Video Games and Politics

VIDEO GAME ART: Shigeru Miyamoto, The Man Behind Nintendo's Mario

newyorker.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The New Yorker, New Yorker, Super Mario Bros, Shigeru-Miyamoto, Video Games, Mario-Brothers, Nintendo, Video-Games-Art, Video Games and Politics, Super Mario, Arts News

When Shigeru Miyamoto was a child, he didn't really have any toys, so he made his own, out of wood and string. He put on performances with homemade pu...

Read Whole Story

Political Speech in Video Games May Be the Argument to Save Free Speech

Alex Koroknay-Palicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Youth Rights, Violent Video Games, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Video Games, Video Games and Politics, Politics News
Alex Koroknay-Palicz

For those of us who care about free speech, or video games, or who care about youth rights, it seems one of the strongest cases we can make is that video games do, in fact, quite often involve political speech.

Read Post

Islamic Group Forces Site To Remove Satirical Religious Video Game "Faith Fighter"

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muhammad, Islam, Faith Fighter, Un Anti-Racism Conference, Video Gamers, Un Declaration of Human Rights, Islamophobia, Hinduism, Mohammed Cartoon, Controversial Cartoon, Prophet Mohammed, Middle East, Durban, Christianity, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Buddhism, Video Games, Durban 2009, Durban Ii, Durban Conference, Video Games and Politics, Molleindustria, Faith Fighter Game, Jeddah-Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Video, World News

The Saudi-based Islamic group Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) spoke out Tuesday against "Faith Fighter" -- an online video game that pits...

Read Whole Story