Nintendo To Change The Japanese Name Of Spike In Mario Movie; Here’s Why

Nintendo has announced that it will be changing the Japanese name of the foreman named Spike in the Super Mario Bros. Movie in the Japanese version of the film. See, Spike was an enemy in the NES game Wrecking Crew back in 1985. His Japanese name? It's Blackie. Anyone can tell you that this old name could lead to people using it as a racial slur...

Halloween Ends On A Butchered Note, If You’re Watching It Here

In Halloween Ends, the final entry in the Halloween reboot slasher flick horror movie trilogy, the real evil isn't hulking serial killer bogeyman Michael Myers (Nick Castle). Instead, it's the Lembaga Penapis Filem/Film Censorship Board of Malaysia. Rusty Knife The meat of the film's second and third part, the kills that our runaway killer enacts...

China And Video Games: Censorship And Surveillance

This year, almost half of the global games market is dominated by the Asia Pacific region. That market share is represented by an estimated value of US$72 billion in revenue. Out of that amount, China represents US$36 billion. Believe it or not, even with that amount China isn't the number one games market in the world. It used to be. Now that spot...