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EA Battlefront 2 Comment Most Downvoted in the History of Reddit
Good afternoon everyone, I hope you have been enjoying your holiday weekend. On Friday we talked about about gamers-as-consumers backlash, specifically mentioning the original iteration of Steam, and we noted that social media has intensified this process. I wanted to give you a heads up on what is happening today: EA has just received the […]
Blockchain Presentation Follow Up – $300m lost ‘accidentally’
In case anyone wants to further read about the incident, here’s the link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/08/cryptocurrency-300m-dollars-stolen-bug-ether A really expensive accident I must admit.. Idan
Class 7 – 11/3/17; “Cases, Clauses, & Contexts” + “Professional Esports and the Law”
Video & Slides below… Jon
News of the Week; November 1, 2017
GAMES Dev draws flak for making a game about resisting oil pipelines Energy Group Labels Creators Of Video Game As ‘Eco-Terrorists’ Oil lobbyists accuse game of promoting “eco-terrorism”: Thunderbird Strike “an eco-terrorist version of Angry Birds,” says Republican senator Opinion: When Big Oil attacks your game EA shuts down community-led classic Battlefield revival project EA shuts down […]
Esports Presentation Follow-up
In my presentation this past Friday I thought it would be fun to include some video clips showing what the atmosphere is like inside the stadiums where these big esports tournaments are held. I decided not to include them because of the technical difficulties we had with videos in the past few weeks, but for […]
Class 6 – 10/20/17; “Copyright to Contracts: Consumers & Users As Creators & Connectors” + “Realism in Video Games & Digital Branded Integration”
Video and slides below. everything seemed to work this time…. Jon
Product Placement in Video Games… Part2: Answers and More Questions
For some players, authenticity and realistic games go with brand, so without the brands in them, the video games would seem odd. Gaming on consoles, PCs or mobile devices has gained popularity among the American and Canadian population. The age and gender distinction between the gamers is not as wide as it used to be; […]
News of the Week; October 25, 2017
GAMES Slot machine denies Horizon: Zero Dawn DLC trademark – US patent office suspends The Frozen Wilds DLC trademark for similarities to mobile game Frozen Wild ‘Hey dude, do this’: the last resort for female gamers escaping online abuse – In the toxic environment of online gaming, women play incognito, pretend to be male or […]
Violence & Criminal Acts – Liability and Defences
[x-post from Forum post last Friday which I put in the wrong place] Good afternoon all, This is the particular mission in the COD series which I referenced during our class today. https://youtu.be/gXBDkevx5lM?t=84 I can definitely see this influencing someone to commit such acts, but in terms of liability for any damage caused, I still […]
Owning Genres
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-16-does-anyone-own-the-battle-royale-genre I find the idea that a developer could own the rights to a video game genre to be ridiculous. It goes back to Boyden. There are so many ways in which a battle royale video game could be “expressed” that to allow the developers of PUBG to retain exclusive rights to all battle royale […]