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News of the Week; October 14, 2020
GAMES Professional Splatoon player arrested for alleged sexual assault of a minor: Japanese esports organization Creatives parts ways with player Console hackers are shocked after DOJ arrests prominent mod-chip makers Blizzard workers in France called to strike over closure of Versailles office Nintendo forces rebranding for adult entertainer “Pokeprincxss” Nintendo issues cease and desist against […]
Games which impact the real world
The exercise in today’s class about games that would change the world made me consider the different categories of games that I thought would be significant enough to “change the world”. One of the categories I came up with was games which have some sort of corresponding effect in the real world to your in-game […]
News of the Week; October 7, 2020
GAMES Nintendo wins $2m in lawsuit against Team Xecutor resellers: UberChips.com ordered to cease sale of Switch hack devices and destroy all remaining stock Genuine Enabling Tech’s Lawsuit Alleging Patent Infringement by Nintendo Wii and Switch Products Dismissed Mother and son seeking $5m in latest Joy-Con drift lawsuit against Nintendo: Plaintiff argues platform holder has […]
MTV, Copyright and Culture
Hi guys! I came across this interesting article that discussed Viacom’s copyright takedown requests regarding resurfaced MTV images and why the requests were surprising / ironic. For background – back in May, an archivists uploaded his collection 80’s MTV VHS recordings onto the internet. Almost immediately, Viacom (formerly MTV Networks) issued a copyright takedown request. […]
Class 6 – 10/7/20; Synchronous Q&A/Discussion
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Is Apple Cornering Itself Out of the High-End Gaming Market?
Hey everyone! Following the discussion in today live session I came across a very short article on Slashgear.com regarding game streaming. For some background information, Microsoft launched the beta of its mobile game streaming service, which I believe was referred to as Project xCloud, just recently in September. With a compatible controller, it enables users to […]
QAnon as a Virtual Quest?
Hi guys! This episode of the podcast “Deep Background,” hosted by Noah Feldman – a leading Harvard Law prof – concerns the rise of QAnon, a pervasive conspiracy theory/community online that is defined by its support for Donald Trump as an ‘undercover’ agent fighting against the ‘deep state.’ In the episode, the podcast hosts the […]
News of the Week; September 30, 2020
GAMES Take-Two sued over use of tattoos in WWE 2K: A judge has ruled that a trial will be required to decide whether it constitutes copyright infringement WWE 2K maker Take-Two heading to trial after copying tattoo artist’s work Alexander v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Alexander v. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.: Memorandum And Order of September […]
Glitches in E-sports
Since we were on the topic of e-sports and the amount of money that is involved with the competition, this article lists many incidents where game bugs, rather than player skill, determined the outcome of such competitions. These bugs can include unintentional bugs, such as disconnects and glitched out physics or hitboxes, as well as […]