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Blago Loses Guv Job, But Gets iPhone Game
The Illinois Senate may have given Rod Blagojevich the boot via impeachment, but game developer Yanki.JP is celebrating the disgraced ex-Guv's reign with with Pay2Play, a new iPhone app.The game's...
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No Mention of Games in Police Profile of NIU Shooter
Despite assertions from some quarters that violent video games played a role in the February, 2008 shooting rampage at Northern Illinois University, CNN reports that shooter Steven Kazmierczak had a...
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ESA Sues Chicago Transit Authority over Ban on M-Rated Game Ads
The Entertainment Software Association has filed a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Transit Authority, challenging a 2009 CTA ordinance which prohibits ads for games rated M (17+) or AO (18+) from...
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Faced with ESA Lawsuit, CTA Defends Ban on M-rated Game Ads
A spokeswoman for the Chicago Transit Authority has commented on the federal lawsuit filed against the agency's ban on M-rated video game ads yesterday by the Entertainment Software Association.Kotaku...
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What the CTA Ad Ban Has to Say About Violent Video Games
As GamePolitics and other news outlets have reported, the ESA is suing the Chicago Transit Authority over the agency's ban on M and AO-rated video ads.Here are excerpts from the justification section...
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Farm Show Features Game About Lincoln. And Soybeans...
It doesn't get much better than this.The Illinois Soybean Association will unveil a game exhibit featuring Abe Lincoln and, of course, the soybean at its Farm Progress Show in Decatur next month.The...
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NYT Profiles Digital Media School
A relatively new Chicago school that teaches digital media features a leader that calls traditional academic institutions a “joke.”The New York Times takes a look inside the Flashpoint Academy of Media...
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Illinois Also Looking Closely at Schwarzenegger Outcome
Add the Land of Lincoln to the list of states following Schwarzenegger vs. EMA in order to see which side emerges a winner.Earlier this month we told you about a Delaware politician looking to...
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Federal Funds Back Illinois Disaster Preparedness Game
The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) has released a free, downloadable videogame that is designed to teach youngsters disaster preparedness.The Day the Earth Shook poses the scenario of an...
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Illinois Judge Rules State Internet Tax Unconstitutional
In March of last year the state of Illinois decided to pass a law that collected Internet sales tax from online companies like Amazon.com and eBay. Commonly referred to as an "affiliate nexus tax," the...
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Chicago Development Scene Powered by Indies
A DePaul University report says that the Chicago game development space once dominated by titans such as Midway Games and Electronic Arts is now being mostly powered by independently owned and operated...
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Defense in Grisly Mass Murder Case Blames Victim and His Video Gaming Habits
The murder trial of Chris Harris from Arminton, Illinois began earlier this month in Peoria, Illinois. Harris is accused of murdering Rick and Ruth Gee and three of their children with a tire iron in...
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Video Game Expert Can't Sway Jury in Mass Murder Trial
A man who murdered an entire family with a tire iron in 2009 in their Beason, Ill. home tried to use video games as part of his defense earlier this week. After one day of deliberations a jury...
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High Voltage Software Seeks Tax Incentives Amidst Illinois Legislature...
Buried in a story about a number of companies seeking incentives from the Illinois state legislature being held up by a veto by Governor Pat Quinn over a lack of pension reform, High Voltage Software's...
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Koch Asks City of Champaign, Illinois to Help Pay For Expansion of Volition
Saints Row series developer Volition has asked the city of Champaign, Illinois, for around $200,000 in tax breaks and incentives, or - it says - it may have to move its headquarters out of the bustling...
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