Real Life News Summary 20-07-’07
Penny Arcade comics are now available on Steam! I’m more of a Ctrl+Alt+Del guy, but there’s plenty of PA fans out there to make this news worthy.
Viewable in all Steam accounts (no purchase required), a brand new installment of Penny Arcade will be posted every other day, providing a thrice-weekly dose of one of today’s most popular Webcomics to over 13 million around the world.
Click here to check it out. (Steam is required!)
Jack Thompson finally payed the shrink a visit. Or rather, he was forced to do so. Not too surprising actually since this is the man that said The Sims 2 was pornography.
As GP has previously reported, Thompson is currently embroiled in a pair of federal lawsuits against the Bar (see Florida Bar Gives Jack Thompson a Wedgie Over Bully Case). The Bar has moved to hold a disciplinary hearing against Thompson based on several complaints about the anti-game attorney’s professional conduct, including video game cases involving Grand Theft Auto and Bully. A scheduled June 25th hearing was postponed. Meanwhile, mediation talks have taken place between Thompson and the Bar.
There’s more to the story for those who are interested!
Google strengthens it’s security by acquiring yet another company!
Google acquired Postini for a mere $625m, according to the announcement. The security firm will now become a subsidiary of Google, rather than disappear altogether. And though its particular business segment makes a nice fit in Google’s framework to begin with, the company is already looking toward the future.
It appears that Postini wasn’t acquired simply for its large client book of big companies, but more for what services it can offer Google’s already-existing applications. The security features behind Google Desktop and many of its online applications aren’t as tight as some companies would like, causing them to instead shy away to full Microsoft Exchange server setups. Though these are very costly, they provide arguably better security (assuming you don’t look at the patch list each week.).
Google will probably continue to buy companies until all that is left to buy is the competition! Check out the full story here.
Undercover shoppers wanted! Some statistics companies is looking for kids to volunteer for what appears to be one of the most rediculous things ever. They want kids to go and buy M rated games. That way they can see just how compliant stores and store clerks are to the ratings given to games. Meh.
Together we can keep M-rated video games out of kids’ hands… your participation helps us hold the retail industry accountable for selling sex and violence to kids!
It’s not like the kids didn’t play M rated games already… Once again: Meh.
Gaming tournaments on TV. Only a few years away? Noooo!! I love games and gaming altogether but watching other people play is just boring as hell. It’s like watching any other sport on TV. It’s fun to play but it’s just plain boring to watch.
Tournament.com is a service which allows videogames players to compete in online tournaments for money. Asked specifically about his views on game tournaments being televised, Skelhorn admitted that gaming is a difficult sport to watch on TV “because of the nature of it”, but says that “produced properly I think it is definitely something that can work.”
He told CVG, “It is certainly something I would like to see become successful because mass media like television would really help e-gaming become a mainstream sport.”
Read more here.
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