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When the rumor hit over the weekend that several dozen Tecmo employees could be joining Tomonobu Itagaki in his lawsuit against the company, no one realized how much of an underestimate that number really was: Joystiq is reporting that Tecmo is being sued by all 300 of its employees.

Kotaku reported on the specifics of the suit, in which the workers claim that they were illegally placed on a "flexible hours" schedule and weren't paid the overtime that they feel they deserve. What's worse is that Tecmo may have created false documents while covering up accounting documents.

It looks like Tecmo's labor practices and failure to fulfill Japanese law by reporting Itagaki's lawsuit to shareholders on the same day as the filing could leave them in serious, serious legal trouble. We'll be sure to keep you updated as the drama continues to unfold.

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This article was originally published on Gaming Horizon, GameBump's predecessor. It was written by Evan Lahti.

Late last month, Texas politician and gubernatorial candidate Star Locke proposed a $10,000 per-abortion tax on medical clinics and a 50 percent tax on soda that "contains added glucose, fructose, and sucrose." Likewise, Locke suggested a 50 percent "grease tax" on "all food prepared by deep-frying or cooking in any form of oil or grease for human consumption." Locke justified his radical tariffs, stating to the Amarillo Globe: "I take the position that the founding fathers took: that the power to tax is the power to destroy."

One can only imagine the ensuing riots at speculation of a $9 quarter-pounder, but though Locke's levies are illogical (if not unconstitutional), one final suggestion topped the cake: to pass a 100 percent sales tax on violent videogames into law.

While gamers shouldn't fret about paying $100 for the next Halo or Grand Theft Auto update, they should worry that Locke's "solution" is indicative of a growing trend in American politics - more than ever, legislators are pushing for laws that illegalize the sale of violent and mature videogames to minors.

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