In an effort to combat the growing (and highly controversial) threat of online gaming addiction, the Chinese government will soon be requiring the use of real names when registering online MMO accounts.
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
Despite reporting an 18% increase in overall annual sales in October 2008, the NPD has recently acknowledged the that recession is, in fact, taking a toll on the U.S. video games industry. Yesterday, during a lunch session at the Game Business Law Summit, NPD senior account manager Michael Klotz addressed the growing presentiment that the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
As giddy as we are over the news of Jack Thompson's disbarment, we'd be doing the man a grave disservice if we didn't expect him to fight the Florida Supreme Court's decision, tooth and nail. And, while his fate seems to be all but sealed at this point, there is the matter of the "emergency" [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
And I think to myself... what a wonderful world. Ah, good old reliable Jack Thompson. Even in the face of overwhelming odds, evidence, and circumstance, he never fails to disappoint with his own brand of bizarre logic. If you haven't heard by now, Jack Thompson, Florida lawyer and gaming's favorite villain, has finally been disbarred [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 31, 2008
You can't keep a good man with someone else's great idea down. A while back, some enterprising young programmers created Scrabulous, a free online application which was later adapted for the wildly popular Facebook social network. As can be inferred from its name, Scrabulous was an adaptation of the long-celebrated word game Scrabble, allowing players to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 20, 2008
I know, I know, best to just let the man fade into obscurity where he belongs, but really -- I've got schadenfreude coming out of my arsch right now. Jack Thompson, everyone's favorite anti-games lawyer, mouthpiece, and all-around wellspring of calm, rational debate, has received a recommendation from Bar trial judge Dava Tunis. That recommendation: Guilty on [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Like developing games? Like saving money? Like the Braves? Have we got a state for you! Gamasutra is reporting that Georgia's Governor Sonny Perdue has signed a new law to make the Peach State more attractive to the entertainment industry, including game developers. House Bill 1100, which was signed on Monday, allows a tax credit of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Representatives in South Carolina are debating the merits of machines "of the nonpayout pin table type with levers or 'flippers' operated by the player by which the course of the balls may be altered or changed." It would be beneath our legal system to just say "pinball," mind you, but this sort of no-loopholes definition [...]
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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