Category: Opinion
Spiral’s Soapbox: Is Microsoft Homophobic?
Recently Microsoft decided to make Xbox Live ‘safer’ for everyone by banning any gamertag with ‘gay’ in it. Turns out there are actually people with ‘gay’ as part of their name, like Richard Gaywood, who decided to use his real… Read More »
Spiral’s Soapbox: Movies & Music Bigger Problem than Games
The Federal Trade Commission recently released the results of a nationwide survey of 13- to 16-year-old undercover shoppers. The research was aimed at determining how often retailers sold or rented the following without asking for proof of age identification: R-Rated… Read More »
Spiral’s Soapbox: GTA IV Controversy… Say It Ain’t So
With the release of GTA IV the nutcases are coming out of the woodwork. If for some reason you’d like to raise your blood pressure, you can see JT’s appearance on the Glenn Beck show where he tosses around his… Read More »
If Loving You is Wrong…
…I don’t want to be right! Mommy DX here – fresh from a week long Disney ‘vacation.’ I say ‘vacation’, because I hardly call walking a kajillion miles, waiting on line for hours, and weaving through hordes of crowds a… Read More »
How to Fix the Achievement System
Most of you are probably thinking, “What do you mean fix the achievement system? It’s not broken.” After the constant hoopla I read about how great achievements are, it’s interesting to read an article that takes some off the rose-colored… Read More »
Spiral’s Soapbox: Parents Prefer Severed Heads to Sex
After several weeks of there being nothing to offend me, this has really been a breakthrough week. The most recent incident is the results of a poll conducted at WhatTheyPlay.com. This is a site that bills itself as “the parents… Read More »
Spiral’s Soapbox: Arizona’s Scary Bill, Part II
Yesterday I wrote about a bill that had been passed by the Arizona House of Representatives last month that would have made creators of material financially responsible if someone committed a felony or act of terrorism because of it. It… Read More »
Spiral’s Soapbox: Arizona’s Scary Bill
I’ve ranted about this before, but a recent story on GamePolitics.com just set me off again. Arizona is trying to pass a bill that would make content publishers, distributors, and producers liable for monetary damages if someone claims they were… Read More »
Can Online Gaming Idiocy Be Fixed?
Before you follow the link to this article, be aware that the f-word appears a few times. If that offends you, or you are in a location where someone else might see (e.g. work), please don’t follow the link. In… Read More »
Boycott EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company
Last week, the popular gaming podcast and website, Sarcastic Gamer called for a boycott of EA/DICE’s Battlefield: Bad Company for potentially taking advantage of gamers by witholding some in-game weapons that… Read More »
