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03:01 PM, AUGUST 08, 2008
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You can catch all the news at GamePolitics.com.

Spanish Cabbies Want GTA Banned in Wake of Thai Taxi Murder

Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia reports that an association of taxi drivers has called for a ban on Grand Theft Auto.

ECA's Hal Halpin: ESA "Viable and Really Needed"

Hal Halpin, president of the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA), gives a wide-ranging interview to gamesindustry.biz today.

In Singapore, Gamers Say Don't Ban GTA

Singapore may have banned Mass Effect last year (and later un-banned it), but gamers there do not want to see a Grand Theft Auto ban.

Malaysian Consumer Group Calls for GTA Ban

The head of a Malaysian consumer rights organization has called for a ban on Grand Theft Auto and similarly violent video games.

Teenage Arson Suspects Say GTA Taught Them How to Make Molotov Cocktails

In the wake of Saturday's highly publicized cabbie murder in Bangkok, there's more bad news for Grand Theft Auto.

BoingBoing's Cory Doctorow: People Believe V-Tech Killer Was a Gamer

BoingBoing co-author Cory Doctorow gives a wide-ranging interview to the Chicago Tribune in which he touches on misperceptions about violent video games and the Virginia Tech massacre.

Do Video Games Make Kids Smarter? Librarians Want to Find Out

Tucson's News-4 has a report on a study being conducted by the American Library Association to see whether games can make kids smarter and more literate.

Shades of the 1960's: Antiwar Protest at Ubisoft

Yesterday GamePolitics reported on a planned protest march outside Ubisoft's San Francisco office.

Peace group Direct Action to Stop the War hoped to persuade Ubisoft to drop its support of the America's Army franchise, which the organization claims violates U.N. protocols against recruiting children into the military.

Obama: Last Game I Played Was Pong

If Barack Obama doesn't seem especially conversant with GTA IV, Madden or Fallout 3, there's a reason for that:

The last video game he played was... Pong.

Thailand's 10 Violent Games to Avoid List Stolen From Detroit

The situation in Thailand involving a cabbie murder with an alleged GTA connection grows increasingly bizarre...

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