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Knights of Allardia: Video Games and Violence
Guild Name: Knights of Allardia (KoA) Guild Members: Amanda Lim, Lorraine Ang, Luke Effa, and Thomas Walker Origin Myth: Initially formed to wage war on plagiarism across campus, the Knights of Allardia soon found it was far more profitable to sue people for copyright infringement instead. With newfound pecuniary motivation, KoA began litigating with a […]
Law-ification Presentation @ Full Indie Summit 2014
For anyone who wants my take on a broad variety of issues video game developers might be interested in, this video which is a bit over a year old (but only recently posted to YouTube) might be helpful. https://youtu.be/5e7JoA1YK-Y jon
Class 3 Guest Speaker: Ian Verchere
Ian Verchere is the Chief Creative Officer of Roadhouse Interactive, one of Vancouver’s most important and most successful video game producers. Ian has been a “must-see” part of this course ever since version 2.0 began. His talks are always deeply and passionately rooted in the creator’s ethos. It is through that core lens that Ian […]
Class 2 – 9/16/15: “If Picasso had painted a round object..” & Erin Fields, Richard Tape, Patrick Pennefather
For the lip-readers among you…. The audio did not work even though the microphones did. Perhaps I was being too critical of the U.S. Copyright Office in Atari v. Oman (though in strange twist of fate I did suggest that things might be better for creators had they prevailed). In any event I am posting […]
News of the Week; September 23, 2015
GAMES 1. Court Trashes Patent Troll For Bogus Lawsuit Against Zynga; Awards Over $1 Million In Fees & Sanctions 2. EA forced to pull 13 women from FIFA 16 due to NCAA rules 3. Andrew House: the PS4 is struggling against censorship in China 4. How Sony snagged Jonathan Blow’s The Witness away from the Xbox One: “I have no political […]
News of the Week; September 16, 2015
GAMES 1. Machine Zone resolves trade secrets lawsuit with Kabam 2. State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k for failing to deliver 3. Blizzard sues uCool and Lilith games for copyright infringement 4. GamerGate: A Culture War for People Who Don’t Play Video Games 5. Video games have a diversity problem that runs deeper than race or gender […]
Hacking of Video Game Networks
I happened to come across an interesting article this morning which discussed the need for a two-factor authentication system for Gaming Networks in the wake of the many data breaches over the past number of years: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gaming-network-hacks-prove-need-two-factor-authentication/ This article highlights a concern for video game companies which acquire personal information of users, such as credit […]