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News of the Week; April 30, 2014
1. Stanford Has a Videogame Controller That Knows if You’re Bored 2. New ESA Report Offers Stats Galore on American Gaming Trends 3. PC market has surpassed console – DFC 4. Women increasing representation among US gamers – ESA 5. Virtual rape and slavery scandal rocks Minecraft community 6. Playing with privilege: the invisible benefits of gaming while male 7. How Dota 2 […]
Video Game Law talk on CKNW
Was a guest for a couple of segments of the Bill Good Show on CKNW the morning of April 29. It was a wide ranging conversation with a couple of interesting calls. The audio can be found here: jon
News of the Week; April 23, 2014
1. US v. SILVIUS, Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit 2014; mod chips conviction 2. King Settles Trademark Disputes With ‘CandySwipe’ and ‘The Banner Saga’ Makers 3. King Stock Bumped Up by Tencent Partnership 4. Candy Crush Gets Nationwide TV Ads in Japan, and They’re Super Weird 5. PS4 outsold Xbox One in March while Titanfall led software sales 6. It’s Official: […]
BC Campus blog: 5 lessons learned from using UBC’s open publishing platforms
A very nice interview piece at the BC Campus on lessons learned putting together this site. Click on the image below:
Elisa Kreisinger on Fair Use(r): Art and Copyright Online
An excellant, pointed presentation and discussion of fair use from the perspective of a creator. Though not about modding video games per se, the basic conundrums and nuances can be similar. The thoughfulness and thoroughness of the presenter and those in the audience is impressive. Enjoy. jon
News of the Week; April 16, 2014
1. Legal battles shook Titanfall dev Respawn, report says 2. Halo composer fired “without cause” 3. Inside Eve Online’s Fear of a Russian Star Cluster 4. Spector aims to build “Navy SEALs of game development training” 5. How A Drexel Professor Created The World’s Biggest Game Of Tetris 6. Virtual Reality, Oculus Rift, and Computing’s Next Big Reset 7. An oral history […]
News of the Week; April 9, 2014
1. Video Game Store Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Faces Five Years in Prison 2. Study: Games’ link to aggression comes from challenge, not violence 3. Ultimate Gay Fighter To Be Renamed After Legal Pressure 4. The Reality of Sexism in the Game Industry 5. Are Japanese women the future of its gaming? 6. Blizzard, trans clans, and the evolution […]
News of the Week; April 2, 2014
1. The Times They Are a’Trollin’: World of Warcraft Wins Suit against Patent Trolls 2. PlayStation problems: no defense in Sony’s cyberattack suits 3. 3DRealms to Gearbox: ‘We Still Own Duke Nukem’ 4. Epic’s goal: Don’t be Comcast 5. Is the Oculus Rift sexist? 6. Is The Oculus Rift Acquisition A PR Disaster For Kickstarter And Facebook? 7. Oculus founder didn’t expect […]