Class Video & Notes

Week 12 – 11/19/14: “Terminators, Orcs & Other Anomalies” & Adrian Crook

Week 12 – 11/19/14: “Terminators, Orcs & Other Anomalies” & Adrian Crook

Thanks to Adrian Crook for a very useful overview of the opportunities and cycles of the video game industry. Video and slides below. jon                                          

Week 11 – 11/12/14: “Controlling the Controllers” & Jas Purewal (& Oculus Rifts)

Week 11 – 11/12/14: “Controlling the Controllers” & Jas Purewal (& Oculus Rifts)

There are many thank you’s due after this past weeks class which involved an unprecedented amount of technology. First thanks to Jas Purewal for joining us from London England to talk about international video game law issues. Jas’ perspectives on video game law are regularly  at his popular site at http://www.gamerlaw.co.uk Huge thanks also to […]

Week 10 – 11/5/14: “Mass Effect-s” & Mia Consalvo

Week 10 – 11/5/14: “Mass Effect-s” & Mia Consalvo

Thanks to Mia Consalvo for joining us from Montreal for our look at social issues in games. Video and slides below. Unfortunately our lecture capture system treated Mia’s video as if it was a PowerPoint leaving a bit to be desired technically. On the plus side the sound on the video, which is actually the […]

Week 9 – 10/29/14: “Controlling Originality” & Jennifer Kelly of Fenwick & West

Week 9 – 10/29/14: “Controlling Originality” & Jennifer Kelly of Fenwick & West

Thanks to Jennifer for coming to Vancouver and for her awesome presentation. Thanks also to Fenwick & West LLP  for supporting that initiative, and the in so doing, the course itself. Full slides and video below. jon                                    

Week 8 – 10/22/14: “From Wheelbarrows to Holodecks” & Andy Moore

Week 8 – 10/22/14: “From Wheelbarrows to Holodecks” & Andy Moore

Video and slides without incident. Thanks to Andy Moore for his provocative and thoughtful perspectives. jon                      

Week 7 – 10/15/14: “What’s it all about…EULA?” & Don McGowan

Week 7 – 10/15/14: “What’s it all about…EULA?” & Don McGowan

Thanks to Don McGowan of The Pokemon Company for coming up from Seattle and braving a very long wait getting through the tunnel on his way back. The fears around whether Don was mic’d or no proved somewhat exaggerated, though not completely so. The microphone worked fine through most of Don’s talk but then turned […]

Week 6 – 10/8/14: “Frictions &  Fictions: Ten Cases-Ten Clauses-Ten Contexts” & Mavis Dixon

Week 6 – 10/8/14: “Frictions & Fictions: Ten Cases-Ten Clauses-Ten Contexts” & Mavis Dixon

Here are video and slides. jon                          

Week 5 – 10/1/14: “Creators, Consumers and Users” & David Spratley

Week 5 – 10/1/14: “Creators, Consumers and Users” & David Spratley

This weeks slides and videos just in case you really want to hear more about post-structuralism. 😉 Thanks again to Dave Spratley for his talk focussing on trademark law and games. jon                                      

Week 4 – 9/24/14: “Right to CreaTE or Rights to the Creation” & Ian Verchere

Week 4 – 9/24/14: “Right to CreaTE or Rights to the Creation” & Ian Verchere

Here are the videos and my  slides from the fourth class. Unfortunately we had a tech glitch whereby Ian’s slides didn’t make it into the Mediasite lecture capture video. jon        

Week 3 – 9/17/14: “John Milton Plays Grand Prix Legends” & Roch Ripley

Week 3 – 9/17/14: “John Milton Plays Grand Prix Legends” & Roch Ripley

Here are the videos and slides. No big glitches this week – a short lag of a couple of seconds off the top. The good news is that we all stood where we were supposed to (except for Roch’s “drift” at the beginning of his talk 😉 jon               […]