Milo and the Ethics of Xbox Natal

So who’s seen Milo?
Those of you who are avid gamers like me know what (who?) I’m talking about. The Natal system was unveiled last week during E3: a motion-sensing, controllerless interface for the Xbox. It’s bleeding-edge stuff. The system performs motion-capture in real time, can recognize faces and voices, and allows for a whole [...]

EA Microtransactions display worrying signs of Evil

We’ve posted about microtransactions before on Objective 514. That post spawned quite a bit of discussion. Most of you seemed cool with paying for stuff – snazzy hats, for instance – as long as the stuff you bought didn’t actually affect game performance.
Well, guess what – the barely-established taboo has already been broken. By EA, [...]

Monday Morning Child Abuse

Via Joystiq: a very, very bad thing to do to your children.

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