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Defamation of Anonymous Celebrities
An interesting idea came to me while writing my paper, which I think could be spun off into a topic all it’s own. When considering the problem of online harassment and privacy protection, I began to wonder: could there be a cause of action arising from damage to a reputation that is not linked to […]
News of the Week; December 10, 2014
GAMES 1. Activision Prevails in ‘Angry Monkey’ Military Patch Lawsuit 2. General George Patton’s rights holders go to war with video game maker: Case follows similar infringement gaming suits by Lindsay Lohan, Manuel Noriega. 3. Kmart Australia Joins Target Australia in Pulling ‘GTA V’ From Stores Shelves + Take-Two: Don’t like GTA? Don’t buy it 4. Why does gender balance […]
Is A Cat A Cat? (Derrida + Double Dragon) – 8-Bit Philosophy
Given the post-structuralist paths traversed during this year’s edition of Video Game Law, it just doesn’t get any more weirdly appropriate then this…Jacques Derrida’s philosophy explained through video game graphics. Surreal. jon
Video Game Law (423B) Open Badge Pathways | Open Badges
Video Game Law (423B) Open Badge Pathways | Open Badges Above is a link to a nice interim report on our badges experiment by Erin Fields of UBC Library. Have compiled it so some further data should be up relatively soon. jon
Les Simerables | Jacobin
Les Simerables | Jacobin Click on the link above to read an amazing piece from Jacobin magazine about the values, judgments and worldview expressed through the SimCity series of games. More evidence that all art […]
News of the Week; December 3, 2014
GAMES 1. Nintendo and Philips settle patent dispute 2. France’s Health and Safety body says kids shouldn’t use 3D: Nintendo responds, points to existing usage recommendations 3. Nintendo Patents Game Boy Emulation For Use In Mobile Devices, In-Flight Entertainment 4. Target Australia removes GTA V from sale following petition 5. Let’s Talk About Ethics In Games Journalism! (Zoe Quinn) + Actually, […]
Week 13 – 11/26/14: “The Ethical Underpinnings of Video-Games”
Thanks to the always thoughtful Anoop Desai of EA for giving us some remarkable insights into the future of how we may game. For this final week of this years class only videos of my presentation and slides will be available. They are below. jon
“Road to VR” article about our Oculus Rift class
Just click on the image above. Some Reddit comments can also be found at: http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2n2nqx/vrchat_ubc_law_423b_education_in_vr/ & at http://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2no4ex/vr_chat_used_to_deliver_one_of_the_first/ jon
Video-Blog News of the Week; November 26, 2014
This week marks the end of weekly video-blogs for news of the week. With classes ended will now switch to a monthly format going forward. Corporate interests and their impact on players and consumers is the theme of this episode. jon
News of the Week; November 26, 2014
GAMES 1. Activision Blizzard Settles With Shareholders Over Vivendi Stock Repurchase Plan 2. Activision using copyright notices to take down Call of Duty exploit videos: YouTubers may get infringement strikes for showing glitches and cheating methods. 3. FTC Hammers Sony For Misleading Advertising 4. Assassin’s Creed Unity Season Pass ‘discontinued’, free game offered: Ubisoft to offer free game to […]