GAMES
2. Zenimax lawsuit against Oculus will proceed to trial
3. More settlements in Rhode Island’s 38 Studios court case
4. Steam offers full, unconditional refunds for ‘Journey of the Light’
5. Chicago Blackhawks Right Wing Patrick Kane removed from ‘NHL 16’ cover
6. Shots fired: video game argument ends in gunplay for two Columbus gamers
7. Kings of Poverty: Super Arcade and the Fighting Game Community vs. the City of Azusa
8. Cheating at Candy Crush Saga
9. ESL details new drug testing policies
10. Donald Trump’s disdain for video games
11. Angry Birds 2 hits 20 million downloads in week one
12. Hearthstone makes $20m a month – SuperData
13. Blizzard registers trademark for Compete eSports service
15. Core console software sales are higher than ever – EEDAR
16. Gamescom sets attendance record
17. Challenge accepted: interviewing an Internet #hashtag
18. Konami sees profit growth of 160%
19. Konami’s draconian workplace raises no eyebrows in Japan
20. USC initiative to turn student devs into pros
21. How the TV show in Xbox One exclusive ‘Quantum Break’ works
22. SURPRISE: Online Gaming Builds Stronger Connections Between Friends
23. Living Room Wars: Remediation,Boardgames,and theEarly History of Video Wargaming (Sebastian Deterding)
24. Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Research; Volume 15, Issue 1, July 2015)
- Meta-Game Studies (Espen Aarseth)
- The Demarcation Problem in Multiplayer Games: Boundary-Work in EVE Online’s eSport (Marcus Carter, Martin Gibbs, Michael Arnold)
- Me and Lee: Identification and the Play of Attraction in The Walking Dead (Nicholas Taylor, Chris Kampe, Kristina Bell)
- No Mastery Without Mystery: Dark Souls and the Ludic Sublime (Daniel Vella)
- Self-Reflexivity and Humor in Adventure Games (Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone)
- A Manifesto, With Footnotes. A Review of Miguel Sicart’s “Play Matters” (Sebastian Deterding)
- Jørgensen’s “Gameworld Interfaces” (Hans-Joachim Backe)
DIGITAL
2. Federal court certifies action for “publicity given to private life”
3. Why Canada’s Net Neutrality Enforcement is Going at Half-Throttle (Michael Geist)
4. Google’s $6 Billion Miscalculation on the EU: Why the search leader’s antitrust deal fell apart
5. Google And EU Wrangle Over ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Law Global Implementation
7. News Corp. Makes Copyright Claim Over News Corp’s Live Video Stream Of The GOP Debate
8. Eat, Pray, Post: How virality is westernizing the entire world
10. Once Again The Economist Thinks Patents Are Hindering Innovation And Need Reform
11. It’s Operating Systems Vs. Messaging Apps In The Battle For Tech’s Next Frontier
12. Did Virtual Reality Just Have Its Google Glass “Shower” Moment?
+ Time rolls out all the stereotypical nerd tropes for VR cover
+ Oculus Rift creator: ‘I love the cover’
13. Unreal: Virtual reality is changing how college football teams train, recruit
14. What Happens When Spotify Gets Behind an Artist? A Case Study of Hozier and Major Lazer
15. Pixar will make USD software open source in 2016
16. Tinder and the Dawn of the “Dating Apocalypse”
17. Smartwatches Decimated Traditional Watch Sales Last Month
18. 10 Former Internet Trolls Explain Why They Quit Being Jerks
19. The ethics of modern web ad-blocking
CREATIVITY
1. Goodfellas’ actor’s $250m ‘Simpsons’ image rights claim shot down
4. Shakira’s hit song ‘Loca’ not plagiarism, U.S. judge rules
5. Michael Eisner: Creativity doesn’t have to be expensive
6. That’s Not Funny!: Today’s college students can’t seem to take a joke.
7. Madeleine L’Engle on Creativity, Hope, Getting Unstuck, and How Studying Science Enriches Art
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