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He played for 72 hours straight: South Korea wrestles with video game addiction

He played for 72 hours straight: South Korea wrestles with video game addiction

His bedroom door was always locked, and when his grandmother stood on the veranda and peered through his window, he was invariably engrossed in an on-screen gunfight. He eventually began disappearing to play at internet cafes. Night after night, she would search for him, and he would try to evade her. Now he is 21 […]

News of the Week; October 16, 2019

News of the Week; October 16, 2019

GAMES US Hearthstone players banned for Hong Kong protest: Team that held up a “Free Hong Kong, Boycott Blizz” sign punished “for engaging in behavior disruptive to” tournament broadcast College Hearthstone team hit with 6-month ban after showing ‘Free Hong Kong’ sign Nintendo NYC Overwatch launch event cancelled by Blizzard Blizzard cancels Overwatch live event at Nintendo World in […]

Presentation Outline – 23 October 2019

Presentation Outline – 23 October 2019

Hello all, On Wednesday 23rd October, I’ll be presenting on the application of copyright law to video game livestreams and recorded playthroughs (“Let’s Plays”), which are commonly uploaded on internet platforms such as YouTube and Twitch. I’ll be covering the following points: Overview of Let’s Plays and livestreams on YouTube and Twitch; Applying copyright law […]

Class 6 – 10/16/19; “Gamer Vulnerability in Virtual Realities Part 2” + “Gaming as a Career” + Ian Verchere

Class 6 – 10/16/19; “Gamer Vulnerability in Virtual Realities Part 2” + “Gaming as a Career” + Ian Verchere

Slides and video below. Have once again had to cut the non-essential  slides out of my presentation to fit the maximum upload limit of the website. Jon

Settlement between YouTube and ‘DMCA Extortion Scammer’

Settlement between YouTube and ‘DMCA Extortion Scammer’

YouTube recently settled a dispute with a man who abused the platform’s DMCA takedown system. The defendant in the lawsuit had been repeatedly making false copyright infringement claims to harass and extort money from content creators, threatening them with DMCA takedown notices for content that wasn’t his. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (‘DMCA’) is a […]

Ian Verchere: Class 6 Guest

Ian Verchere: Class 6 Guest

Ian Verchere is (IMHO) the most influential active creator of games in B.C. He has been a force to reckon with for decades, and if we are lucky enough, will be for decades to come. He has been a “must-see” part of this course for many years. His talks are always deeply and passionately rooted […]

News of the Week; October 9, 2019

News of the Week; October 9, 2019

GAMES Epic failed to inform players of Fortnite addiction risks, argues law firm Epic Games Settles With Cheating Minor To End Lawsuit Epic, minor accused of cheating in Fortnite settle copyright suit: Confidential settlement concludes summer dispute between Fortnite YouTuber and game maker ‘Fortnite’ company may face class-action lawsuit over claims game as addictive as cocaine Amid […]

Nintendo’s War on ROMs

Nintendo’s War on ROMs

A ROM (“Read Only Memory”), as described by Nintendo refers to the “process of copying the software that constitutes a video game from the read-only memory found in a game cartridge or disk”, which can be played on various devices including non-Nintendo devices such as PCs and mobile phones through emulators, “a piece of software […]

Moderating Video Game Streaming Services

Moderating Video Game Streaming Services

The attacker who killed two people in a shooting at a German synagogue livestreamed the assault on Twitch, a video service owned by Amazon. It was one of the first violent attacks streamed on the service, which is best known for letting people watch others play competitive video games. Twitch said it found and took […]

PS5 vs Xbox Scarlett

PS5 vs Xbox Scarlett

Sony officially announced that the PlayStation 5 would be coming out in the near future. Also, Xbox came out with a bit of a teaser calling their new Xbox: Project Scarlett. It’s tough to compare the two because they are so early in the stages of announcements but there are some comparisons that we can […]