Yes, the one that hits the mainstream media. Allegedly security called, developers dismissed from their office, power struggles, money struggles, the biggest one-shot in gaming history (bigger than movie Avatar). This could be “THE ONE” that the mainstream media reports on as if it were a movie star or a rock star. Anonymity goodbye? More [...]
(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 [...]
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. ”
One [...]
A lot of thoughts lately from various sites about the role of your avatar and your identity.
From Pixels and Policy, a great article about the attractiveness of avatars, and how it influences your popularity in virtual worlds.
From a site focusing on gender, gender equality, and other issues, a great article entitled “Real World Beauty Pressures [...]
Sony is being sued again, this time it is a visually-impaired gamer who does not feel he is getting proper support from the gaming company. You can also read a report at Gamepolitics.Here are a couple of articles with different viewpoints of the case.
From the Website Ablegamers (for challenged gamers of all types)
This comment [...]
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”. You know what movie that is from, right?
There is a very interesting article on The reticule that talks about this concept. Personally, I loved the idea that “The main tenet of their design is not playability but profit and, while this is true of [...]
What happens to your online world when your real-life world ends? When you give it up by choice, or through circumstances such as disability, or even worse, death?
This is not a long, dry exposition on the intricacies of estate law. Heck, there’s not enough case law out there to do a seminar or [...]
According to multiple sources, this article by Pr-inside reports that a US shareholder sues China’s the9 and executives. Here is the full original story on Reuters that they refer to. The main focus is that “A U.S. shareholder sued Chinese online role-playing game developer The9 (NCTY.O) [...]
Free to play is the newest model for income-producing games. Here are some authoritative articles to help familiarize you with this new game model. No cases, since free-to-play is so new, especially to the North American model.
Game design as marketing: How game mechanics create demand for virtual goods, download link: Cite as: Int. [...]
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