Perpetuating stereotypes: bannable?

by WyldKard on January 13, 2009

The New York Assembly is considering legislation that would prevent underage gamers from buying video games that perpetuate racial stereotypes, reports Kotaku. Talk about unfairly targeting video games. We wonder if the NY Assembly is considering the same type of ban on music videos, rap songs, television shows, movies, et al. Or, how about setting [...]

Poor journalism perpetuated on FISA issues.

by WyldKard on July 9, 2008

We’ve followed Ars Technica‘s take on the FISA for a long while now, and consistently shake our head when we read their latest thoughts. That’s not to say that there aren’t bits of truth in the respective commentary, but Ars Technica’s writers have become grossly negligent when it comes to FISA reporting. That’s not to [...]

European law aims to propagate the iPhone culture.

by WyldKard on November 20, 2007

After Apple’s lawyers presumably spent many nights awake looking for looholes, they finally gave in and recognized that Apple needs to sell an unlocked version of the iPhone in France, because in Frenchland, carrier exclusivity is a no-no. Apparently, Apple’s lawyers did not find the same to be true in Germany, where Deutsche Telekom (i.e. [...]

Rating the Girls at hotornot.com

by WyldKard on May 7, 2006

Rating the Girls at hotornot.com Though this article was compiled by WyldKard, thanks go to all those helping to create this ratings guide, including Wayne “The Dirty Frenchman” Pozzar, The American Hero, Jim “MoneyBags” Hawley, and our dear friend Al Cohol. Introduction Whoever came up with the idea of amihotornot.com should be awarded a frikken [...]

European game ratings not backed by Germany.

by WyldKard on April 24, 2003

There must still be a “we’re better than you”-bug among European nations, despite efforts to unite Europe’s monetary system under the EU. How many times does Europe-major make a decision that leaves one or two countries staggering behind not really wanting to keep up? In a recent case, a pan-European game ratings system is going [...]