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Save The Chilluns EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag PS3s being used to nab pedophiles 45 I guess the PS3 really does do everything. Not content to be a game device, a Blu-ray player, and everything else Sony markets it as, the PlayStation 3 is also a handy tool used by police to crac... Michael Jackson's Moonwalker heading to Virtual Console 19 Moonwalker, the game everybody found an excuse to keep talking about after Michael Jackson died, finally has some relevant news attached to it. The game is scheduled for release on the Wii's Virt... Predictable: Modern Warfare 2 footage upsets people 65 It didn't take long. Modern Warfare 2's controversial footage showing civilians gunned down in an airport was confirmed only yesterday, and already people have decided to get offended and upset. ... Lil' Tommy Turnipseed: Ban war toys and war games, please! 21 You know what we've never run before? A story about some old, out-of-touch activist who claims that "studies show" videogames are bad for children. We've never written about people like... Thai officials shut down game sites following boy's suicide 27 Yesterday, we told you about a 12-year-old boy who committed suicide after his parents banned him from gaming. The most curious aspect of the story was the fact that Thailand's overbearing Minist... PTC applauds California's violent game appeal, tells lies 34 The Parent's Television Council, an organization dedicated to telling other people what to do, has applauded Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to appeal to the US Supreme Court over the dismissal ... Texan sex offenders may need to register online game handles 35 Quite why something like this hasn't been implemented sooner is beyond me, but it seems that Texas' legal system has finally caught up with the modern age and is considering a new bill that requi... Smoke pot, suck at games, claims anti-marijuana campaign 123 Anti-marijuana campaign Above The Influence is targeting gamers by demonstrating how bad their playing skills can get while feeling the effects of funny cigarettes. Pointing out the effects of po... Starcraft 101: Sitting in on Berkeley's class on Zerg rushing 32 There’s been a lot of talk recently about UC Berkeley’s class on Starcraft. Seems many people are blown away that a school as well-known as Cal would be giving units for playing a ten... New York bill treats games like hazardous material, wants them locked up 18 New York, the state that seems to be in love with videogame legislation, is at it again, this time thanks to Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright. Wright is the man who wants to combat games that enforc... Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? on XBLA this Wednesday 26 It's not like I have cash to spare during this busy season, so maybe I should be thankful that Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is heading up Xbox LIVE Arcade this week rather than something ha... 10-year-old arrested for stealing from a fruit machine 35 You know, there are some people out there who complain when blogs write crime stories that are tenuously linked to games, but this one is just too brilliant to keep to myself. A ten-year-old Brit... Would you steal a PS3 to save your family? That's one excuse I suppose 41 Criminals dream up some of the daftest excuses for their actions, mostly because they always know somebody (coughjackthompsoncough) will be stupid enough to believe them. This has to be one of th... GTA IV being used to nab pedophiles 38 Cops in Michigan are currently using Grand Theft Auto IV to root out pedophiles, CVG reports. Where before, cops would scan Internet chat rooms to catch themselves some dirty perverts, forward-th... GTA IV turns you into a pedophile 68 Another day, another British tabloid finding something in a videogame that has outraged the "great" UK public. This one is an absolute classic, too. In GTA IV, there is a spoof Web site... Canadian cops hop on the GTA IV stupid wagon 48 Probably feeling left out as the world's biggest moron parade marches by without them, the Calgary police department has come out to say that Grand Theft Auto IV is a "grave concern" an... PTC issues whiny little warning about GTA IV 42 As expected, the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto IV has seen the scaremongers and crybabies of the world come out in full force to stamp their little feet in protest. Once again, it falls to... EU demands that games industry look after children better ... sigh 27 The European Union (known in some circles as The Nazi Party 2.0) has given the videogames industry two years in order to protect children better. Apparently, game companies are not doing enough t... Chicago authority pulls GTA IV ads from buses with a little help from Fox 67 With Grand Theft Auto IV right around the corner, leave it to Fox News to try and throw a spanner in the works. Using the recent focus on violence and of course, those precious children as its &q... Guitar Hero III's Satanic shenanigans upset musician 100 Charlie Daniels, the man who wrote and performed The Devil Went Down to Georgia, has hit out at Guitar Hero III for perverting his song and allowing the Devil to win. Daniels