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A Brief History of Graphics

A Brief History of Graphics

If I remember from my time in Video Game Law several years ago, this is the time of year when there is lots of time to spare. Law students, having done all their studying and completed their papers weeks in advance, long for something to occupy their time. There is hope! Here is a five part […]

Games Are Not Coffee Mugs, Episode 5

Professor William K. Ford of The John Marshall Law School just sent me a link to the latest episode in his excellent video series on games. It is an interview with a past guest in our course, Patrick Sweeney, on the very interesting and somewhat fraught subject of “The Video Game Industry and Hollywood”. Enjoy. […]

Week 12 – 11/19/14: “Terminators, Orcs & Other Anomalies” & Adrian Crook

Week 12 – 11/19/14: “Terminators, Orcs & Other Anomalies” & Adrian Crook

Thanks to Adrian Crook for a very useful overview of the opportunities and cycles of the video game industry. Video and slides below. jon                                          

Law 423B UBC Open Badges Project Survey

Law 423B UBC Open Badges Project Survey

  The addition of badges to the Video Game Law website has no doubt been one of the more pleasant surprises of this academic season. It was only in late August 2014 that the possibility of the course being included in the Open Badges UBC Project even emerged. In that context it is perhaps a […]

Video-Blog News of the Week; November 19, 2014

Video-Blog News of the Week; November 19, 2014

This week: Some strange symmetry’s of control and attempted control in the video game world. jon