Gaming News:
“Morally Responsible” Mutual Fund Won’t
Invest in GTA IV Publisher
GamePolitics
The Timothy Plan, a Maitland, Florida-based mutual
fund group which offers a “biblical choice when it comes to investing,” has issued a press
release slamming Take Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO), publisher of Grand Theft Auto IV.
As GTA IV Launches, Harvard Med School Author Advises Parents:
Relax
GamePolitics
Today’s Seattle Post-Intelligencer features a
front page article on GTA IV which includes an interview with one of the authors of Grand Theft Childhood:
The Surprising Truth about Violent Video Games.
GamesRadar
Graphics shootout – which console will take the
prize?.
How GTA IV made the world go crazy
GamesRadar
Mothers threatened, gamers patronized as launch
frenzy escalates
GTA IV Reviews: An Exercise In Hyperbolism
Kotaku
Time for a Frankenreviewreview.
Grand Theft UPS: copies of GTA stolen en route to
retailers
ArsTechnica
After reporting on the hype and controversy
surrounding the Tuesday release of Grand Theft Auto IV, I can’t believe I’m going to write a
“this game causes crime!” story, but here we go.
Developer: ‘Bourne’ Game Too Violent For Matt
Damon’s Liking
MTV
The Bourne ConspiracyWhen I saw highly impressive
“The Bourne Conspiracy” a few weeks back at Sierra’s spring media gathering, I came away
with a lingering question: where was the star of the films, Matt Damon?
Guitar Hero: Gateway Drug to Six-String Bliss
Wired
Guitar Hero is turning some gamers into actual guitar
players.
Next-Gen.biz
US movie and game rental chain Blockbuster will be
increasing its focus on videogames, in an effort to grab a piece of the $17.9 billion industry.
EA Co-Founder To Depart For iFund Backer Kleiner
Perkins
Gamasutra
Venture capital firm KPCB — the investor group
behind Apple’s $100 million iFund to seed third party iPhone development — has announced that
Electronic Arts co-founder and CCO William ‘Bing’ Gordon will be joining the firm as Partner as of
June 2008.