iCivics teaches kids about politics, not partisanship
Politics has become virtually inescapable, whether on social media or in games. For the nonprofit iCivics, this isn’t a recent development. Former U.S. Supreme...
PewDiePie’s anti-Semitic jokes show the peril of backing unpredictable influencers
Disney’s Maker Studios and YouTube have severed ties with gaming influencer Felix Kjellberg, known as PewDiePie, after he posted nine videos with anti-Semitic images...
Insomniac CEO Ted Price pummels Trump’s Muslim ban in YouTube video
Insomniac Games CEO founder Ted Price took a stand against President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from seven Muslim countries. While other game developers...
ESA trade group warns Trump White House that travel ban would disrupt game industry
The Entertainment Software Association, the game industry’s top trade group in the United States, issued a statement asking the White House to use caution...
Game developers rally against Trump’s Muslim ban
Game developers around the world are protesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s order banning refugees and barring citizens from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen...
I’m not surprised Palmer Luckey is funding pro-Trump ‘shitposts’
Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey confirmed to The Daily Beast that he is money behind a group of alt-right “shitposters” who plan to spread memes disparaging Hillary...
House GOP majority leader Eric Cantor calls publicly funded research into video games a ‘waste’
Video games could hold great mental-health benefits, but the leader of the House of Representatives' Republican majority would rather not know that.
Obama says we need more gamers. Who are we to argue?
During his first "Fireside Hangout" on YouTube, President Barack Obama called for education, immigration, and patent reform to support the tech scene, not to mention the American economy.
Poker site CEO arrested on new Ponzi scheme charges
Ray Bitar, Full Tilt Poker’s CEO, was arrested yesterday on new charges that the poker czar has been involved in a Ponzi scheme. Bitar...
It’s like fantasy football, but for politics junkies
Fantasy football is a huge and very lucrative multibillion-dollar industry in the United States. Politics are equally competitive and ruthless, and its fans just...