is angry because the... SCANDAL! Photographic evidence of Joseph Leray's filthy videogame addiction 16 Confirming our earlier hard-hitting report, new photos reveal that web idol joseph Leray has indeed been involved with the seedy world of videogames prior to this morning's incident. Evidence sho... Jack Thompson tells me to rape a child: Advocating molestation is not cool 117 Jack Thompson is my best friend in the whole wide world. I know some of you don't like the guy and are sick of hearing of him, so by all means go read one of our many other stories, but for those... Oh Japan, you and your child molesting: Disturbing Wii game is disturbing 78 I'm surprised it's taken this long, but here's the first "erotic" adventure game for the Wii. Cleaning Squadron Clean Keeper is a rather tame dating sim, but in true Japanese fashion, i... Banning Bully will make children magically stop being evil wankers 57 Big shock -- Bully: Scholarship Edition is released today for the Wii and Xbox 360 and right on cue, here come the parade of prehistoric scaremongers who want to see it banned under that age-old ... Hypocrisy: Game hating governor's son causes controversy with his own game 31 Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius is no fan of videogames, nor modern music. She fully supported attempts to legislate videogame sales, claiming that games and song lyrics "promote violence,... Texas Attorney General goes after GamesRadar 38 Stupid lawsuits ahoy! Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has filed suit against GamesRadar because he feels it has not done enough to protect children -- wait ... what!?What?That's right. Becaus... You got some government in my videogames: UK crackdown commencing 44 They tried to do it in America and failed multiple times through its unconstitutional nature. In England, however, there is nobody to stop the government from applying compulsory ratings on video... Kiss your loved ones goodbye: Puzzle Quest 2 confirmed 25 I'm going to give it to you straight folks, I suspect shenanigans. It seems a little convenient to me that just before word of Puzzle Quest 2 being confirmed arrives, a big controversy is kicked ... Satan's Sudoku: Another mainstream journalist reveals their ignorance 41 You'd think that in the wake of Kevin McCullough's tyrannical screed the mainstream media would've laid off the game chatter, leaving those of us actually tasked with covering the industry to do ... Stranglehold commercial banned in the UK 20 The Advertising Standards Authority -- the UK-based advertising group that removed posters for Burnout in London last year -- has banned the above commercial for Midway's not-very-good shooting g... Should kids be banned from videogames? New 'study' claims they should be 87 It's that time of the day, boys and girls, time for another bit of "research" that tells us all how mentally unhealthy videogames are. Today's slice of alarm-flavored study pie suggests... McDonald's blames fat kids on videogames 78 If you felt that today was lacking a few ironic laughs, you'll be pleased to know that Steve Easterbrook, the chief executive for McDonald's UK, has recently blamed videogames and TV for child ob... Breaking News: Parents to blame for screwed up kids, not games 43 In pleasantly shocking news, mainstream media outlet The Star-Gazette reports today that parents, not videogames, are responsible for the development of their own children.  I'm sure you're ... Sega has harnessed psychic powers: Partnering to make mind-controlled toys 31 While only loosely related to videogames in the vaguest sense, it's too amazing to fully ignore. Sega Toys, a branch of Sega Sammy, is partnering with Neurosky to create thought-controlled toys. ... Parents concerned about content of their kids' videogames, never their fault 48 Here's an absolute shocker of a story for you: Microsoft discovered that over 75% of parents in Europe are concerned over the content of the videogames they willingly let their children play, whi... Leland Yee warns parents against 'violent' games this Christmas 12 Leland Yee, the California State Senator obsessed with violence in videogames, has issued another of his friendly warning letters to parents, spreading the word about those evil, evil games and t... Pictochat? More like Pedochat! Sensationalist story on the DS and pedophilia 81 I just got done reading a most hilarious report concerning an alarmist anti-DS blog post in which parents are encouraged to destroy the expensive toy they got for their children. Presidential wan... New book says "Games are good for you" 14 Games don't make us kill, maim or rape, or mentally retard us into small lumps of drooling pus. We all know that. But a new book by software developer Mark Prensky is rallying to our cause one fu... ESRB and Idaho AG team up to explain the utterly obvious 17 It might seem obvious to intelligent people that a parent should check the age ratings on videogames if that parent doesn't want his or her child to be playing mature titles, but as I've said in ... Destructoid reader warns Jack Thompson about the true evil in America 39 This letter was shared with us by Destructoid reader Steve Menegozzi AKA kariomart, where he made a shocking and terrible discovery about the true source