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	<title>videogaming247 &#187; Politics</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sony boss &#8220;can&#8217;t remember the last time&#8221; he hired from a games degree</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/08/25/sony-boss-cant-remember-the-last-time-he-hired-from-a-games-degree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jamie MacDonald, VP of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Europe, has told the Daily Mail that UK games degree courses aren&#8217;t his primary source for staffer.
&#8220;I can’t remember the last time I employed someone from them,&#8221; he said.
The piece through the link is obviously centred on the fact there&#8217;s been a bit of an explosion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More photos from the America&#8217;s Army anti-war protest in SF</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/08/09/more-photos-from-the-americas-army-anti-war-protest-in-sf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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God love you, MTV. The site&#8217;s posted up more photos from the America&#8217;s Army anti-war protest against Ubisoft in San Francisco, and we&#8217;re still laughing. Someone&#8217;s taped a posted saying &#8220;HANDS OFF OUR CHILDREN&#8221; on the office&#8217;s door, which should be reason enough for you to look. So do.
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		<title>Anti-war protestors barrack Ubisoft over America&#8217;s Army</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/08/07/anti-war-protestors-barrack-ubisoft-over-americas-army/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/08/07/anti-war-protestors-barrack-ubisoft-over-americas-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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As reported by Wired, anti-war protestors got their banners out at Ubisoft&#8217;s San Franciscan offices yesterday to complain about the fact that, in their eyes, America&#8217;s Army is being used as a tool to recruit people under the age of 17 into the military.
From the piece:
At this point, people were passing out warning labels, stickers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian reactionaries advocate enforced censorship</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/08/05/australian-reactionaries-advocate-enforced-censorship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>morriss</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/08/05/australian-reactionaries-advocate-enforced-censorship/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On an Australian TV show not too dissimilar to BBC&#8217;s Question Time (a program where the audience asks supposed experts and politicians topical questions), the panel was unanimous in its support for continued censorship of video games in the country. They all had a good laugh when the basic premise for Fallout 3 was explained [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fallout 3 banned in Australia because of drugs references</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/07/10/fallout-3-banned-in-australia-because-of-drugs-references/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/07/10/fallout-3-banned-in-australia-because-of-drugs-references/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Kotaku story, Fallout 3 was refused classification in Australia because the drug-taking in the game was too life-like.
&#8220;Corresponding with the list of various &#8216;chems&#8217; are small visual representation of the drugs, these include syringes, tablets, pill bottles, a crack-type pipe and blister packs,&#8221; said the Australian Office of Film &#038; Literature Classification. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop slagging us off, says riled BBFC</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/30/stop-slagging-us-off-says-riled-bbfc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/30/stop-slagging-us-off-says-riled-bbfc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BBFC boss David Cooke&#8217;s responded angrily to recent concerns over the affects of Byron Report proposals that will lend the body responsibility to rate all adult games.
Both EA and Microsoft have hit out at the plans, saying games are likely to become later and more expensive in Britain. Not so, said Cooke.
&#8220;The BBFC’s current average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft: UK ratings could make games more expensive</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/27/microsoft-uk-ratings-could-make-games-more-expensive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/27/microsoft-uk-ratings-could-make-games-more-expensive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>morriss</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only could UK ratings make games appear later than everywhere else, but now Neil Thompson, Microsoft&#8217;s senior regional director for EDD in the UK and Ireland, says that it could make games more expensive.
&#8220;We&#8217;re in the business of providing great games to a broad audience of gamers, and we need to be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government publishes Byron Review action plan</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/26/government-publishes-byron-review-action-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/26/government-publishes-byron-review-action-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, missed this last night. The UK Government has published an action plan based on the recent Byron review, detailing how recommendations on games classification and internet usage by children is to be implemented. From this GI report:
Beginning this July, the government plans a four month public consultation on the reform of the videogames classification [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Senate passes video game bill</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/26/new-york-senate-passes-video-game-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/26/new-york-senate-passes-video-game-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kotaku&#8217;s reporting that New York is the newest state to pass legislation permitting regulation over video games. If the Governor signs off on the bill, it can become law by 2010, allowing creation of an advisory committee to oversee interactive media in association with youth violence.
Click Here to read the details of the bill, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut Senator can’t find rape scene in GTA IV – gee whiz, wonder why</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/26/connecticut-senator-can%e2%80%99t-find-rape-scene-in-gta-iv-%e2%80%93-gee-whiz-wonder-why/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Oh Rockstar, what have you gotten yourself into this time? Oh, right. Nothing.
According to GamePolitics, Connecticut State Senator Gayle Slossberg has been straining her eyes – and her delicate, non-gaming thumbs – in order to find GTA IV’s porno-worthy rape scene. Er, what?
