Do you remember when?
3 Mar 05

I don't think anyone likes destructive crackers (or hackers if you prefer, though old school hackers were benign). There has been another series of attacks on PHPBB bulletin boards. So once again I've updated the forum software for security reasons. Please let me know if you have any problems or observe funny behavior.

I sometimes miss the old ACLU. They would jump on any perceived threat to the first amendment so fast it would make your head spin. I bring this up because it appears Washington state is trying to hold game makers accountable for crimes 'inspired' by their games. Lawmakers wouldn't think to try to do this to books or newspapers or television shows. It's tough being the new kid on the block.

Well, you can't say the industry doesn't try to keep improving its image in spite of those types of efforts. The ESRB has announced a new rating, E10+ to protect kids. Obviously it goes between E and T and will be mostly titles that skew more violent than typical E titles without reaching full T levels of violence. They keep improving the system and educating people about how it works (ok, I'm a little tired of Tiger Woods telling me to pick the game that's right for me). We can hope the venom will eventually turn elsewhere.

Jason