Archive for January, 2008

23 January, 2008 | Comments Off

Counter Strike and EverQuest banned in Brazil

On October 07, a judge in Brazil passed a ban on Counter Strike and Everquest and is being enforced since January 17. According to the judge Carlos Alberto Simoes, both promote "the subversion of public order" and are "an attack against the democratic state and the law and against public security". In the case of Counter Strike, an added reason for the ban is the existence of a mod that portraits fire-fights between drug dealers and police officers in Rio de Janeiro, and is considered a way of teaching players war strategies.

Other games like Carmaggedon, Grand Theft Auto and Portal 2 have also been banned in Brazil before.

Sources: 1, 2, 3

23 January, 2008 | Comments Off

Easily find a game to contribute to Mobygames

Mobygames user Multimedia Mike has a list of games that aren't on the Mobygames database yet which will be very useful if your looking to add some games to the database.

The list is comprised of US and/or European releases for

3DO
N64
NES
Sega Dreamcast
Sega CD/32X
Sega Game Gear
Sega Master System
Sega Saturn
SNES
WonderSwan + WonderSwan Color

And a few games for other platforms

View the lists here

http://multimedia.cx/mobygames/

23 January, 2008 | Comments Off

Download MAC files to you PS3

Your Mac will soon be able to download your music and movies to your PS3. And not just download, but do things like showing your iTunes album art and stream an iPhoto slideshow to your shiny big HDTV.

23 January, 2008 | Comments Off

Lineage II rivalry cause murder in real life

A 22-year-old Russian student, gamer of Lineage II, met in Ufa with Albert, a 33 years old Russian that played in a rival clan in the game. Days before New Year, Albert's clan, Platanium, killed a member of the Coo-clocks, the student's clan, and they decided to meet in real life days before. The meeting ended with Albert dying in its way to the hospital.

The murderer hasn't shown any regret, as he seems to understand the event within the rules of the game. In addition, clan members are reported to be harassing the family of the victim.

In the source, two more crimes around gaming happened in Russia are mentioned.