CTA Bans GTA IV Advertisements

Categories: Games and Legal Issues

Chicago, for all its fun, adventure and diversity, is not necessarily one of the safest places in the world. Like any big city, you have to watch your back…along with everything else.

Of course, considering all the craziness that goes on there, Fox News, the same network that handled the Mass Effect incident well, has decided to question why advertisements for the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 4 game were on Chicago buses.

Unlike the Mass Effect situation, which was met with riotous responses, CTA president Ron Huberman failed to notch any resistance, and the ads were promptly removed.

A video of Fox’s report can be seen below:

Gamepolitics has more here; it is apparently not the first time that this has happened in Illinois, or in any city for that matter. As the site noted, video games need to assert their First Amendment protections and show the government that their actions amount to censorship and should not be tolerated.

Of course, this lowers my respect for Fox even more…not that I had any to begin with.

For those who are not familiar with their “handling” of the Mass Effect Controversy, the video is below:

U.N. Contributes to African Efforts

Categories: Games and Social Issues

United Nations? Video games?

I never thought that I would have to say those words in the same sentence.

Turns out, I do. As reported by Gamepolitics and Kotaku, the UN is offering an online game called ‘Nothing But Nets’ to highlight the importance of mosquito netting in Africa.

Appropriate considering that World Malaria Day is April 25.

More information on the game can be found here.