Archive for the ‘Video Games’ Category

Teachers are inadvertently promoting “Bully: Scholarship Edition”

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Have you ever heard of the game "Bully: Scholarship Edition"?  We hadn't either.  However, a group of teachers is pushing hard to get the game banned, which is leading to a lot of publicity for the game. Michael Hoechsmann, an assistant professor at McGill University, has a good take on things.  He ...

Manchester Cathedral

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

On June 9, 2007, the Church of England threatened legal action against Sony for a PS3 game titled "Resistance: Fall of Man".  The game features a bloody shoot-out inside of the Mangester Cathedral.  The Church was looking for an apology from Sony and to have the game pulled from stores. Sony ...