From a newspaper story in the New Haven Advocate:
“[Sen. Slossberg] wants confirmation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nintendo still &#8220;least green tech firm&#8221;, says Greenpeace</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/25/nintendo-still-least-green-tech-firm-says-greenpeace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/25/nintendo-still-least-green-tech-firm-says-greenpeace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/25/nintendo-still-least-green-tech-firm-says-greenpeace/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Huge BBC article here about how Nintendo, yet again, has come bottom of the top when it comes to being eco-friendly.
&#8220;The quarterly Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics ranks 18 electronics firms by how green their production processes and products are,&#8221; says the article.
Nintendo has its own take on the result, saying yet again that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBFC ratings could delay UK game releases, says EA</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/25/bbfc-ratings-could-delay-uk-release-dates-says-ea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/25/bbfc-ratings-could-delay-uk-release-dates-says-ea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to GI, EA UK MD Keith Ramsdale has said that if proposed ratings changes outlined in the Byron Review go ahead, British gamers will face delays to the release of new titles.
&#8220;The government&#8217;s proposed changes to the existing age rating systems will create further delays in getting hit games to the UK,&#8221; he said. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Resident Evil 5 racism allegations surface</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/21/more-resident-evil-5-racism-allegations-surface/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/21/more-resident-evil-5-racism-allegations-surface/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not going away. Speaking on the Young Black Writers blog, author Tolu Olorunda has raised similar concerns over Resident Evil 5&#8217;s imagery that troubled Newsweek&#8217;s N’Gai Croal after seeing footage of the game.
&#8220;What I witnessed [in the trailer] was nerve-wrecking, painful, mind-numbing and heart-racing,&#8221; said Olorunda. &#8220;It wasted no time in capitalizing upon the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Violent games encourage knife crime, says Boris Johnson</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/20/violent-games-encourage-knife-crime-says-boris-johnson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly elected London mayor Boris Johnson has claimed that violent games are partly to blame for people stabbing each other.
“We must show young people that knives are not cool, and for that we need positive role models,&#8221; he said, writing in thelondonpaper.
“I want to counteract the damaging influences drug-addled celebrities and violent video games and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John McCain uses MoH music in campaign video</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/20/john-mccain-uses-moh-music-in-campaign-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blimey. US presidential hopeful John McCain has used music from Medal of Honor: European Assault in one of his campaign videos, as you can see after the link.
Christopher Lennertz, the composer of the piece, is a keen Barack Obama supporter and is apparently &#8220;dismayed&#8221; by his work&#8217;s use in this way.
Lennertz obviously doesn&#8217;t own the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Satchell: &#8220;We don’t need BBFC or PEGI&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/18/satchell-we-don%e2%80%99t-need-bbfc-or-pegi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking at Gamehorizon in Newcastle this morning, Microsoft&#8217;s XNA boss, Chris Satchell, has said that user generated content can be responsibly rated by an audience of its creators&#8217; peers – and doesn’t need any intervention from the BBFC or PEGI.
“PEGI and the BBFC simply are not going to be able to rate community content. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darlings awarded in Queen&#8217;s Birthday Honours</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/15/darlings-awarded-in-queens-birthday-honours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/15/darlings-awarded-in-queens-birthday-honours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Codemasters founders the Darling brothers have both been made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen&#8217;s Birthday Honours.
&#8220;For over 20 years David and Richard led Codemasters as it became one of the video game industry&#8217;s great British success stories,&#8221; said Rod Cousens, present head of the firm.
&#8220;Their drive and passion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House of Commons to debate gaming-related epilepsy</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/12/house-of-commons-to-debate-gaming-related-epilepsy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/12/house-of-commons-to-debate-gaming-related-epilepsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Commons is set to debate gaming-related epilepsy after a strenuous campaign by a mum whose son suffered an epileptic fit for the first time whilst playing Rayman Raving Rabbids DS.
The child&#8217;s mother, Gaye Herford, wants games to be brought in line with TV and films, both of which are already required by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jackson: Children won&#8217;t be protected by BBFC</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/12/jackson-children-wont-be-protected-by-bbfc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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ELSPA head Paul Jackson just responded to yesterday&#8217;s Government comment saying tax breaks for UK developers are now being assessed, welcoming in the move but saying putting age ratings onto the BBFC in the UK will fail in its aim to protect children.
&#8220;We appreciate comments from Government about its support and the work being done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESA spends $714,000 on lobbying in Q1</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/11/esa-spends-714000-on-lobbying-in-q1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/11/esa-spends-714000-on-lobbying-in-q1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this AP report, the ESA spent $714,000 lobbying the Federal Government in the first quarter of this year.
Besides Congress, the group lobbied the Patent and Trademark Office, US Copyright Office, Commerce Department, US Trade Representative, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission and other agencies in the first three months of 2008.
