Next-Gen speaks with Dr. Tanya Byron, author of the independent report published Thursday, Safer Children in a Digital World. Here, she talks about the reaction to her recommendations and the game industry's likely next moves...
Dr Byron, a clinical psychologist, yesterday set out an action plan for the UK government, industry and families to work together to support children's safety online and to reduce access to adult videogames.
Next-Gen: You've been talking to the media and to the call-in shows today. What's the reaction been like to the proposals you set out?
Dr. Tanya Byron: I suppose the first response I got this morning was from the Prime Minister when he said to me, when we were on GMTV together, that he was going to accept my recommendations in full, followed by the Secretaries of State at the launch I did later. I understand there's been a very positive debate in Parliament about the review.
A number of MPs have supported the recommendations and also the processes of the review and we're getting calls in from industry which are in line with the kind of relationship I've had with both the videogames and internet industries which has been so incredibly positive throughout this review.
I think we can make things happen here in a pretty positive way for children and families in terms of digital safety.
EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
Rob Webb of KnowTechie writes: We're still waiting on the details, but this video game adaptation promises to be seriously creepy.
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...and publishers, and developers, and taxpayers doing anything against this GOD DAMNED b1tch? I wish somebody raped her. Then again, she's probably in her 40s and single, so she'd want that. I hope then that NOBODY rapes her... ;)
Oh cmon, just because some ho says videogame ratings are weak does not mean its true.
First she looks like a horse, second most of her research was biased(i prefer video evidence), i see shes a TV personality as well and not a very good one either.
If i were the US government, i would look more closely at my health care and crumbling housing market...
to keep her stupid ideas on the other side of the ocean, hopefuly the Us says no to this ho. The current rating we have is fine, its up to the parents to see what their kids get. If they have no parents then video games are not their worst problems, and if they simply have bad parents(the kind that cant look at the front of a box) then you cant blame video games for them being Fuc#ed up little bastids.