For as long as gamers have waited to get their hands on LittleBigPlanet, you would think quality control would be a little more strict. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. While many retailers are sitting on copies for next weeks supposed release date, they’ll have to be sent back. It seems that one of the music [...]

Surprise… or not. The New York Daily News has picked up on a protest over the release of Saints Row 2. Quoting NYPD union boss Patrick Lynch:
“These horrible and violent videogames desensitize young people to violence while encouraging depravity, immorality while glorifying criminal behavior.”
Granted, he never really states Saints Row 2 and generalizes violent video [...]

A Virginian Baptist preacher has decided to follow up on a plan last year in which he bought back guns from the community for cash. His intentions were clear and simple: to lower a growing youth crime problem in the city.
This year, Richard Patrick has another plan. Instead of guns, he’ll collect violent rap CDs [...]

Gears of War 2 is the subject of some early controversy, thanks to a recent article posted by AZ Family. Attributed to no specific author, the article discusses the game’s new feature of using the locust horde as shields in combat.
“In the demo, the player can use the chainsaw to cut a person in [...]

Tam Fry, representative from the National Obesity Forum, has slammed Nintendo for the BMI Index feature of Wii Fit. After a forum post was picked up by multiple sites when a little girl was told she was overweight, Fry issued this statement:
“I’m absolutely aghast that children are being told they are fat… I would [...]

MP David Ruffley joins countless others in the wake of Grand Theft Auto IV’s release by condemning retailers for selling the game to minors. The following quotes come from an article in the Daily Mall on a recent surge in crime amongst females.
“Selling 18+ rated violent computer games such as Grand Theft Auto IV to [...]