Controversy

The final round of the collegiate championship for Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard's answer to hugely popular MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) games League of Legends and Dota 2, was broadcast live on ESPN2 on Sunday July 20, 2014 6:30PM PT. This marks the first time that ESPN aired an eSports match on live TV. ESPN also streamed the League of Legends Finals online the year before, and that brought and that brought in more viewers than the NBA Finals or the deciding game in the World Series. This created a lot of controversy online and is a big step in accepting gaming as a professional competition like it should be. Some videogames have more traits of a sport than some sports yet are ridiculed and are considered nothing but child’s play.…

issues that are relevant in recent news, like sexism, or the controversy over the confederate flag. One thing that has caught many people’s attention in the sports world and all over is the Redskins name and logo. The issue is that their name and logo(an Indian head) is considered to be racist towards Native Americans. This has been seen as degrading and stereotyping Native Americans. The Redskins name may seem like a small issue just important to football fans but this leads to much greater…

Do you know why people love video games. Maybe it's because of the joy it gives to viewer. Or maybe it's the action and deep story of many of them. But there is one thing that all of them provide entertainment. And to most people that is good. But for some people video games entertainment doesn't matter. Its contents is all that matter to them. There is a controversy regarding video gameś people thinking it's good and people thinking it's bad. I personally think it's good, But some parents and…

Selective Censorship seems to be a large debate in today’s world of technology. Through the use of television, as well as internet on cell phones, Chromebooks, and regular desk top computers, companies speak to children primarily by the use of commercials. This may sound like a freedom of speech and seem open and honest. Actually children often get persuaded to think differently, purchase certain items and accept behaviors that might not agree with their family traditions. I feel that…

had originally supported this law, having signed it in 2005. “We have a responsibility to our kids and our communities,” stated Schwarzenegger, “to protect (them) against the effects of games that depict ultraviolent actions, just as we already do with movies.” Despite the ex-governor’s sentiments, the law was vetoed by a majority vote of 7-2. One justice, Antonin Scalia, having voted for the majority, gave his own personal reasoning behind his decision. “As a means of assisting concerned…

Corrupt humans around the world are being elected as presidents and leaders, and this is causing many people to agree to their jeopardizing, yet ingenious, plans, such as Hitler and the holocaust. Because of this reason, and many others, one can believe that the people of today’s society are oblivious to the atrocities that are occurring in many countries. When analyzing the data presented, one can see that these brutalities are exposed to the people all of the time, the leaders of countries…

Imagine this: “You’re sitting at home, trying to finish one more game of COD, when all of the sudden, you hear a knock on the front door. You’re mother opens it and standing there are two police officers. They explain to her that someone under the age of eighteen has been playing violent video games. They then proceed to search the house and, after finding you with the game, proceed to cuff your mother and take her out to the squad car.” Sounds very outlandish right? But, what if this could be a…

The court will likely hold Muhammed as a LPPF, and deny his cause of action in defamation against COMQWEST. In order to establish a defamation action, the defamatory article must be an intentional publication with set of false factual statements which caused injury to the victim. In this case, COMQWEST’s article has met the requirements, however, the court will likely hold Muhammed as a LPPF, so that he has to prove the COMQWEST acted with actual malice in publishing the defamatory article, that…

II. Voluntary Injection Moreover, the court will likely hold that Muhammed’s participation in the gubernatorial election was a voluntary injection, because he willingly inserted himself into the public’s eye, and sought to influence the resolution of the public controversy he involved. Ampex, 128 Cal. App. 4th at 1569. Muhammed has voluntarily injected himself into the gubernatorial election and legalization of assisted suicide by: (1) sponsoring publicity and efforts to influence the…

The United States gave its people freedom to determine what they want to read and listen. If we wouldn’t be able to take what we want to read, this country wouldn’t be any different from those dictators. People can make their own intelligent decisions without government telling them to do so. To genuinely know about something, learning from different angles is essential. We can’t say that we truly know of something if we haven’t seen the entire picture, positive side and negative side; we just…