of corruption in America's youth. Usually... The Wii Zapper will lead to murder, chaos and utterly retarded parents 37 Destructoid reader cjpkiller sent me an email this morning letting me know he saw this and thought of me. He was right to do it. What we have here is a nice collection of some of the most insane ... UK Prime Minister promises he won't censor games: Actually wants to be sensible 27 Now, while you might expect some trademark cynicism in a post about how UK prime minister Gordon Brown wants to look into violent videogames and how we can protect children from their evil ways, ... Schwarzenegger could help cost the US $1 million in anti-game costs 33 Ironic enemy of fantasy violence, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was warned that his attempts to label mature games as violent and make their sale to minors a felony went against the constitution, would ... Let the BioShock kiddy killer hysteria begin! 77 Okay, so yesterday my attention was drawn to this rather pathetic little article about 2K's gaming masterpiece, BioShock. Yes, it seems that the scavengers of the mainstream media have finally sm... China's Jack Thompson: online gaming is a major cause of stupidity and crime 31 Jack Thompson may be the one most of us associate with the anti-videogame stance, but he's hardly cornered the market with his view on the subject. Hailing out of China is a 61-year-old Sociologi... RetroforceGO! is moving! 17 On up? To the East Side? To a deluxe apartment in the sky? No, my fellow sprite loving friends, to Sundays!That’s right; starting this week, RetroforceGO! (tied for first as the best podcas... Why Nintendo's Friend codes are so AWESOME! 48 The above image was shown to me by a member of a videogame forum I host, Project Wonderboy, showing just how efficient and useful Nintendo's Wii Friend codes actually are. As you know, Nintendo l... Why violence in videogames is getting boring 82 Just to get it out of the way, when I say "violence" I also mean "combat" -- in other words, the solving of conflicts through brute force and physical harm. Since the me... World of Warcraft Pedophemale returns to the land of kangaroos 46 I reported a short while back that a 31 year old woman from Australia was arrested upon entering the States to take a 17 year old boy home with her after 'falling in love' through World of Warcra... Counterpoint: Why you should fear casual gaming 67 As you've probably seen, Lewzr's recent clogpost, much like a lucky crane game toy, was plucked from the crowd and deemed by the fickle whim of fate to be worthy of frontpage note, leaving the ot... 'Heroes' game is official, will be published by Ubisoft 15 We've heard a bit of buzz this week, but now it's real: A videogame based on NBC's hit television show Heroes has just been officially announced. Ubisoft signed a licensing agreement with Univer... Destructoid interview: Jerald Block MD on videogames and Columbine 22 Jerald Block MD first came to Destructoid's attention earlier in the month when Haley ran a report on the Oregon psychiatrist and researcher's latest work on the Columbine massacre. Pu... Microsoft signs up with PEGI Online to help keep the chilluns gaming safely 4 The Pan-European Game Information ratings logos have long been stamped upon EU game boxes to indicate the suitability of titles for certain ages. However in this new-fangled age of cyberinterwebn... Nintendo pulls the plug on Camp Hyrule 8 After getting email tip from Daniel Friedlaender of LITHCast.com about the demise of Camp Hyrule, I had to investigate further. Not that I knew much about the camp to begin with, but there are t... WoW pedophemale fails in her quest to get a 17 year old knobbing 57 Hey, love hurts sometimes, but it must sting when such 'love' lands you in jail in a foreign country. 31 year old Australian World of Warcraft player, Tamara Broome, can attest to such a ... BAN THIS SICK FILTH! 111 Loyal readers, I come to you with a grim and shocking truth - videogames are truly sick, demented and evil products of cruel and twisted perverts who wish to destroy the very basis of humanity as... Law and Order game withdrawn due to picture of dead kid (no joke here, sorry) 17 Law and Order is one of the most successful series in the history of American television. After almost 70 years on television and more spinoffs than the Mary Tyler Moore Show, it stands to reason... 'Killer' games: EU does what it does best & talks garbage while doing nothing 12 Yesterday, justice ministers in the European Union (haha) promised that they'd tighten regulations on the sale of 'violent' videogames to minors, going to lengths, like many ignorant... Second Life used to look for missing girl 45 Countless young children disappear every day in the world, are the victims of abuse and crime, and see their short lives ended by vile scumbags, but when one is pretty, female and white, then the... Florida Attorney General: Wii is a bit too realistic for this game 51 It looks like all may not be all puppies and daisies in Wii-land after all. That is, if the Florida Attorney General has anything to say about it. GamePolitics came across an interview with Fox ... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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