Last week Microsoft filed for a real time profanity patent. The patent outlines a method of bleeping or silencing profane words and is done without any human intervention or need for a delay which many current systems use. While some people will cry out against the Orwellian ramifications of such a filter I [...]
Microsoft Profanity Patent
May 8th, 2006 · No Comments
Featured in Electronic Gaming Monthly
April 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment
The Halo 2 Profanity Study that I completed in January of 2006 was published in the May issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly on Page 24.
Check out a scan:
More on the Halo 2 Profanity Study
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Hilarious Comic RE: Profanity Study
February 18th, 2006 · 1 Comment
While checking out some incoming links from my Halo 2 Profanty Study I found Dimitri Tcaciuc’s weblog and comic drawings.
He has a great comic up for which the study was an inspiration.
GO check it out here
Hold up Profanity Update
February 10th, 2006 · 13 Comments
Reading through various linking sites regarding my Halo 2 Profanity Study, coming in from Fark.com, joystiq.com amongst others, it seems many people think I am uptight or want the government to crack down on the gaming industry.
You couldn’t be more wrong
If you re read the article please notice I do not want the government to [...]
Frequency of Profanity in Halo 2
February 8th, 2006 · 218 Comments
Thanks for visiting, please realize that I’m not writing this to advocate censoring or that I’m surprised by swearing or don’t like it, I was just curious to see what the frequency was.
When you logon to Xbox live more often then not you will be greeted by a 14 year old that learned a new [...]
