Singapore bans Microsoft's video game for sex scene
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| Singapore is the only country to have banned the game, so far, and it is the
| first Microsoft video game to be banned in the city-state, The Straits Times
| said.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKSIN30470020071115?rpc=44
Microsoft's violence and sex fetish strikes again.
Related:
New Microsoft Ad Features Girl's Orgasm
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| The ad shows a teenager asking her dad if she can stay out late on
| a date. The dad agrees on a 10:30 curfew, then answers the door.
| When he sees a cigarette-smoking punk at the door to take out hisd
| aughter, the video flashes to a half-second scene showing a car
| parked in some disreputable section of town, bouncing up and down,
| with the SOUND OF THE GIRL'S ORGASM...
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http://www.therawfeed.com/2007/05/new-microsoft-ad-features-teen-girls.html
Halo 3 Korea Promotion Part 2 ~ ver1~
WTF???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldn5m-vMLwA
Microsoft XBox Banned Commercials
http://www.mall.hk/news/2007/08/21/what-you-missed-xbox-iptv-and-bill-gatess-criminal-past-2/
UK advertising authority nixes Xbox 360 spot
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| The UK's Advertising Standards Authority, an industry self-policing
| group, has ruled that an ad for Microsoft's Xbox 360 is out of
| bounds and can't be aired there again.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/113551.asp
Jack Thompson Lays His Legal Sights on Halo 3
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| Just when you thought it was safe to check your inbox. Miami attorney
| and anti-game activist Jack Thompson was back at it again today. It
| seems Mr. Thompson is taking issue with the pending release of
| Microsoft's Halo 3 game, currently being enjoyed by 360 owners
| everywhere with its multiplayer beta.
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http://www.gamealmighty.com/story-individual/story/Jack_Thompson_Lays_His_Legal_Sites_on_Halo_3/
http://tinyurl.com/22qjgy
Microsoft, Wal-Mart sued over baby's death
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| While the figurative jury is still out as to whether video games harm our
| youth by inciting them to commit violence, loiter unnecessarily, and utter
| profanities, a real flesh-and-blood jury may soon be deciding if one faulty
| Xbox was to blame for the December 2004 death of an Illinois baby.
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/microsoft-wal-mart-sued-over-babys-death/
Court: Microsoft, Best Buy must stand trial for racketeering
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| That was all done without his knowledge or agreement, he
| says.
|
| A similar incident happened to the buyer of a cell phone at a
| Reno Best Buy store, the case says. Microsoft withdrew monthly
| MSN payments from her debit card account for 17 months withouth
| er knowledge or permission, the allegations say.
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http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=5059
[H]omer:
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| Initially I had no idea what this story was about [confused], until I
| watched the GooTube video, and realised that apparently Microsoft had
| commissioned some sort of "Lets-pretend: Cowboys and Indians" advert for
| their eX-b0rks.
|
| > http://www.onthexbox.com/news981.html
|
| Since I don't own an eX-b0rks, and never will, and also since I usually
| manage to successfully avoid all advertising on all mediums, I had never
| seen this advert until now.
|
| Frankly, I think it highly irresponsible, and I'd be very surprised if
| the ITC approved it for transmission in the UK. They've banned unsavoury
| adverts from Microsoft before:
|
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/new_media/2028725.stm
|
| Like I said, I avoid advertising like the plague, so maybe someone can
| enlighten me as to whether this gun-mania advert was ever shown in the
| UK.
|
| > Mafia culture?
|
| I don't think this is uniquely Microsoft trait. America just has a
| particularly lax attitude towards firearms, and their irresponsible
| advertising reflects that.
|
| I'm sure there are those who believe this is just a storm in a teacup,
| but promoting firearms, even in a juvenile "lets-pretend" fashion (in
| fact especially in a juvenile "lets-pretend" fashion) is exactly the
| kind of thing that ultimately leads to the kinds of gun violence we see
| all over America, with particular reference to schools.
|
| Like I said, I don't know if this advert was ever shown in the UK, or
| even ever intended to be shown over here, but American companies, and
| American advertisers, need to bear in mind, that not every country in
| the world is filled with gun-toting maniacs, and we don't all aspire to
| going around killing everyone.
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Viral Marketing Leads to Mock Gunfight
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| The latest in a series of attempts around the world to mimic the
| segment that, according to media analysts, amounts to free "viral
| advertising" for Microsoft Corp.
|
| The latest incident took place on Tuesday in the cafeteria at
| South Carleton High School when a crowd of students shot finger
| guns at one another and feigned death by either falling or
| slumping to the ground.
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http://www.onthexbox.com/news981.html
So THIS is why people want Windows!
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| And what did that (family-) friendly page show me? Nothing less than Heidi
| Klum naked!
|
| MSN Germany Start Page I am by no means a prude guy, and I think that Heidi
| Klum looks beautiful, with or without clothes. Still I didn’t expect
| something like that. And I thought:
|
| “So this is what we Linux & Free Software people are missing! No wonder that
| so many people stick with closed source software and operating systems!”
|
| [...]
|
| So sex sells and Microsofts wins?
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http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=388
Former Miss Austrlia to sex up IT industry
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| Microsoft is hiring a former Miss Australia to encourage young people to get
| involved in the computer industry.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4157506a28.html
WhatsWrongWithU
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| The site is targetted to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Korea, with an
| abrasive attempt at in your face attitude. However, one has to
| wonder if the whole thing will come off as more than a little insulting.
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http://www.armchairempire.com/News/?p=187
Those Microsoft Vista ads are really bizarre
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| I know that Martin is a spokesman for the product, and he even
| starred in some of the spots, but they were very confusing and
| offputting, especially if you tuned into the special halfway
| through and didn't hear anything about Microsoft Vista.
|
| Actually, the whole idea behind the ads makes me think someone
| at the ad agency or Microsoft is a Lost fan. The old guy in
| charge of an odd secret organizations (The Institute For
| Advanced Personhood), telling you to go to a site that will
| help you get rid of your clutter, the retro look of the spots,
| the use of old footage and computers. Very Hanso-ish, very viral.
| But I wonder if they're too odd to be successful?
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http://www.adjab.com/2007/01/15/those-microsoft-vista-ads-are-really-bizarre/l
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