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News of the Week; December 26, 2018
GAMES Rapper Hits Fortnite With Suit Over Dance Moves How Fortnite Triggered an Unwinnable War Between Parents and Their Boys: The last-man-standing videogame has grabbed onto American boyhood, pushing aside other pastimes and hobbies and transforming family dynamics Fortnite’s paid outfits, dances have made it a target for lucrative account theft Child advocates call for […]
News of the Week; December 19, 2018
GAMES US School Safety Commission largely gives games a pass: Group convened by Trump in wake of mass shooting earlier this year suggests schools monitor internet access, media ratings bodies review policies 68% of games depict violence, says US school safety report South Korea Continues To Criminalize Behavior Around Online Gaming At The Behest Of […]
News of the Week; December 12, 2018
GAMES China has established an ethics committee to vet online games China forms new ethics committee to review video games: 20 titles already processed, but 11 rejected until they “eliminate moral hazard” China’s new Ethics Committee has been reviewing existing titles: Waiting list for bringing games to China “likely to be longer than expected”, analyst […]
News of the Week; December 5, 2018
GAMES Games Done Quick bans two runners over sexist, transphobic remarks: GoldenEye 007 runners barred “indefinitely” from GDQ events after troubling screenshots circulate Bethesda issues permanent ban to Fallout 76 players involved in homophobic harassment: Player forced to report harassers over Twitter due to lack of in-game systems Bethesda Support Leaks Fallout 76 Customer Names, Addresses & […]
Class 12 – 11/28/18; “The Future of Video Games” + “Game On: Become the Most Profitable Developers” + “Concilliations & Conclusions”
For reasons that as I understand it cannot be explained other than by “the Ghost in the Machine”, the video of this very fun class is not available. The Lecture Capture equipment ended recording another classroom. In a strange way, this may be better – as this particular class may well live on to be […]
News of the Week; November 28, 2018
GAMES FTC agrees to investigate loot box monetization schemes in games FTC pledges loot crate investigation: Gaming monetization tactic compared to gambling Federal Trade Commission will investigate video game loot boxes: Chairman Joseph Simons promises Congress to investigate potential for child susceptibility to addiction, problem gambling ESA claims loot boxes aren’t gambling as FTC prepares […]
News of the Week; November 21, 2018
GAMES Gamer Behind Fatal ‘Call Of Duty’ Swatting Faces At Least 20 Years In Prison After Guilty Plea 2 Milly, Scrubs’ Donald Faison accuse Fortnite of stealing dance moves: “I don’t want to even bash them for all the millions… I just feel like I have to protect what’s mine,” says rapper Fortnite and God of War win […]
Class 11 – 11/21/18; “Controlling the Controllers: Privacy & Cultures” + “The European Union and copyright”
Video and slides from class. My slides were a bit too large for posting and had to be split into two parts… Jon
News of the Week; November 14, 2018
GAMES Husband and wife ordered to pay $12m to Nintendo for running ROM sites Nintendo wins out in legal battle against ROM sites Nintendo reaches final judgment agreement with ROM site owners: LoveROMS and LoveRETRO owners admit to copyright infringement, agree to $12m judgment Senators ask FTC to investigate malicious ads in apps geared for kids […]
Class 10 – 11/14/18; “Mass Effect-s” + “Mobile Gaming: The ‘Freemium’ Model & The Law”
Slides and video below. Unfortunately there is another unexplained video outage (still being investigated by UBC IT) part way through, but audio and slides are still there, and in reality that’s what is really needed. Note that in “Mobile Gaming” slides there is a part that there was not time for during the presentation about […]