20 Sep

While Rock Band revolutionized the music-rhythm genre, it was not even close to be the first time such gameplay mechanics were tossed around the idea table. Back in 2008, Japanese game publisher Konami sued Viacom, the parent company of Rock Band devs Harmonix. Konami’s case argued that the music-rhythm game infringed on patents previously utilized […]

22 Jul

While still under review by the Supreme Court, California’s proposed restriction of “violent” (which they define as any game that depicts the “killing, maiming, dismembering or sexually assaulting an image of a human being”) video game sales to minors has garnered both major controversy and support. Since its acceptance into the Court, the attorneys general […]