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FBI Raids University of Michigan Students' Apartment over WoW Gold Farming
The FBI has raided the apartment of two University of Michigan students to investigate what it has called "potentially fraudulent sales or purchases of virtual currency that people use to advance in...
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Wikileaks Docs Reveal Al Qaeda Sega Cartridge Plot
A recent release of Wikileaks documents relating to Guantanamo Bay and its prisoners reveals a video-game related Al Qaeda terrorist plot involving a Sega Genesis cartridge. The Detainee Assessment...
View ArticleThe Death of Osama, SMB Style
Modders and creative types are having fun mocking the death of Osama bin Laden at the hands of an elite U.S. Navy Seals, but one of the best pieces of video game-related comedy on the subject comes...
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UK Labour MP Keith Vaz Assails Modern Warfare 3 in Early Day Motion
If there's one thing you can say about anti-game campaigner and UK Labour MP Keith Vaz, it's that he is tenacious in his fight against games. This week MP Vaz raised his fourth early day motion aimed...
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Joke License App Gets Pulled, Senator Celebrates
It didn't take long for one misinformed and overzealous lawmaker to help get a poor developer's app removed from Apple's store. The app in question, " Driver License," allowed users to create a mock...
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Monroe, New Jersey Pipe Bomb Attack Tied to 'Video Game Community'
Three men have been arrested for their part in bombing a home in New Jersey, but the most bizarre thing about the case is a vague connection to a "video game community." What video game community? We...
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House Unanimously Opposes UN's 'Internet Regulations'
The United States Congress may be a mess and the most unruly and uncompromising bunch in the land but they all apparently think that the UN should not be setting policy on the Internet. To that end,...
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Taliban: Prince Harry has 'Mental Problems' for Comparing Video Games to War
The Taliban apparently doesn't like England's Prince Harry. Big shock there, right? But the group accused of various attacks against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and other activities in Pakistan...
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Islamic Mali Takes Virtual Fight to French Forces
A new game created by people that could best be described as pro al-Qaeda and wholeheartedly against the West have developed a game riddled with propaganda called Islamic Mali. The game lets players...
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Ninth Circuit Limits Search of Electronic Devices at Borders
If you own a smart phone, an Android or iOS-based device or even a hand-held gaming system or a laptop, you no longer have to worry about having the device searched by a border patrol officer when...
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Capcom UK Cancels Bloody Pool Event in Light of Woolwich Attack
Earlier this month we told you about a Capcom UK PR event to promote Resident Evil: Revelations in London. The event, which would let visitors swim in a pool filled with simulated blood, gore, and body...
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Texas Teen Could Face Eight Years in Prison for Comments Made in League of...
According to the conservative political web site The Daily Caller, a Texas teen who made a joke while playing League of Legends (the story isn't too clear on whether he made the comments during an...
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Father of Jailed League of Legends Player Says Threat Was a Joke
The father of Justin Carter, the 19-year-old League of Legends player that now faces up to eight years in prison for threatening Facebook comments, says that the whole thing was meant as a joke. Today...
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Restore The Fourth Protest Set for July 4th
Several advocacy groups have banded together for a 100 city protest called Restore the Fourth on July 4. The day-long protest is described by organizers as a "grassroots campaign designed to raise...
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Microsoft to DOJ: 'The Constitution Itself is Suffering'
Last week Microsoft asked the Justice Department for permission to release information to the general public about its participation in government controlled surveillance programs, but the DOJ would...
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Guardian Reporter's Partner Detained at London's Heathrow Airport for Nine Hours
Update:Politico is reporting that the White House knew that David Miranda would be stopped at London's Heathrow Airport before it happened, but it also denied any involvement in the incident."This is a...
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Report: White House Picking Insiders to 'Independently' Review NSA Spying...
President Barack Obama will soon choose members of a panel that will "independently review" the National Security Agency's surveillance policies. The President announced the plan to form such a...
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Tech Execs Press White House on NSA Surveillance Reforms
At a meeting with President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden yesterday, executives from America's top technology companies urged the administration to reform the National Security Agency...
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Texas Judge Rules LoL Player's 'Terrorist Threat' Case Will Move Forward
Back in June of this year we reported on the plight of 19-year-old Texan Justin Carter, who was arrested back in March for making a terrorist threat online. The incident happened in February of this...
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NY District Court: NSA Spying Legal
On Friday a Federal judge in the Southern District of New York court ruled against the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and in favor of the federal government, saying that the National Security...
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