Showing posts with label industry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label industry. Show all posts

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Tokyo Game Show - Unaffected by Earthquake in Japan! :D



The Earthquake caused a lot of problems for Japan - including tsunamis, nuclear reactor problems, tons of damage and many problems with Japanese companies and their affiliates - however, it won't be a problem for the Tokyo Game Show!

This is a good thing - the Japanese game industry has suffered slightly from the quake, but now this will help bring it back up! I think, anyway..

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6307359.html?tag=latestheadlines%3Btitle%3B3

  

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Video Games - Outlawed for kids?




It seems that the supreme court is going to decide something that could effect a huge industry in the United States: video games. They are going to decide whether or not it's legal for kids to play violent video games.

It's okay for them to watch violent movies, which are far more realistic, so why not video games? Well, maybe it's the interaction with the video games that changes everything; kids can decide whether or not to beat up an old woman - they could decide to attack people for no reason.

Here is a news story, telling about how the Supreme Court is split on the decision...


http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/03/business/la-fi-court-videos-20101103-6