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NCAC Sends Letter to Massachusetts DOT Over Removal of Games from Mass...

Earlier this month we reported that the Massechusetts Department of Transportation pulled arcade shooting games from Mass Turnpike rest stops after a single complaint from a Newtown, Connecticut family...

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Mat Dickie's Wrestling Revolution Returns to Google Play

Indie developer Mat Dickie announced that his wrestling title for Android, Wrestling Revolution, is back on the Google Play store. In late December Dickie said that WWE somehow compelled Google to pull...

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NCAC and Others Protest Video Game Ban in NJ Library

Do you like playing "direct-shooter" video games?Well, whatever they are, you can't play them at the Paterson Free Public Library in New Jersey anymore.  Prompted by a petition from library staff...

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Mature-Rated God of War: Ascension Not Available in Queensland

The Australian state of Queensland is the only territory in the country that hasn't adopted the R18+ ratings classification for games, and this is proving to be a problem for anyone that wants to...

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Report: Chinese Government Creating Criteria for Online Gaming Addiction

According to a report from Xinhuanet (as reported on by Shanghaiist), the Chinese government is developing its own set of criteria for early diagnosis of online game addiction in young people. Chinese...

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Chinese Government Cracks Down on Web Sites in the Name of Combating Pornography

The Chinese government has shut down a total of 225 websites, more than 4,000 micro blogging sites and 30,000 Internet accounts, according to a report on Polygon citing an announcement from China’s...

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House Subcommittee Schedules One-Sided Oversight Hearing on Media Violence...

On March 19 the House Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the National Science Foundation and Youth Violence Research...

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Super Podcast Action Committee - Episode 45

On this week's show we talk about Congressman Frank Wolf's hearing this week to slam "violent video games," changes being made to the ESRB, the ESA's plan for a PSA campaign, the latest SimCity news,...

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Apple Removes Sweatshop from App Store, Rejects Endgame: Syria for Third Time

Apple has refused to include Auroch Digital's Endgame: Syria on the Apple App Store and has removed Sweatshop HD - a collaboration between U.K. studio Littleloud and Channel 4, according to this...

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A Legal Analysis of Brown v. EMA

            No doubt everyone has heard the good news out of the Supreme Court last week. Video games are saved from government censorship based on violent content, California’s law prohibiting the...

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NCAC's Youth Free Expression Film Contest Theme is Video Game Censorship

The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) announced the theme for its 2013 Youth Free Expression Film Contest. This year’s theme will be "Video Games in the Crosshairs." The non-profit...

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Lawmakers To Hold CISPA Hearing Behind Closed Doors Next Week

Next week when the House Intelligence Committee takes up the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA - HR 624) it will hold its markup hearing behind closed doors and away from the prying...

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NJ Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Ban Non-Existent 'Mature Rated' Public Arcade Games

New Jersey State Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Union) plans to introduce legislation to ban violent video games in public places. The Assemblywoman has proposed a law that would ban all "M" rated and...

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Super Podcast Action Committee - Episode 50

Episode 50 of the show is certainly a milestone for hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight (and myself) - which just happens to mark nearly a year of the podcast to boot. So, yay for us! On this...

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ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom: Libraries Should Embrace Video Games,...

An interesting editorial penned by Barbara Jones, the director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom for the American Library Association, puts the brakes on all the talk about banning video games...

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Australia Bans Dead Island: Riptide Ad

A new television ad for Dead Island: Riptide has been banned by Australia's Advertising Standards Board, despite appeals by its local distributor AIE that the content it was banned for was...

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Google Bans First Google Glass Adult App

The very first porn-related app for Google Glass has been banned by Google, along with any other applications that someone might think of in the future. The application created by software developer...

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Report: ESA Calls Cops on Ouya Presence Outside E3

IGN is reporting that E3 Expo organizer the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) called the LAPD on Ouya's outdoor exhibit. Ouya has been camped out at a parking lot near the LA Convention...

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NCAC Urges Governor Christie to Reject Anti-Game Legislation

Joan E. Bertin, the executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship, has penned an editorial for the Times of Trenton calling on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) to reject a bill...

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Report: China Preparing to Lift 13-Year-Long Console Ban

According to the South China Morning Post, the Chinese government is preparing to lift the 13 year long ban on game consoles in the region. Such a move would be good for the industry, but first console...

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