Activision/Infinity Ward Studios Dustup: THIS COULD BE THE ONE

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 [...]

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Go Big or Go Home

From a great article in First Monday: The key question in legal analysis of videogame law: “Should cyberspace (or subsets of cyberspace) be treated as distinct “places” for purposes of legal analysis?” To me the biggest single question in the analysis. Every question in this division (and I say it is a FIRM DIVIDE, or [...]

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Transparency in Video Games

“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 most [...]

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