Darren Shield and myself recently had the opportunity to ask a few questions from Professor Jim Blaschovich (University of California, Santa Barbra) and Professor Jeremy Bailenson (Stanford University) about their new book Infinite Reality. Infinite Reality is available at most retailers. If you didn’t catch our posting on the introductory chapter, you can find it [...]

Infinite Reality looks to be a thought provoking book set for release on April 5 2011, written by Jeremy Bailenson and published by Harper Collins, Inc. The book’s introductory chapter is an interesting discussion about the psychological effects that “virtual reality” or virtual worlds and the avatars which inhabit them have upon us.  The author [...]

Matthew Crippen was charged with two counts of violating the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) and faced a 10 year prison sentence.  California federal prosecutors brought the charges against Crippen for circumventing the technology in Xbox 360 consoles which protect the underlying copyrighted material.  However, in December 2010 the prosecutors dropped [...]

“Medal of Honor” video game ban and the First Amendment Medal of Honor, a video game published by Electronic Arts (EA), stirred up quite a bit of controversy after its release.  The controversy stemmed from the fact that players can take the role of Taliban fighters.  American and international politicians spoke out against this element [...]