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New Facebook Game Allowed Users to Kill LGBT Activists

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Jun 4, 2013
A new Facebook game recreates the violent fights that occurred during Georgia’s Gay Pride Parade last month, allowing users to kill LGBT activists.

Video Game Tie-In to New Movie More Dreck than ’Trek’

By Rhuaridh Marr | Friday May 17, 2013
"Star Trek" is a bitter disappointment, a shameful cash cow, hulking its bloated carcass onto the scene in time for the release of the movie that the game’s lazy ending tries to segue into.

Nintendo ’Debugs’ Gay Marriage Glitch in Popular Video Game

By Jason St. Amand | Monday May 13, 2013
It looks like Nintendo is going to debug a glitch in a popular Japanese life simulation video game that allows male characters to marry other male characters.

Let The Gay Force Be With You

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Jan 17, 2013
Star Wars officials announced that its new video game will allow players to have some characters engaged in a same-sex relationship.

Diablo III

By Sean Bugg | Sunday Jun 10, 2012
Diablo III is a tightly designed and wonderfully addictive gaming experience that will take your spare time to hell for weeks and months to come. And you’ll enjoy every minute of it.

Gay Teen Gamers Vulnerable to Cyber Bullying

By Shaun Knittel | Thursday May 10, 2012
As online gaming has grown in popularity, gay teens may find themselves the victims of older cyber bullies. Like real-life bullying, the consequences can be dangerous. Parents need to know what’s going on on their kids’ computer screens.

Homotech: Gay-Friendly Gaming Companies Resist the Right

By Shaun Knittel | Monday Apr 16, 2012
Electronic Arts will not censor its game despite thousands of letters complaining of LGBT inclusion. While one right winger warns of RuPaul as Darth Vader, video games are as unsuccessful a target as JC Penney & Starbucks.

New Videogame Features Gay Sex Scene

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Mar 8, 2012
Gamers who play the new "Mass Effect" videogame will have the option of having the lead character engage in a same-sex relationship and watch a controversial gay sex scene.

Mass. company draws fire for immigration game app

By Russell Contreras | Tuesday Feb 8, 2011
A game developed by a Boston-based tech company that allows users to drive a truck full of immigrants through the desert and try not to have them tossed out is drawing fire from some immigrant advocates.

New ’Call of Duty’ blasts last year’s sales record

By Barbara Ortutay | Friday Nov 12, 2010
"Call of Duty: Black Ops" blasted entertainment records this week by raking in $360 million in its first 24 hours on sale, a dramatic and lucrative indication that video games have cemented their place as mainstream entertainment on a par with movies, books and music.