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Blog Round Up

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:54:17 -0400

You can catch all the news at GamePolitics.com.

Online Game Inspired by Immigrant's Death in Federal Custody

GamePolitics readers may recall ICED!, an immigration-themed game released earlier this year by human rights organization Breakthrough. ICED! generated a GamePolitics.com.

New Zealand Govt. Rejects Watchdog Group's GTA IV Ban Bid

In July GamePolitics reported that the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards, a watchdog group based in New Zealand had

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:36:25 -0400

Earlier this year, former employees of MBNA and Bank of 
America contacted AFFIL looking for a way to speak out about 
disturbing sales practices they were trained to use as employees. Their stories confirm what
we've long suspected: that credit card companies extend credit
to those who can't afford it, and engage in a "tricks and traps" 
business model designed to max out cardholders and keep 
them on a debt treadmill as long as possible. Watch the video 
and listen to what Cate Colombo
and Jerry Young have to say.

Blog Round Up

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:37:43 -0400

You can catch all the news at GamePolitics.com.

Spore Owners Turn Game's Own Content Creation Tools into DRM Protest

Frustrated by Spore's egregious DRM scheme?

Evolve a protest creature.

GamePolitics.com.

9/11 Memorial Held in Second Life

A 9/11 remembrance was held in Second Life yesterday on the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C.

GamePolitics.com.

Federal Appeals Court Scheduled to Hear California Game Law Case

October 29th is shaping up as a big day for the video game industry.

On that morning, oral arguments concerning California's contested 2005 video game law wi...

Blog Round Up

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:41:37 -0400

You can catch all the news at GamePolitics.com.

Gamers Vent Spore DRM Frustrations via Amazon.com Reviews

Frustrated Spore users are slamming Will Wright's new release with poor, Credit Card Tips for College Students,” Consumers Union...

Blog Round Up

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:07:43 -0400

You can catch all the news at GamePolitics.com.

Thai Government Turns Against Video Games

Video game repression has surged in Thailand following last month's killing of a taxi driver by a 19-year-old man who told police he was PMS Clan (Pandora’s Mighty Soldiers). I’m also a proud member of the ECA. The ECA ( Entertainment Consumers Association) is basically a non profit advocacy organization that started in 2006 for gamers. I joined ECA because I spend a lot of money on games-a lot of money. I also want politics kep...

Blog Round Up

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:23:43 -0500

Here’s the week in news provided by Gamepolitics.com.

gi.biz: Brit PMâ€™s Stab at Video Games is Dirty Politics

Last week GamePolitics reported that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed video games – at least in ...

Housekeeping: Forum Server Move

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:53:23 -0500

The fabulous GamePolitics Forums have moved onto the main site of the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA).

The move has been planned for some time and, save for the color change, should be quite seamless to users. All existing forum data (user names, post counts, etc.) has been ported over to the new server.

ECA president Hal Halpin commented on the forum move:

We are really excited about all of the new modules and other applications that are coming online. One of the existing resources is the GamePoliticsForums, which...



Are you registered to vote?
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:00:14 -0500
With the Presidential primary season upon us and registration closing in many states, MoveOn.org and Catalist have provided this website where you can check to see if you’re registered to vote.  After which you can send a message to your friends encouraging them to check their status.  If you’re not registered  to vote you can do so through this Rock the Vote tool.
 GamePolitics.com.

Conservative Site Charges â€œExplicitly Graphic Sexual Intercourseâ€ in Mass Effect

The Cybercast News Service, a conservative site, claims in a report published this morning that best-selling Xbox 360 title Mass Effect contains â€œexplicitly graphic sexual intercourse.â€

NBC, Microsoft, AT&T, and several digital filtering companies said â€œthe time was right to start filtering copyrighted content at the network level.â€



	See the NYTimes blog for the full story and chilling news on your ability to post and access unfiltered information online.


CNET Posts Their Presidential Technology Questionnaire Responses
Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:13:15 -0500
In late November, CNET sent questionnaires to the top candidates-measured by funds raised and poll standings-from each major party. They asked each candidate the same 10 questions.  Six of the candidates responded.  Topics such as digital copyright, surveillance, internet taxes, and net neutrality were covered.


