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Nicole Carpenter

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Aug 13, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · Nicole Carpenter

    Mortal Kombat Stabbing Lawsuit Tested Free Speech Protections For Games (opens the original)

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    Video games are not products, so maker Midway Games cannot be sued under product liability claims, a Connecticut judge ruled Wednesday. As such, Andrea Wilson—the mother of Noah Wilson, who died after being stabbed—cannot sue the Mortal Kombat maker. Andrea Wilson’s son, Noah Wilson, was stabbed to death by a friend, identified as Yancy in court documents, on Nov. 22, 1997 at 13 years old. Andrea Wilson, in her complaint filed exactly three years after Noah Wilson’s death, said that Noah Wilson

  2. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Nicole Carpenter

    5 Lawsuits Accusing PlayStation Of Being Anti-Competitive, Explained (opens the original)

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    Sony Interactive Entertainment pulled digital download codes from retail stores in April 2019 before announcing its disc-less future earlier this month. Not only did lots of PlayStation fans hate these decisions, they also argued that they constitute anticompetitive behavior. PlayStation is forcing its players into purchasing video games exclusively from its online marketplace, the PlayStation Store, players who filed lawsuits said. Sony benefits from that, according to the lawsuits, because it’

  3. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Nicole Carpenter

    Backrooms Meccha Chameleon And Other Clones Flood Roblox (opens the original)

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    Meccha Chameleon is kinda like prop hunt, the hide-and-seek video game mode born out of Garry’s Mod. In prop hunt, players inhabit random game assets set about in a scene. Meccha Chameleon forces you to blend into them. You use MS Paint-like tools to hide yourself right in the open. It was an instant hit. The two-person development team sold 15 million copies within its first month. Meccha Chameleon‘s all-time concurrent player peak is just over 340,000. The number has since dropped to around 10

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