Don't Freak Out About GameStop
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Video Games
Elizabeth Warren and the SEC Should Let the GameStop Lulz Go On
The last thing this game-inspired, meme-powered finance fight needs is federal meddling.
Wasteland 3
It's a telling sign when a video game opens with a warning that the events it depicts might be a little too close to life.
Massachusetts Abandons Its Puzzling Public Health Distinction Between Casinos and Video Arcades
A week after being sued over his arbitrary COVID-19 policy, Gov. Charlie Baker says he will allow arcades to reopen.
Are Video Arcades More Dangerous Than Casinos During a Pandemic?
A federal lawsuit argues that the distinction drawn by Massachusetts is unconstitutional.
Trump's TikTok, WeChat Ban Won't End Up Blocking Fortnite and League of Legends
An ambiguous presidential order affecting a Chinese company connected to several popular video games sows confusion.
The Return of Sports Is Great. It's Also Deeply Weird.
Playing baseball in the uncanny valley
The Army Tries To Use Esports as a Recruiting Tool, Gets Trolled, Grabs the Banhammer
By kicking out critics on Twitch and Discord, is the military running afoul of the First Amendment?
The FDA Just Approved the First Video Game for Prescription Use
It’s a new era of digital therapeutics—and a reminder of how burdensome the federal regulatory process is.
Alone Together in the Pandemic
How we lost our social spaces and how we found them again
20 Years After Its Release, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Is Eerily Relevant
Link's adventure in a doomed world of masks and sorrows will resonate with gamers currently under coronavirus lockdown.
The World Health Organization Classified Video Game Addiction as a Disorder. Now It's Telling People to Play Video Games.
Global health group supports industry-supported initiative to promote gaming, educate players about COVID-19.
Don't Worry About Your Kids Playing Too Many Video Games While Under Quarantine
In fact, maybe the parents should play, too.
China Bans Pandemic Video Game From App Store and Steam
Plague Inc. simulates the spread of coronavirus.
SimCity Created a Generation of Urban Planners
Three decades later, is it time for the city simulation game to get political?
City Officials Want To Clamp Down on Dragon's Ascent, a Video Game That Pays Skillful Players
Mayor Muriel Bowser: "Immediate action is necessary to regulate these electronic devices before they infiltrate the city."
Borderlands 3
In Borderlands 3, you take on a murderous cult worshiping a cruel, vain deity who demands that her minions attack others, sacrifice themselves, and constantly sing her praises.
The Latest Synagogue Shooting Is Not an Excuse To Regulate Livestreams
Violent bigots were targeting Jews long before they could broadcast the carnage.
Gemini Man Is an Extended Visit to the Uncanny Valley
Will Smith fights his younger clone in this ambitious but underwhelming action thriller.
New Class-Action Lawsuit Contends Video Game Fortnite Is as Addictive as Cocaine
Parents in Canada seek damages and refunds for their children's in-game purchases.
Curt Schilling Blew $75 Million in Public Funds Making Bad Video Games. Naturally, He Thinks He Should Be in Congress.
Schilling and Trump are alike in attacking immigrants for costing money, while seeking out business subsidies.
Does Walmart Really Think a 30-Second Clip of Call of Duty Will Traumatize Us All?
Store orders ban of violent displays, but is still selling guns and video games.
Fighting Over Video Game Violence Shows Who Prefers Culture Wars Over Reality
Deflections, generational conflict, and misleading data abound.
With No Info Whatsoever, Fox News Host Randomly Speculates That Video Games Caused El Paso Shooting
Studies show no connection between games and real-world aggression.
Apparently, Bernie Sanders Doesn't Know the Difference Between Revenue and Profit
This guy wants to run the economy?
We Don't Need the Federal Government To Save Kids From Video Game 'Loot Boxes'
Senator proposes telling publishers what virtual products they can and cannot sell to children.
Why Jordan Shapiro Plays Video Games With His Kids
Nick Gillespie speaks with author Jordan Shapiro about his book The New Childhood
Will This Violent, Mediocre Video Game Help Rebuild Notre Dame?
Assassin's Creed Unity included a surprisingly accurate digital replica of the famous cathedral.
Prince Harry Blames Fortnite Addiction, Social Media for the World's Ills
Maybe people are just playing to escape all the Brexit news?
White Plains, New York, Will Finally End Its Ban on Amusement Arcades
Pinball and Pac-Man: no longer illegal.
Violent Video Games Don't Make Players More Violent IRL
New study trashes crappy consensus correlating gaming violence and aggression in real life
Pennsylvania Lawmaker Calls for Thoroughly Unconstitutional Tax on 'Violent' Video Games
It's not about school safety-it's about the money.
This 2008 Video Game Is an Oddly Prescient Cautionary Tale About Venezuelan Intervention
In Mercenaries 2, China and the U.S. fight over pieces of Venezuela, before the entire country is wrecked by a nuclear warhead.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Has First Amendment Right to Use Pinkertons As Villains
Popular video game should prevail in lawsuit over its depiction of the infamous detective agency.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Greatest Video Game Ever, Turns 20
OoT is a game about growing up-a useful metaphor for its foundational position in the history of adult video gaming.
Fallout 76 Will Trigger Your Existential Crisis
Unlike previous entries in the series, the new, online-only game never justifies its own existence.
Call of Duty Is the Best Sporting Event in the World
A sports-averse quasi-pacifist finds his happy place: an esports sensation dedicated to simulating shooting people in the face.
Venom Feels Like a Relic From When Hollywood Didn't Know How To Make Superhero Movies
The dull new movie makes for a marked contrast with the delightful new Spider-Man video game.
Fortnite Probably Won't Make Your Child a Neo-Nazi
But that's the story major news sites used.
Multiple People Killed in Shooting at Jacksonville Video Game Tournament
An unidentified suspect has been reported dead at the scene.
High Schooler Faces Prison, Expulsion for Shooting Fake Zombies
Play an augmented-reality zombie shooter in a school halllway, go to jail.
