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Video – Nintendo: Rights Protection or Fan Alienation?
Hi everyone, I hope you’re doing well as we move closer to the end of the semester! Following in the footsteps of a few of you, my presentation is now (finally) ready to show off! It’s about Nintendo, all the ways they’ve tried to protect their IP rights, and how it has affected their fanbase. […]
Nintendo stikes again
Earlier this week, Nintendo issued DMCA takedowns to SteamGridDB, a community site that hosts user-created images to be used in on Steam. Although the site is primarily meant to provide an aesthetically-pleasing alternative for fans, Nintendo games are not available on Steam and therefore would only be there as emulated ROMs downloaded without Nintendo’s […]
New Pokemon Game facing performance issues – is this false advertising?
The new entries into the main-series Pokemon franchise, Scarlet & Violet, officially release worldwide tomorrow but with reviews starting to be released, there seem to be one main sentiment emerging: the current Nintendo Switch console has difficulty processing the game. Frame-rate drops, leading to visuals and characters resembling still photos more than active pieces of […]
PSVR2 Release Date & Info
In a blog posted to their website yesterday, Sony announced the release of PSVR2 as their second foray into the world of Virtual Reality. On February 22 2023, the PSVR 2 will release for $550 US – interestingly, that price is $50 more than a full PS5 and $150 more than the digital-only PS5. […]
Google Stadia Shutdown
After not gaining the traction it expected, Google announced that their cloud gaming service, Google Stadia, will be shut down in January 2023. They will be offering refunds for customers who purchased any games or hardware during its brief existence. In an attempt to capitalize on the exorbitant prices associated with next-gen consoles and high-performance […]