	You can check out the six candidates responses here, http://www.news.com/News.com-2008-Technology-Voters-Guide/2009-1028_3-6221134.html?tag=st.nl


Part II of Omaha Stern
Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:16:21 -0500
http://media.macradio.com/mp3s/iGame_Radio_2008_01_01.mp3


	Host Omaha Sternberg interviews Hal Halpin of the ECA about the advocacy group in the second of a two-part series…what it does, what it stands for, and what it is doing for gamers.


My early Holiday gift to the Rethosaria - sharing an opportunity and recognizing your talent! - Philip McMaster
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:46:50 -0500
HAPPY HOLIDAYS !

My gift to you this season are some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains I've collected over the years.

All I ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol around the world and brings attention to at least one of the Climate Change related projects we're working on (Like "STOP the GLOFs") The rest will be up to you to use and design as you wish.

Almost one year ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol (Peace Plus One) to the HK Environmental Protection Association. http://www.d...


Opportunity for Webmasters and Bloggers! FREE USE OF WEBSITES
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:32:14 -0500
King or Queen of your own sustainability domain!
We'd like to offer you some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains collected over the years.
What we ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol (the 3 finger symbol) around the world and brings attention to, and supports at least one of the Climate Change related projects we’re working on (Like “STOP the GLOFs”) The rest will be up to you.
Almost two years ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainab...


Simplify the Holidays and stay away from Credit Card Traps - Americans for Fairness in Lending
Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:12:51 -0500
As you consider how to celebrate the holidays responsibly, take some time to protect yourself from credit card tricks & traps. Read AFFILâ€™s Holiday Credit Card Tips before you break out the plastic this season, at http://www.affil.org/consumer_rsc/holiday-credit-card-tips.

1. Donâ€™t get tricked, trapped or suckered into a card with bad terms. If you want a credit card, get one with a long-term low interest rate (APR). If you get a low introductory rate, chances are itâ€™ll start at 0% and then jump to 20% with one almost-on-time-but-didnâ€™t-quite-make-it payment. Still want a credit ...


Overdraft Abuse:  Tell Your Story - Americans for Fairness in Lending
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:05:18 -0500
Congress needs to hear your story:  A message from the Center for Responsible Lending

Jennifer Rakowski of Oakland, CA had been with her bank 
for 15 years when, before she knew what hit her, she accumulated a series of overdrafts in quick succession that put her over $300 in the red.

Has something like this happened to you?

Consumers are catching on to the ways in which banks artificially increase overdrafts, costing their account holders billions per year in unfair fees.

When the House Financial Services Committee was debating H.R. 946 this month, Congresswoman Carolyn Malone...


Alliance Accepted! - Entertainment Consumers Association
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:28:45 -0500



Alliance Accepted! - Americans for Fairness in Lending
Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:38:50 -0400



Are you a great designer, or translator?
Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:15:45 -0400
We are in the process of translating the word/concepts/phrase of
1. SOCIETY
2. ENVIRONMENT
3. ECONOMY
... into the languages of the world, and adapting the different ways of writing to the three fingered hand symbol.
You can see a sample of the Sustainability Symbol in Chinese script on this message.
Your name will be forever associated with the chosen modification of the symbol that represents “Society, Environment, Economy” in your linguistic communi...


Convert website into something attractive
Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:51:00 -0400
The three finger Sustainability Symbol is beginning to attract attention on and off the internet. This is a double-edged sword.


	On one hand, more and more people are learning about the campaign (personally passing it along from one individual to another),


	on the other hand, our website stinks.


	It’s homemade, and as you will see, I’m no web designer!


	If there are any talented web designers out there in the Rethosarian community, please have a look at www.DragonTHINK.com and make a suggestion of how we could use some of the existing conte...


Alliance Accepted! - Philip McMaster
Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:47:42 -0400



Alliance Accepted! - Technology For People Group Inc.
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:00:09 -0400



Alliance Accepted! - Daniela Chediak
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:52:05 -0400