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Kyler Murray & Call of Duty: Unprecedented “Independent Study” Contract Addendum

Kyler Murray & Call of Duty: Unprecedented “Independent Study” Contract Addendum

Our discussion last class about the Vancouver Canucks’ leadership banning video games while on the road in 2018 reminded me of a similar development: Kyler Murray’s new NFL contract with the Arizona Cardinals. Murray’s contract, which pays him $230,500,000 over the next five years, contained an unprecedented “independent study” addendum. Specifically, the independent study addendum […]

Overwatch 2 DDoS

Overwatch 2 DDoS

As of Tuesday (October 4, 2022), players of the popular game “Overwatch 2” have been unable to access the games online servers (see https://kotaku.com/overwatch-2-queue-times-ddos-connection-failed-launch-1849616598). The issue has been attributed to a mass distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. The attack is executed by maliciously flooding servers with traffic to prevent others from connecting. I was […]

Mario Movie’s First Trailer on Oct 6

Mario Movie’s First Trailer on Oct 6

Nintendo has announced a Nintendo Direct presentation to reveal the first trailer for the Super Mario Bros. Movie. Nintendo Direct will begin a live stream for the first trailer at 1:05 pm PT on Oct 6 via the link here. The film is currently set to debut on April 7, 2023, in North America. We […]

The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken

The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken

Link to article: https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-jailbreak-pt-jailbroken The PS5 has seemingly been jailbroken. Jailbreaking is a process in which someone reverse engineers closed software allowing them unauthorized access to software, like video games. Once a PS5 is jailbroken the user can no longer access the online features of a game but they are free to download any games […]