House GOP majority leader Eric Cantor calls publicly funded research into video games a ‘waste’

February 19, 2013 3:08 PM Jeffrey Grubb
Jeffrey Grubb

Video games could hold great mental-health benefits, but the leader of the House of Representatives' Republican majority would rather not know that.

President Obama to host Google+ Hangout following State of the Union

February 11, 2013 9:09 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

President Obama will take to Google+ for a Hangout two days after the State of the Union address to answer questions and talk about his second term.

Vice-president Biden to join a ‘Fireside Hangout’ about gun violence on Google+ tomorrow

January 23, 2013 11:52 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

FDR had his fireside chats. Now Google+ is bringing us Vice-President Biden in a "Fireside Hangout" focused on reducing gun violence.

Biden on game violence: ‘We don’t even know if some things people think impact [violence] actually impact it’

January 11, 2013 12:20 PM Jeffrey Grubb
Jeffrey Grubb

Vice President Joe Biden sat down with professionals from the games industry today to hear their input about gun violence in the United States.

Game developer association to Biden: ‘We welcome more evidence-based research’

January 10, 2013 9:11 AM Jeffrey Grubb
Jeffrey Grubb

The International Game Developers Association releases its letter to Vice President Joseph Biden on games and violence.

Kim Dotcom blames the vice president for Megaupload’s demise

July 4, 2012 5:00 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Say what you will about ridiculous Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, but the way authorities went about prosecuting him was sloppy and (in part) illegal. Dotcom is understandably angry, and now he has someone to direct all that anger towards: Vice …