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Swedish Game Developers Sign Petition Supporting Diversity, Rejecting Harassment
GamePolitics
Diversity is very important to Sweden's video games industry.

ESA Foundation Awards $90K in Scholarships to Women and Minorities
GamePolitics
The future looks bright and diverse for the video game industry.

Reminder: Developers will always have the freedom to create whatever they like
Polygon
People make what they want to make.

Microsoft Talks Minecraft Buyout, Possibility of Minecraft 2
GameSpot
Phil Spencer says Microsoft must "meet the needs" of the Minecraft community first before it thinks about how to grow the franchise.

The extravagant Witcher 3 intro cinematic is here
Eurogamer
You'll never see crows in the same way again.

League of Legends tops the global MMO revenue tables as F2P dominates subscriptions
MCV
League of Legends is the world’s biggest MMO.

Scientists are trying to make robots that can feel things
Kill Screen
The use of robots is widespread throughout society: in medicine, combat, warehouses and factories.

Judge Doesn’t ‘Think’ Police are Abusing Spy Technology, and More in MuckReads
Pro Publica
"It's not just bullets you need to watch out for."

This video game might be the future of ADHD and Alzheimer's treatment
Verge
Welcome to the interactive future of brain medicine.

GI Show 222: Bayonetta 2, Fantasia & Harmonix, Extra Life Charity
Game Informer
From button-mashing to arm-waving, it's been an eccentric week for games.

Help Us Save Net Neutrality!
A recent proposal by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler would allow ISPs to charge content providers extra money for faster access to its customers. The proposal goes against everything that the Open Internet Order stands for. Wheeler believes that this is the solution to the FCC's loss in the D.C. Appeals Court to Verizon, but everyone who knows anything about Net Neutrality will tell you this is a huge step in the wrong direction. So what can all of us do about? We can use the tools provided by the ECA to let the FCC and lawmakers in D.C. know that we want them to halt the murder of net neutrality. You can get started at action.theeca.com right now!

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