(Lawsuit, that is). Apparently the holiday seasons were an excellent time for Hasbro to sue. This story from Industrygamers says Hasbro ” today (Dec 17) announced its intentions to file a lawsuit against Atari, accusing the game publisher of fraud and five separate licensing agreement breaches of the Dungeons & Dragons brand.” Here is the [...]
This is the best definition of “Griefing” that I have found. Buy Mortal Gold calls it ” the act of chronically causing grief to other members of an online community, or rather, intentionally disrupting the immersion of another player in their gameplay.” There aren’t any lawsuits for griefing, or glitches, or general screwball hatefulness that [...]
As an aspiring writer and a failed musician, I have a great deal of respect for those people who write the scenarios and set up the sound effects for video games (whoever they are). Gameaudiopodcast has a regular series that details the adventures of the people working on the audio side. Great article on the [...]
FTC’s report on adult content in online worlds A full story from PC Mag says report claims adult content still viewable by children, despite precautions. Notably, “It is far too easy for children and young teens to access explicit content in some of these virtual worlds,” FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a statement. ” [...]
Have you ever had your avatar stolen? I mean, was it your avatar, or was it just a photo you picked up from the internet? If it was, did you Photoshop it or make it somehow your own? What about your handle? Is it uniquely yours? Do you have it across several user-groups, or several [...]
Legal activitiy AtoZ in last several months (by its nature selective) A-Avatar (lawsuits in Madden, Guitar Hero, and Second Life for actions of avatars) B – Banned in Games (lawsuits by Estavillo vs Sony, SD Cal Estavillo v. Sony Computer Entm’t Am. Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86821; along with others) C-China – China shuts [...]
There is a great story in the LA Times about Video-game voice-actors. My favorite quote from the story, “Although it’s down this year amid the recession, U.S. video game industry revenue has more than doubled since 2005 to $21 billion in 2008 — about twice the amount of movie ticket sales in Canada and the [...]
Most legal controversies arise from video games; but there are many other enjoyable types of games. I’m one of those who find older games at least as entertaining (and challenging), and sometimes there is enough money (and pride) involved that board games, or their derivatives, make the news with legal issues. You can read a [...]
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