The 8:30 Report: This Morning in Philly
It’s not a game — it’s a documentary: Chicago and Miami transit authorities have already caved in to activists who call the video game “Grand Theft Auto IV” a “murder simulator,” but in a rousing stand for free speech — well, OK, no, it’s undoubtedly the 83 grand in revenue — SEPTA is refusing to pull GTA ads from the sides of its buses. The agency courted similar controversy last year by accepting ads for the game “Hitman.” [KYW]
From brownfield to green energy: The mayor yesterday announced that a German company will be building an $8 million array of solar panels on six acres of Navy Yard wasteland. The plant should be pumping out sun juice by the end of the year, and will eventually produce enough wattage to power 200 homes. [Metro]
Drexel law school gets rugged, manly name: Mack Law. Well, officially, the Earle Mack School of Law, thanks to a $15 million donation — one of the largest ever given to an American law school — from real estate development tycoon/former ambassador to Finland Earle I. Mack. But it sounds best without a pause — MACKlaw. Now that’s power. [Inquirer]
April 30th, 2008 at 9:36 am
I think we need a contest, the first person to provide a photo of a SEPTA bus with a Grand Theft Auto advertisment gets a copy of this months Philly Mag.
April 30th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Second prize is ten copies.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Not spamming here, but we’ve got additional coverage on the SEPTA issue, as well as the decision by transit agencies in Chicago and Miami to remove the GTA IV ads at GamePolitics.com
…and I’ve got a picture of a GTA IV on the side of a SEPTA bus idling in Doylestown. Do I win the magazine? LOL