I. THQ comments fuel debate about $10 DLC
THQ doesn’t care if you don’t like DLC (From Computer and Videogames)
Penny Arcade comic that ignited the debate
The Legal Satirycon takes Penny Arcade to task
Wired explains Used games: not a simple debate
Dubious Quality blog says its a dangerous game developers are playing
Why Punish the Customer? (Bitmob blog)
II. Used [...]
Wearing Multiple Hats is Tough (From the Christopher M Park blog) Talking about the conflicts of an indy developer… interesting stuff…(Note: stole the title for this from one of his subtopics)
Picture by qThomasBower; Creative Commons license 2.0 on Flickr…The rest after the jump
Here is a very insightful article Gamasutra ran about Game Actors…
Great article about contracts (from another law firm)
Great law review article; The End of the Virtual World: cite as Fairfield, Joshua, The End of the (Virtual) World. West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 112, No. 1, p. 53, 2009; Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. [...]
Here’s the best audio feeds (podcasts) I’ve found about Virtual Worlds. I’ve neglected the subject lately; not because of lack of material, but because authors (such as these) are doing such a great job covering the field.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/SLCN-Metanomics (Great series of lectures about virtual worlds, including one with Professor Robert Bloomfield and Professor Joshua Fairfield.. both extensively [...]
Report on the lawsuit from “Courthouse News”
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/04/20/26549.htm
CNN coverage of Second life class-action over land values
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/05/10/virtual.property.second.life/?hpt=Sbin
Inc. Magazine coverage of the lawsuit
http://www.inc.com/news/articles/2010/05/second-life-virtual-land-dispute.html
LA Magazine short article
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/30/business/la-fi-lazarus-20100430
Blogger’s article quite skeptical of the lawsuit
http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2010/04/bragging-again.html
Website ostensibly dedicated to the lawsuit
http://www.virtuallanddispute.com/ , with pdf (unverified) of filing http://www.virtuallanddispute.com/pleadings/evan_spencer_carter_v_linden_labs_virtual_land_property_rights_class_action_lawsuit.pdf
Related discussions along the same theme (for background or entertainment)
(OLD_SCHOOL DISCUSSION)Sherrifs Of Norrath (Yes, from [...]
I tried to lay out a definition when I started, but didn’t know exactly what was out there. I think I can give a little more refinement to my ideas at this point. Today’s lesson covers THE BASICS.
If you keep up with this sort of thing, you might say “Duh!” If you don’t, you might say, “Why don’t they rip off the sticker?
After the jump, here’s the roundup of points of view for these two thoughts:
Let me first declare – this is likely the most unbiased blog posting you’ll read. I’m not trying to sell you something, and frankly don’t know how as an attorney I can “cash in” on the Rock Band Network (if you know an idea, please leave a comment). Harmonix, or Apple for that matter, is [...]
First of all, the statement from Mass Effect 2 publisher: “Responding to user complaints on the matter on the developer’s forums, BioWare’s Michael Gamble writes, “I’ll have to talk to Casey about this (as any way to address it would have far reaching changes in the game), but please don’t expect any decisions or a [...]
A listing of Gamers Rights articles in the gaming media.
An article on Skewed and Reviewed with ECA president Hal Halpin. I’m not familiar with this Website but the article seemed to be balanced and informative.
Nearly a Million X-box users banned from X-box Live, according to an article on Redorbit.com
Excellent article about a Facebook group [...]
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