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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
Week 12 Guest Speaker: Adrian Crook
Adrian Crook is our guest speaker this week. Adrian is the Managing Director of Adrian Crook & Associates (http://adriancrook.com) and will be speaking about the structures and opportunities of the video game industry. In the words of his firm’s website “Adrian Crook is an award-winning […]
Audio of VIFF Panel Discussion on Orphan works
As noted in an earlier post, on October 10, 2014 I had the pleasure of appearing on a panel with Professor Joel Bakan of UBC Law and Professor Colin Browne of SFU as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival to discuss the subject of “orphan works” The connection to VIFF was that the […]
Why we Game: Simulations
While researching for my paper, I ran across the idea that there is a spectrum of gaming. On one side is simulation, which attempts to be as real as possible. On the other side is fantasy, which takes advantage of the medium to allow people to enjoy situations and worlds not confined by social, physical […]
News of the Week; November 12, 2014
GAMES 1. Glu Mobile sues Hothead over “rip off” Kill Shot + Deer Hunter Vs. Killshot: Why Specific Expression Matters More Than Similar Shooter-Genre Staples 2. Blizzard president Mike Morhaime condemns hate and harassment in gaming at BlizzCon keynote + When Gamergate Targets You: Who The Hell Keeps Calling Me? + Actually, it’s about ethics in games journalism (meme collection) 3. Research: […]