Marv\'s Blog
Daily News Roundup 1
Leave a Comment
China forbids minors from playing violent video games.
China have decided to ban all people under the age of 18 from accessing games where PKing is allowed. So that covers basically any game where PvP results in death (pretty much every PvP game then. Wonder if that covers versions of games that feature PvP, but have servers where PKing isn’t allowed ? Come to that, you could push the envelope further and try and let everyone of all ages access the game (within other age restrictions of course) and just block access to specific areas.
Personally I have to say I kinda agree with what they’re trying to do. A lot of research says it makes no difference, and that today’s youth has actually gotten less violent since the inception of video games into mainstream culture in the late 80’s/early 90’s (source again from Joystiq)
- Source
- Joystiq via GameInsider
- Source Author
- James Ransom-Wiley
Possibility of using the Nintendo DS for in car sat–nav?
I say this because Joystiq are covering a story on getting the Nintendo DS to function as a GPS device using Google Maps. Looks like the DS is becoming a useful little bugger
- Source
- Joystiq.
- Source Author
- James Ransom-Wiley
Fini.
Well that about rounds it up for today (technically yesterday, but never mind). I’ll be integrating this with my daily news absorption ritual so hopefully my annoying habit won’t crop up and kill this in the bud as well.
Recent Comments
 | Linda on Stumbleupon, Firefox, and… |
 | Jak on Grow RPG v0.1b Game Guide |
 | shewalksinbeauty on Linkin Park – Meteo… |
 | SignpostMarv on Linkin Park – Meteo… |
| shewalksinbeauty on Linkin Park – Meteo… |
The Buttons
My Friends's Flickr photos
- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
- Watch: Getting Started Tutorial for Equimake, Platform for Real-Time, Multi-User World Building On The Web
- There's a Whole Huge Flickr Group Devoted to Photographing the Virtual Flowers of Second Life. Here's Some Favorites!
- BREAKING: Linden Lab Updates Policies Around Ageplay, Favoritism, Community Relations After Investigation Of Serious Allegations Recently Posted To Social Media
- WATCH: Teal's Amazing New Machinima Devoted to Crack Den, the Second Life-Based Urban Roleplay MMO With a Deep & Detailed Story
- Designing Good Mixed Reality Social Experiences With Vision Pro's Ghostly Personas
- Special Discount Code to Augmented World Expo 2024 in Long Beach, Where I'll Be Blogging & Signing My Book!
- Wishlist Life by You on Steam / Epic: Ambitious Sandbox Sim from Ex-Linden CEO Rod Humble Goes Early Access This June
- WATCH: Disney's HoloTile Points to Solutions Around VR's Motion Sickness / Headset-Centric Challenge
- This Artist Turns Second Life Avatar Screenshots Intro Breathtaking Images Evoking Paintings by Modigliani & Lempicka
- Microsoft Copilot Seems Better Than ChatGPT at Summarizing My Writing -- But Still Adds Errors!
- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
- An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.
Marv\'s Blog 