Congressional pressure applied by Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) has apparently gotten the attention of Linden Lab, operators of popular MMO Second Life.GamePolitics readers will recall that Kirk lashed out at Second Life last month, accusing the game of offering inadequate safeguards to …

According to a report on The Impudent Obersver, police in one Indonesian municipality will be enforcing a ban on videos games and TV during a two-hour evening period designated for children to do their homework:
The municipality of Bekasi… [is] ordering all students within its jurisdiction to …

The attorney general of Rhode Island has warned parents about the mature content in Grand Theft Auto IV, according to Legal Newswire.
Of the best-selling, highly controversial game, A.G. Patrick Lynch (left), a Democrat, said:
As video games become more realistic and in many cases, more violent, p…

The United Arab Emirates has banned Grand Theft Auto IV, according to a report in The National.
Some gamers, however, have found a way around the loophole by purchasing the game from the duty-free shop at Dubai Airport. The Abu Dhabi airport, however was not stocking the game.
The ban is not surpris…

The Entertainment Software organization, the trade organization which represents US game publishers, is losing Activision and Vivendi as member companies.
UPDATE: We’ve just received confirmation from the ESA. Rich Taylor, ESA Senior Vice President of Communications and Research, issued the f…

Grand Theft Auto IV developer Rockstar North may be one of the most successful high tech firms in Scotland, but company president Leslie Benzies laments a perceived lack of respect by government officials.
As reported by the Times:
Rockstar North is to video games what JK Rowling is to literature b…

If you’ve experienced the “drunk driving” aspect of Grand Theft Auto IV, you know that it is pretty annoying. It makes it very difficult to control your ride.
Beyond that, it’s not a requirement. Nor is it a something that furthers your progress in any way.
But, as GamePoli…

Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal’s controversial video game exhibit, which culminates in the player attempting to shoot President Bush, has triggered a lawsuit against the city of Troy, New York, according to the Albany Times-Union.
As GamePolitics readers may recall, Bilal, a faculty member at t…

Anti-game attorney Jack Thompson and Gavin McKiernan of the Parents Television Council arised on the Glenn Beck program last night on CNN Headline News.
The first clip is Beck’s opening. Thompson and McKiernan seem in the second clip.

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A more friendly, tamer Grand Theft Auto game (Conan O’brien)

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