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Hot Off the Press! Panic!
This month, a new article was published in Computers in Human Behavior called “The relationship between loot box buying, gambling, internet gaming, and mental health: Investigating the moderating effect of impulsivity, depression, anxiety, and stress.”[1] This research confirms already established correlational relationships between loot box spending, problem gambling symptoms and internet gaming disorder. However, it […]
The Pokémon Company’s Legal Battle Against ‘Copycat’ Game Developers Ends in Settlement
Hello friends, I hope you all had a restful reading break! I wanted to highlight a major update in a long-running legal battle in the video game law world. If you haven’t been following, The Pokémon Company has been involved in a lawsuit with ‘copycat’ game developers for years, and they recently announced that the […]
Rated C for Censorship: Legal Discussions Around Video Game Censorship
Hi everyone! We hope everyone is having a fantastic and restful reading week! Next Tuesday, we will be discussing topics around the censorship of video games around the world. The outline for our presentation is as follows: Pre-censorship Video Games Introduction of Censorship Video Game Ratings & Sales Censorship Content Censorship Sociopolitical Issues & Developments […]
How Modders Fixed a Broken Sonic Game
Hi everyone, In light of this week’s presentation on modding, I thought I would make a discussion post about a Japanese developer that is receptive to mods and an example of modding where modders essentially fixed a broken game (similar to Grand Prix Legends). While it is true that Japanese developers in general do not […]
Loot Box Presentation Slides
Hello everyone, Here are the slides from Eva, Cléa, and Sam’s presentation on loot boxes today. Thank you for your participation! LAW 423 Presentation PPT
Loot Boxes: The World of Microgambling in Video Games
Hello friends! 🤖 We (Samuel, Eva, & Cléa) are looking forward to presenting to you all on Tuesday! We will be discussing the legal and psychological world of loot boxes (such a cool topic, we know – you snooze, you lose!). In preparation for Tuesday, here is an outline of our presentation, and a spoiler […]
UBC Games & Social Justice Lecture Series
FYI…if of interest please check out the Games & Social Justice lecture series. Clicking on the poster below will take you to a linked Canvas Announcement that has a lot more detail. Note that the first of several events is this Thursday afternoon.