Class Video & Notes

Week 4 – 10/2/13: “Right to CreaTE or Rights of Creation” & Prof. Greg Lastowka

Week 4 – 10/2/13: “Right to CreaTE or Rights of Creation” & Prof. Greg Lastowka

Week 4 features a wonderful talk from Greg Lastowka of Rutgers Law. Though we could see Greg’s slides in class the video-capture system cannot simultaneously access slides fed remotely and a remote video feed. So you are stuck with a second screen of me during Greg’s talk which most fortunately can simply be turned off […]

Week 3 – 9/25/13: “John Milton Plays GPL” & Steve Rechtshaffner

Week 3 – 9/25/13: “John Milton Plays GPL” & Steve Rechtshaffner

Here is Week 3. Came out pretty well other then my asking for a Kleenex to clean my glasses &  the surreal picture within picture within picture effect at the beginning of Steve’s presentation and the evidence of my scrambling to play TV producer and fix that effect. To download the slides just scroll over […]

Week 2 – 9/11/13: “If Picasso had..” & Roch Ripley Part 1

Week 2 – 9/11/13: “If Picasso had..” & Roch Ripley Part 1

Here is Week 2. Major points (but no marks) for finding Roch. Am certain this was simply an homage to the “Easter Egg” meme that prevails in video games.  Thankfully Roch has an awesome voice, so theatre of mind works just fine 😉 Related to this is the fact that in experimenting with the video, […]

Week 1 – 9/4/13: “Introduction”

Week 1 – 9/4/13: “Introduction”

Thanks to all for a fun first class. Sorry for my scratchy voice. Was not auditioning for a post midnight FM radio gig. Working on getting better. The video and slide links below are:  1.Click-through to full size MediaSite player (video & slides); 2. Embedded MediaSite player (video & slides) but not expandable to full […]

Coming Soon

Coming Soon

The current digital form of the Video Game Law course began with the notion of producing an iTunes U course this summer for fall launch. Here is the opening animation produced by Alana Thorburn-Watt of the Centre for Digital Media, our editor: jon

Week 13

Week 13

Jon’s Talk April 3, 2013: “Ethics & Games” Download the PowerPoint Slides Steve Rechtschaffner’s Talk on the future of games Download the PowerPoint Slides  

Week 12

Week 12

Jon’s Talk March 27,2013: “The Terminator & the Orc” Download the PowerPoint Slides  

Week 11

Week 11

Jon’s Talk March 20, 2013: “Controlling the Controllers” Download the PowerPoint Slides   

Week 10

Jon’s Talk March 13, 2013: “Mass Effect-s” Download the PowerPoint Slides  

Week 9

Week 9

Jon’s Talk March 6, 2013: “Controlling Originality” Download the PowerPoint Slides Jennifer Kelly’s Talk: “Imitation, Originality and Genres” Download the PowerPoint Slides