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Posted Dec 07, 2007 at 09:14AM by Isaac C. Listed in: Interviews, News, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Games Tags: Microsoft, Kaos Studios, Map Editor, Frank DeLise, SIXAXIS
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Frontlines: Fuel of War - Image 1In an interview with GameSpot, Frank DeLise, general manager of KAOS Studios, talks about the various strengths and weaknesses Frontlines: Fuel of War will have on each platform it will appear on. DeLise talks about the PC-exclusive multiplayer map editor, the use of the PS3's SIXAXIS controller, and the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Server Platform. Read all about the platform details for Frontlines: Fuel of War in the full article.

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Posted May 02, 2007 at 09:01PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: Opinions & Analysis Tags: Ubisoft, Map Editor, Tom Clancy, Casino, Virginia, Counter-Strike
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We just reported earlier about the rather belated news of the expulsion of a Chinese student. He was expelled from Clements High School because he was spotted playing a game of Counter-Strike on a map that, according to the police, was based off of his own high school's floor plan.

Clements High School in Sugartown, Texas - Image 1Unfortunately, because many facts have been hidden from the media, I, for one, am very skeptical about such a claim. I've searched high and low for more information on the story, but all of it revolved around relations to the Virginia Tech shooting and some executive board members soiling their underpants fearful of another incident. The most specific of facts were hidden, but to what aim? Fairness? Speaking of fairness...

Authorities claimed that hallways in the map were reminiscent of the student's high school's hallways. Granted that may be so, is the high school made up of just those hallways?

It's sad that we ended up drawing speculations here, but because the evidence (the map layout coupled with the high school floorplan) was never revealed to the media, can you blame us for doing so?

But let's take this into another point of view. There are many issues that gamers and some third-party onlookers have raised with this development, just about equally for and against the rash decision of the district board. First is the issue of maps depicting real-life locations and understanding what map making entails.

The second issue that people have had, which includes the 17-year-old senior's supporters, involves blowing the Virginia Tech shooting to proportions way off the "common sense Richter scale." In fact, it either began to look like the budding of another racial stereotype or, as one district board member claimed, the first of probably many overreactions, thanks to the VA Tech shooting and anti-video game activists. But let's tackle these one by one.

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