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  • Tortured Language & Video Game Violence

    I just read an infuriating take on the recent violent video game law passed in California: Wired News: The Tortured Language of the Law Interestingly, the one moment of genuine clarity in the California law is when it frets about games where you can “torture” someone. The legislators define torture as when you intentionally cause…


  • HC.Gamer – Bad Day L.A. interjú

    Ever read an “interjú” before? Well, this is your big chance. The guys over at HC Gamer, a gaming site from the country of .hu, have posted one… HC.Gamer: You started your career as a level designer at id Software. How did the decision come to leave them and found your own company, to make…


  • Primotech BDLA Interview

    Alex Petraglia over at Primotechnology.com has posted a lengthy and informative interview that covers topics from my past, such as Oz and Alice, my present project, Bad Day LA, and a range of other subjects. Worth a read. A truly impressive Bad Day LA concept art/screenshot gallery goes along with it. McGee’s most current and…


  • GameSpy: Bad Day L.A. Preview

    Continuing this morning’s BDLA posts… John Keefer over at GameSpy has posted his preview thoughts… GameSpy: Bad Day L.A. Preview American McGee likes to go against the grain. From his Alice game in 2000 featuring a wonderland on crack to his unfulfilled vision of Oz gone bad, his contrarian views on culture and conventional perceptions…


  • Bad Day L.A. Updated Impressions at GameSpot

    Jason Ocampo over at GameSpot has posted a nice preview article of BDLA. He says… Bad Day L.A. Updated Impressions – French Terrorists, Zombies, and More – Bad Day L.A. Previews for PC at GameSpot Admittedly, it’s a bit difficult just trying to describe Bad Day L.A., because we’ve never really seen anything quite like…


  • Idle Thumbs: American McGee’s Interview

    Idle Thumbs is a gaming site written by people who are “…not cynical burnt-out industry veterans, or self righteous Japanese import snobs who want to show off how hardcore they are. We don’t believe replacing perfectly fine English words with French italicized ones is indicative of a higher intelligence. We’re also not “like The Onion,…


  • FBI forms anti-porn squad

    Is this government serious? It seems that the US is doomed to fight un-winnable wars. First the war on drugs, then the war on terror, now the war on porn. FBI forms anti-porn squad Last month, the bureau’s Washington Field Office began recruiting for a new anti-obscenity squad. Attached to the job posting was a…


  • BDLA PR Tour Wrap-up

    Last week I flew back to the US in order to undertake a Bad Day LA preview press tour. I’d had intentions to write a daily update of the tour but just couldn’t find the time or energy. Anyway… better late than never. Behind the scenes the tour actually began several weeks before my flight…


  • BDLA Stirs Controversy

    Writer Paul Rice recently wrote an article for the Spare Change News discussing the response that Bad Day LA is garnering from some homeless advocates and coalitions. Seems there is some confusion over stereotypes vs. reality, satirical social commentary vs. uninformed disparagement. Remarks from both sides in the article below… Video Game Divides Activists By…


  • IGN: Bad Day L.A. Preview

    I had hoped to send regular updates from the road while on the Bad Day LA PR tour… as it turns out, an unhappy combination of hectic schedule, serious jet lag, and sleepless nights led to no such updating. If I can get my brain to function while on the 12-hour flight back to the…