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Gaming's 10 Biggest Scandals 96

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday July 17, 2007 @06:09PM from the skeletons-in-the-closet dept.

GamePolitics has a list of ten of the most well known gaming scandals to hit the games industry. Starting back in 1993 with the senate hearings on Night Trap (a game that arguably led to today's ESRB), the list catalogs some things that the companies responsible would probably just as soon forget. "Hot Coffee (2005) - needs no introduction. Cheeky Rockstar programmers left hidden sex animations (accidentally or otherwise) buried in the PS2 code of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Modders made sure they didn't stay buried for long. Rockstar's denials only made things worse. And then Hillary got involved ..." At the post's close they call for additional nominations, as it's definitely not an exhaustive list. They left off the ESRB's decision to re-rate Oblivion , for example. What 'scandalous' gaming events can you see rating with this topics?

Submission + - Is WOW #1 because of its style? (channelmassive.com)

Submitted by on Tuesday July 17, 2007 @05:23PM

An anonymous reader writes: In this blog entry, Are SOE fanboys/girls blind to the sucky-spectrum? the author suggests that the art direction, style and accessibility of World of Warcraft might account for its huge numbers compared to competing games by SOE which rely on heavy duty photorealistic graphics engines and computer horsepower for presentation. The fact that the WOW game is more widely supported by older existing hardware than newer SOE titles such as Vanguard and Everquest 2 is not mentioned in the article but is an interesting side-effect of WOW's less intensive hardware requirements.

Submission + - Australian Man uses APC to destroy Cell Towers (informationweek.com)

Submitted by

Teslacuted

on Tuesday July 17, 2007 @08:11AM

Teslacuted writes: "A 45 year old Australian has used an APC to mow down six cell towers after an undisclosed dispute with his carrier. Sydney police arrested the man while he was on his way to his seventh."

Submission + - High-Tech workers take to the streets in San Jose

Submitted by UniversalVM on Monday July 16, 2007 @06:54PM

UniversalVM writes: Business Week is among the many reporting the protest march by high-tech LEGAL immigrant workers in the San Jose area. This came after a novel "Gandhian" protest that involved sending hundreds of Flowers to the US citizenship and Immigartion service. The protestors were seeking relief from the inter-departmental wrangling in the government that resulted in thousands of people being denied a chance to get their Green Cards sooner. The article goes on to document how the long waits associated with getting as green card for these High-Tech, Highly skilled workers is hurting some of the very people that we want to retain in this country. A linked piece also documents the hardships caused to the enterprenures that want to leaglly stay in this country.

Submission + - Gateway Warrenty or Lack Thereof

Submitted by

zorkerz

on Monday July 16, 2007 @05:57PM

zorkerz writes: "The headphone jack on my Gateway M680 laptop has always been a bit loose fitting. I never thought anything of this assuming it was only a cheap part until my headphone's sound started cutting out. Quickly I realized there was a loose connection in the headphone jack. Needing my computer for school I decided to wait it out. Just as school ended the jack broke completely, killing all sound on the system not just the headphones. I sent the computer to Gateway a few days later with assurances it would be fixed under the warranty. They received my computer on June 20th stating that, "Depending on part availability, the estimated time to complete the service is 3-4 business days". Ten business days later I emailed them and never received a reply. I called in on the 11th, and 12th of June and was told each time they did not know the status of my computer and would email me back the next day. Having never been contacted by Gateway after the original "receipt confirmation" email, I called in on June 13th, seventeen business days and 24 real days after Gateway had received my computer. Finally I was told the repairs would not be covered by the warranty and would cost 299 dollars. It is unacceptable to take 4 to 6 times longer than estimated without any warning and then only after being hassled to notify me that nothing would be fixed. Is there anything I can do to get some compensation from Gateway? Do I have any ground to stand on? Is there any accountability for tech/warranty support? I do not know what I can do."

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