The UK’s proposed Online Safety Bill, while clearly well-intentioned, honestly feels like it’s probably doomed to be a somewhat embarrassing failure. I mean, most ...
November 30, 2022 at 8:22 am by Mike Sanders
I’m sure that many of you are aware that China has quite possibly the strictest and most heavily censored internet in the world (well, with maybe some competition from ...
July 25, 2022 at 11:00 am by Mike Sanders
It’s hardly a secret that the Chinese government isn’t a particularly big fan of gaming. Viewing it as an unnecessary and corruptable distraction for their youth, ...
January 4, 2022 at 11:02 am by Mike Sanders
I have to admit that I sometimes get worried when I write about China. Oh, it’s not over any kind of paranoid fear that one day I might get a knock at the door that may ...
December 20, 2021 at 10:43 am by Mike Sanders
When Left 4 Dead 2 was released back in 2009, it was undoubtedly widely praised by both fans and critics, and even today it still manages to retain a surprisingly active ...
January 31, 2021 at 10:07 am by Mike Sanders
China Extends Game Ban Criteria The last year has proven to be a very difficult one for the gaming industry in China. Following a complete overhaul of their censorship system, ...
April 24, 2019 at 1:39 pm by Mike Sanders
Russia’s New Internet Regulation Sparks Mass Protests A couple weeks ago, it came to our attention that Russia was looking to implement some rather strict new ...
March 11, 2019 at 12:01 pm by Mike Sanders
Valve Pulls Controversial Game From Steam Earlier this week it was revealed that a game with more than a little controversial content was set to be released on Steam. The ...
March 7, 2019 at 12:10 pm by Mike Sanders
Russia Votes For Stricter Internet Russia has never exactly been known as a country that permits much to go on. At least, not without the government’s knowledge. The ...
February 13, 2019 at 6:42 pm by Mike Sanders
Reddit Censorship Fears One of the biggest criticisms of the internet today is the manner in which such a significant amount of content is either not allowed or is blocked. I ...
February 11, 2019 at 1:43 pm by Mike Sanders
Chinese Retailers Look To Bypass Gaming Ban It’s hardly a secret that in terms of media restrictions, China is one of the most heavily monitored and censored countries ...
February 10, 2019 at 10:26 am by Mike Sanders
China Approves More Video Games Throughout the world, there are few countries that regulate their media more strictly than China. The only possible exception I could think of ...
January 10, 2019 at 5:17 pm by Mike Sanders
China Approving Games Again Earlier this year, China was clearly unhappy at some of the video games that were being approved for release in the country. As I’m sure ...
December 22, 2018 at 10:36 am by Mike Sanders
China Appoints “Video Game Ethics” Panel With China’s immense population it’s hardly any surprise that releasing a game in the country can provide a ...
December 10, 2018 at 1:12 pm by Mike Sanders
Senior Google Staff Publicly Criticise Company For around 6 months now, we have known that Google has been quite keen to work on introducing a version of their search engine ...
November 27, 2018 at 3:22 pm by Mike Sanders
