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Court decision in France: Steam users should be allowed to resell their games
Pretty big news from France: Four years after the French consumer protection association “Union Fédérale des Consommateurs (UFC) – Que Choisir” filled a lawsuit against Valve’s Steam on the basis of a clause in its store policy that disallows the resell of games or Steam accounts, on penalty of being banned from the platform. The […]
Playing for the Planet: The rise of Climate Change video games
Have you ever stopped to think about the carbon emissions of the cars you race in GTA? Ever thought about whether your Sim’s shower is water efficient or whether you should really cut that tree down in Minecraft? Some of us might not think about these things in our real lives, let alone our virtual […]
News of the Week; September 18, 2019
GAMES Parliamentary committee recommends banning loot box sales to children: Report proposes industry tax to fund research into the harmful effects of gaming, slams “wilfully obtuse” industry representatives UK Parliament: Ban all loot boxes until evidence proves they’re safe for kids UK committee argues loot boxes should be covered by gambling regulations Electronic Arts responds […]
Class 3 – 9/18/19; “John Milton Plays Grand Prix Legends” + EA’s Brian Dartnell & Perry Bahniwal
Video & slides above. Note that in Brian and Perry’s slides the videos are disabled as they were way too large to upload. Jon
Music in Sports Games
I wanted to post about the influence music has on the gaming world. Growing up I loved video games, especially sports games (NHL, NBA & FIFA) and the soundtrack in sports games are so influential on the gamers. I can honestly say that there are songs from NHL 2002 onwards that I could recite word […]
Guests for Class 3
Happy to report that Brian Dartnell (left) and Perry Bahniwal (right) of the Legal Department of Electronic Arts will be joining us tomorrow to provide some insights into the issues video game company counsel deal with day-to-day. Brian is Vice President, Legal Affairs at EA. He has been at EA almost 14 years, working out […]
Gambling in Video Games – Loot Boxes
Gambling in Video Games – Loot Boxes There is news regarding the dealing with Loot Boxes in Video Games. A few days ago the UK MP stated that in their opinion the use of Loot Boxes should be banned for children and that Loot Boxes are gambling and should be regulated according to the […]
News of the Week; September 11, 2019
GAMES UK High Court orders ISPs to block Switch hacking sites: Judge sides with Nintendo in blacklisting a handful of sites advertising circumvention devices and software Nintendo wins UK court case over Nintendo Switch piracy and modification Nintendo gets UK ISPs to block Switch piracy sites Nintendo launches infringement lawsuit against ROM site RomUniverse Nintendo […]
Video Game Age Classification Issues
I came across some recent news that the episodic adventure game Life is Strange 2 has been temporarily removed from digital stores in Australia, as their Classification Board reviews the game’s age rating. Exploring further I found that in general, the ACB tends to be quite harsh when it comes to video game classification, with a […]
Video & Slides of Mary Meeker’s 2017 Internet Trends Report
Sorry about not being able to figure out how to get the sound from the internet up so that it was truly listenable today. It would be great if you could watch Mary Meeker’s talk from 9:13 to 17:02 on the above video. That corresponds to Slide 80 to Slide 150 on the deck just […]