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Russian Lawyer Pushes to Ban DotA 2 for Russians under the Age of 18 0
- Esports, Gaming
- January 30, 2017
In an interesting argument presented by Novosibirsk lawyer Anton Tikhonov, the activist is reported to have written a letter to Valve Corporation regarding certain elements of popular MOBA DotA 2 that violate laws of the Russian Federation. Speaking to the NGS.NOVOSTI publication, Tikhonov says and I quote: “The game creates a positive image of alcohol.
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CS:GO and DotA Betting to continue in India, Only Selected Countries To Face a Ban 0
- Gaming
- August 5, 2016
For those of you who have been living under a rock, here is a short summary of everything that occurred in the past few months. People ranging from the age of 1-99 could use in-game items of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that have monetary value to bet on teams, and on some websites, even to gamble.
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CSGO player files Suit against Valve over Illegal Betting 0
- Gaming, News
- June 24, 2016
The Counter Strike Global Offensive is one of the most popular games in the world. One of the causes for its popularity is the gambling market and this marketplace is increasing at a regular pace. This market is annoying many fans and one such annoyed fan cased a suit against valve telling that they are
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Suspicious Gabe Newell’s Tweet Confirms HALF LIFE 3 ? – Rumor 2
- Gaming, News
- May 31, 2016
Gabe Newell, Co-founder and managing director of video game development and online distribution company Valve Corporation, finally joins social media site Twitter. Or so it seems UNTIL the account is verified. *So this could be all fake* It gains 9000 followers in less than half an hour. but the bigger news is that the twitter profile’s
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Then VS Now FPS Gaming : Part 2 (The Rise)0
- Editorials, Gaming
- May 18, 2016
This is the second part of Asidcast’s Then VS Now series, if you haven’t read the first half, click here. Previously, we talked about the gaming’s greatest shooters like Wolfenstein, Metroid and Half Life. I’ll be writing about the golden decade of gaming in this article, on how gaming evolved, with better technology and spawned
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Then VS Now: FPS Gaming : Part 1 (The Origins)1
- Editorials, Gaming
- March 21, 2016
During the formative years of gaming, our great action heroes were nothing more than a tiny animated sprite made of a few pixels. Contra , Metroid, and Metal Gear were all great shooters back in the day, but the shooter genre had a lot more to give. Then the Japanese got innovative and made light
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