The National Institute on Media and the Family has issues its 11th Annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card analyzing the state of the video game industry from the perspective of parents, families, and controlling content available to children. After a disastrous report in 2005, which saw the industry given scathing reviews following the undisclosed explicit sexual content revealed by the “Hot Coffee” modification to Take 2 Games’ Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the report finds that things are generally looking up for the industry. Overall, MediaWise finds that retailers are doing a better job enforcing age restrictions associated with game ratings, and finds that increased parental controls present in next-generation game consoles are doing a better job of letting parents monitor and control gaming content accessible to their children.
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Plextor PX-708A review
Quote from the review at DVD Writers:
“Plextor have put out a fine product Plextor with their 708A DVD writer.
Plextor has long been known as the company that produces quality optical drives and they haven’t failed with the 708A – this drive is leagues ahead of the competition.
The 708A’s 8 speed dvd writing in around 8mins is a far cry from the days of Pioneer A03 (which was our first reviewed DVD writer) and would write a DVD in around 1 hour. At 8 speed the 708A gave the fastest DVD writing times of any DVD writer we have tested. Since 8 speed DVD+R isn’t an official standard the Plextor 708A can write to a few good quality 4 speed +R at 8 speed (saving you a few quid in the process).
Warner to bring music to Nokia 3300
The collaboration – one of the first international campaigns between Nokia and a single music company – marks a completely new way for music fans to legally consume music content. An inbox MMCmemory card will include short music clips from emerging artists, as well as True tone ring tones, multimedia message templates and color wallpapers. The Nokia 3300 music device is the first Nokiadevice for the GSM markets supporting True tones, an exciting new way of personalizing the combined mobile phone and music device with real music samples as ring tones to alert users of an incomingcall. As an additional bonus, the Nokia 3300 sales packages will contain a CD-ROM of full-length tracks showcasing the talents of young, upcoming artists from Warner Music International, whichusers can download to their Nokia 3300 music device using the included Nokia Audio Manager PC software. Nokia and Warner Music International will be promoting three bands in connection withthe Nokia 3300: A (www.a-communication.com), Harry (www.h-a-r-r-y.com) and Krezip (http://www.krezip.com/). A’s hard edgedpunk/rock sound has been on the scene since 1997 and with recent hits in the UK, they are making a name for themselves. Harry is a great rock/pop female performer from the UK, with an iconicstyle and a passion for being herself. Krezip, after starting life as a high school band, has been recognized as one of the major emerging Dutch acts. Jay Durgan, Senior VicePresident Marketing, Warner Music International commented; “Warner Music International are very pleased to be involved in this new marketing collaboration with Nokia, the world leader in mobilecommunications. Moreover, Nokia’s and WMI’s shared intertest in providing a legal, efficient and easy means for consumers to preview artists and their music is most gratifying and has enormouspotential. And WMI look forward to exploring with Nokia other ways of working together including the possibility of involving our sister companies within the AOL Time Warner group.” “Music isa part of our everyday lives and the Nokia 3300 brings together technology and music in an innovate and appealing package. Working with Warner Music International we can create possibilities for fansto enjoy music and personalize their mobile devices in a whole new way, with extra content s such as a wallpaper or True tone ring tone from your favourite artist, ” said Ilkka Raiskinen Senior VicePresident, Entertainment and Media Business Unit, Nokia Mobile Phones. Designed specifically for enjoying music, the Nokia 3300 music device working on GSM 900/1800 bands, incorporates aportable digital music player (MP3/AAC), a stereo FM radio, a digital recorder, advanced ring tones for a real music experience and enhanced messaging* and games features in a single high quality,fun package. The Nokia 3300 music device is equipped with a Pop-Port(TM) connector enabling the use of a USB cable for easy transfer of music files, and has a 64 MB MMC memory card as standard in thesales package.
