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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
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
This week: Some strange symmetry’s of control and attempted control in the video game world. jon
Week 13 Guest Speaker: Anoop Desai of Electronic Arts
Anoop Desai will be our final guest speaker for this video game law cohort. Anoop is Director, Business Affairs/Development at Electronic Arts (Canada) Inc. and has been with EA since 2007. Previously he was with Next Level Games and practiced law with Alexander, Holburn, Beaudin & Lang from 2001 to […]
South Park: Freemium isn’t Free
South Park has covered and brought light to a large number of topics over 18 seasons. While always hilarious, and sometimes offensive, they can also be surprisingly informative. Few weeks ago South Park tackled the topic of freemium games. Since it relates closely to the course, I took upon myself to watch the episode, for research. […]
Week 11 – 11/12/14: “Controlling the Controllers” & Jas Purewal (& Oculus Rifts)
There are many thank you’s due after this past weeks class which involved an unprecedented amount of technology. First thanks to Jas Purewal for joining us from London England to talk about international video game law issues. Jas’ perspectives on video game law are regularly at his popular site at http://www.gamerlaw.co.uk Huge thanks also to […]
News of the Week; November 19, 2014
GAMES 1. Ubisoft’s Sneaky Scheme to Keep You From Seeing Bad Reviews + 3 Reasons Why Video Game Review Embargoes Are Particularly Anti-Consumer + Why didn’t Ubisoft do the right thing and delay Assassin’s Creed Unity? 2. No Dragon Age: Inquisition for India as EA pulls RPG: Local obscenity laws to blame, says EA 3. Assassin’s Creed Unity Criticized By Former French […]
Casual Gaming
I cannot class myself as a hard-core gamer, yes when I was younger I owned a play-station 2 and did play lots of formula 1 racing games among other things (I owned a steering wheel and pedals), but today I am part of that ever growing group many “real” gamers seem to dislike, the casual […]
Video-Blog News of the Week; November 12, 2014
This week – Is it violent video-games that make some #gamergater’s act the way they do. Most unlikely. But the better answer from an academic/research perspective may well be much more troubling. jon