The info comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Government reviewing French tax breaks for UK equivalent</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/10/british-government-reviewing-french-tax-breaks-for-uk-equivalent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/10/british-government-reviewing-french-tax-breaks-for-uk-equivalent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the introduction of a French tax break for games developers, the British Government said in a statement today that it is seriously looking into providing a similar environment for UK developers.
&#8220;The Government must be mindful of the need to ensure fair competition and value for money for tax payers whilst ensuring that any tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESA throws pathetic hissy fit over hellfire Governor coverage</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/03/esa-throws-pathetic-hissy-fit-over-hellfire-governor-coverage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/06/03/esa-throws-pathetic-hissy-fit-over-hellfire-governor-coverage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh dear. The ESA issued a statement today, aimed at GamesPolitics.com, after it came to light that E3 keynote speaker and Texan Governor Rick Perry believes that non-Christians will go to Hell.
&#8220;If the ESA posted a blog and called it a news site, journalists would rightfully balk and it wouldn&#8217;t pass a smell test,&#8221; ESA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBFC: Our testers are better gamers than PEGI&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/23/bbfc-our-testers-are-better-gamers-than-pegis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/23/bbfc-our-testers-are-better-gamers-than-pegis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to GI, BBFC director David Cooke has moved to assure the games trade that the people now responsible for rating games in the UK are well into them, like. So much so, in fact, that he&#8217;s claimed the BBFC&#8217;s testers are better gamers than those at European organisation PEGI.
&#8220;The point I want to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBFC launches voluntary online ratings</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/22/bbfc-launches-voluntary-online-ratings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/22/bbfc-launches-voluntary-online-ratings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 06:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBFC has launched a voluntary ratings system for online games, the Guardian reports, extending its established ratings labels such as U, 15 and 18 to digital downloads.
According to the site:
Web stores and services that sign up to the new content ratings system, called BBFC Online, will apply the guidance labels to downloaded and streamed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenpeace maintains pressure on console manufacturers over toxic chemicals</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/20/greenpeace-maintains-pressure-on-console-manufacturers-over-toxic-chemicals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/20/greenpeace-maintains-pressure-on-console-manufacturers-over-toxic-chemicals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 13:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to the BBC, Greenpeace has yet again slammed Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft over the use of toxic substances in games machines, describing Nintendo&#8217;s environment policies as &#8220;non-existent&#8221;.
&#8220;Nintendo doesn&#8217;t have any environmental policies, &#8221; said Zeina Al-Hajj, Greenpeace&#8217;s International Toxic Campaign co-ordinator.
&#8220;We were shocked with Nintendo; it was our biggest surprise.&#8221;
Greenpeace is mainly concerned that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: Videogames are raising our kids</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/01/obama-videogames-are-raising-our-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 21:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a campaign stop in Indiana, Barack Obama made mention of the hype surrounding GTA IV and claimed that games in general are &#8220;raising&#8221; US children. From Game Politics:
I was just catching the news this morning about Grand Theft Auto, this video game, which is gonna break all records and make goo-gobs of money for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU tells games industry to better protect minors</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/22/eu-tells-videogame-industry-to-better-protect-minors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/22/eu-tells-videogame-industry-to-better-protect-minors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EU&#8217;s executive body has given the European games industry two years to come up with a widely used general code of conduct to protect children from violent images in games.
&#8220;Creators have to enjoy freedom of expression but at the same time it&#8217;s an industry that impacts society,&#8221; EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore announces two-tier ratings system</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/15/singapore-announces-two-tier-ratings-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Singapore has announced plans to introduce a new ratings system for games, two include only two levels of age restriction: Mature 18 (M18) and Age Advisory.
According to this Xinhuanet.com report, &#8220;M18 is a restricted category for persons 18 years old and above with retailers required to conduct an age check at the point of sales.
&#8220;Age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Games development to be taught in Scottish schools</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/14/games-development-to-be-taught-in-scottish-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/14/games-development-to-be-taught-in-scottish-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MCV writes that a new subject, &#8216;Games Development&#8217;, will added to compulsory school lesson content in Scotland.
As part of its new national curriculum, dubbed &#8220;The Curriculum of Excellence&#8221;, Scottish schoolchildren will learn the basics of videogame design.
Maureen Watt, Minister for Schools and Skills, said: &#8220;There is huge confidence that Scotland will continue to play an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Germany considers limiting store game demos to combat truancy</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/13/germany-considers-banning-public-game-demos-to-combat-truancy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Deutsche Welle report, a Hamburg politician has proposed that electronics shops in Germany switch off game demo machines during school hours in an effort to combat truancy.
&#8220;Truancy can be the beginning of a criminal career and that&#8217;s why we have to intervene,&#8221; said Udo Nagel, probably whilst banging a table. &#8220;Not every [...]]]></description>
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