fake Sound of Outrage

Long before Sonic, Mario or I were born, videogames had already tackled controversial material. Even in gaming technology’s most primitive phase, sex and ...
By Richard Perrin Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2007
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The Breasts That Broke The Game

Halfway through 2006, a huge story went unnoticed by game journalists. Barely a cursory glance or raised eyebrow marked its passage. Early in ...
By Michael Zenke Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2007
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Blowing Up Galaxies

In November 2005, Sony Online Entertainment drastically revised its licensed Star Wars Galaxies massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) with a sprawling package of ...
By Allen Varney Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2007
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Will Bobba for Furni

“Netsex, tinysex, virtual sex – however you name it, in real-life reality it’s nothing more than a 900-line encounter stripped of even the ...
By Russ Pitts Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2007
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The Great Gaming Moral Panic

With apologies to Gandhi: First they ignored gaming, then they laughed at gaming, then they fought gaming. Then gaming won. Like every new ...
By Gearoid Reidy Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2007
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