Labor

Corporate Culture is a Barrier to Labor Organizing in the Video Game Industry

Cassandra Roxburgh / Prism Reports Dec 29, 2022 Current and former video game workers detail a longstanding culture of sexual harassment, exploitation, and retaliation. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

3 Dead Including Gunman at Florida Video Game Tournament

RUSS BYNUM and BRENDAN FARRINGTON / The Associated Press Aug 26, 2018 A Baltimore man in Jacksonville for the online football competition is said to have carried out the attack. Video from the livestreamed event appears to capture the scene right before the shooting began. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Freedom Sticks (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig May 24, 2018 The plague of gun violence continues unabated across the United States. The pro-assault weapons NRA crew is changing their tune a little bit, but not for the better. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Mexican Video Game Lets Players Throw Stuff at Donald Trump

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Sep 4, 2015 Players knock the GOP presidential candidate down by throwing objects at him onstage. It started with shoes, bottles and cactuses, but Trump supporters have also asked for flowers and cash to shower on him. A mariachi band congratulates winning players. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Give Us Your Gamers — Not Your Pilots

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 3, 2015 An extract from the documentary film "Drone" shows military recruiters scanning video game fairs for the next generation of drone operators for often-lethal military activities in the Middle East and elsewhere. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Video Game Addiction: It’s Real and Potentially Harmful

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 29, 2015 For most consumers, playing video games is a harmless pastime, but for others it spirals out of control and becomes an addiction with very real offline consequences. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

GOP Senator: ‘Video Games Are a Bigger Problem Than Guns’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 31, 2013 In an interview on MSNBC ahead of the Senate's hearing on gun safety Wednesday, Sen Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn, responded to a question by Chuck Todd on background checks for gun buyers by changing the subject to video games . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Lawmaker Threatens Obama Impeachment, the NRA Shooting Game, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 16, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Mark Sanford's attempt to resurrect his political career and Stephen Colbert grills Piers Morgan about the U.S. Constitution. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bullets Over Bedlam

Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune Jan 10, 2013 Dig deeper

Modern Kids at Play

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Jan 7, 2013 Dig deeper

Violent Video Games

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Dec 27, 2012 Dig deeper

China’s Social Media Hall of Mirrors

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2012 Social media in China is blurring the lines between facts, lies and rumors, as evidenced by the Bo Xilai case; some homophobic video gamers are in an uproar about characters identifying as homosexual, bisexual or transgender; meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has made it back into young voters' good graces. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )