Thursday Next Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Seems to be without merit. Perhaps Stardock could have done with making the word Rebellion a little less prominent. But really, just a change to the logo is all I'd award if I were judging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 I don't even think I'd award that. It's clearly the title of the game, not the developer, which is why it's so prominent. And it's a common word, like "Metro". It's not like they named it Sins of a Solar Empire: Firaxis or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/11/former_gamestop_vp_pleads_guil.php Gamestop head honcho guilty of embezzling $2million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) E, for "Everyone". They do have a decent argument though. Walmart won't carry AO (Adults Only) games, the highest they'll carry is M (Mature, 17+). And here is a list of all the AO games ever made: http://en.wikipedia....-rated_products Not many. *Edit* - AO is the only ESRB rating above M. Actually, I'm curious about that. There are tons of adult games that are translated by legitimate companies (JAST USA, for example) which don't receive ESRB ratings. They do have an "Adults Only" warning, but it isn't issued by the ESRB. How does that work? Edited November 5, 2012 by Saturnine Tenshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Are they digital? It's worth noting that at least in the US there's no requirement to get an ESRB rating (and up until very recently it was a somewhat costly procedure for cheaply made digital games), just console makers demand it. PC, not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 They aren't only digital, but if it isn't required by anyone other than console makers it makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Epic's judgment against Silicon Knights is upped to $9M, and SK is ordered to destroy all unsold copies of all games developed using Epic's code, as well as destroy any code built using Epic's property, including the code for those games. I think the only thing that can be said is "Holy shit." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Epic judgement indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 The destruction of the source code is a bit extreme. Especially given many folks now are kinda looking at games and going "oh wow, we don't have any way to remake these older games because they're in obsolete formats/lost/whatever" and here's a judge purposefully ordering it's destruction. I understand the reasoning but I'd have preferred handing it over to Epic if anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Yeah, I agree. I feel like intentionally destroying creative works is a Bad Thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/184816/Vice_President_Bidens_warning_to_the_video_game_industry.php#.UPWfLhqim14 Some stuff about Bidens chat with various games executives n such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 I think that we can all agree that the games industry needs to improve its image with the general public. Stuff like the Dead Island thing is not helping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 15, 2013 Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 http://www.helpivanmartin.org/2013/01/ivan-martin-free-on-bail/ If you never heard, two devs from BI got detained on espionage charges. Now after a long ass few months, they're finally off on bail. These guys were map making specialists, I think. So not having them there was quite a blow to BI. We'll see how it all plays out since the Greek judges are still on strike... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 I think that we can all agree that the games industry needs to improve its image with the general public. Stuff like the Dead Island thing is not helping. Which Dead Island thing would that be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 The tit sculpture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 Had to google it. Yeah, I dunno why they thought that thing would be an incentive to pay more money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Heat Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 I dunno, people thought the Halo 3 CE/LE was worth spending more money on when you couldn't even wear the prop helmet. Though I am biased because I think collectible junk is dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 (edited) http://www.joystiq.c...t-esrb-ratings/ A House bill that would require all games to be rated by the ESRB and ban selling M and AO rated games to minors. It's completely illegal, of course. I just... sigh... *Edit* - Also this: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/dont-panic-missouri-lawmaker-proposes-violent-game-tax/ Edited January 18, 2013 by TheMightyEthan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Last I read it, the bill was calling for a government rating system, i.e. PEGI. We already have the ESRB, but that's industry regulated (same with CERO in Japan) and for the last few years politicians have been uncomfortable with a "voluntary" system. To be honest, I've seen a lot of foreign gamers respond to this with shock that we don't have a rating system like them, and genuinely confused by the issue. James from Extra Credits said their upcoming "Brazil" episode would cover the pros and cons of industry and government ratings. It's getting a lot of people up on the "freedom" train, but this will end like the rest, "We already have a functional system; lets not spend more money." Sure it's not 100%, but I hope they wouldn't really consider a complete overhaul just so that 0.0001% of retailers gets a fine. Besides, it just takes someone at the proper age to purchase the game, not who will eventually play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 The practicalities of the law in effect are irrelevant. It's completely and blatantly illegal, and will never be allowed to go into effect, even if it passes. They'd have to amend the Constitution first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Last I read it, the bill was calling for a government rating system, i.e. PEGI. PEGI is the same as ESRB, industry regulated. It's just it's government enforced. Because there's not much point of a regulation if there's nothing backing it. That'd probably be where you're seeing confusion from foreigners. Especially if bringing up that doing this law would waste money, when it's hardly like ESRB as it exists in it's current pointless form is free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 I haven't read much on it but isn't this basically just wanting to make the legal consequences of selling games to minors more serious than just a fine? It would probably keep the same system it has just make it where if you sell a game to a minor you get, I don't know, a free gun so you can release your inner killer (as all gamers have that killer instinct) and then have games get blamed more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 There are no legal consequences to selling M/AO games to minors, and legally there cannot be. Most stores have their own policies, but there are no government enforced consequences, the same as with movies. You could probably get a little bit of them under obscenity laws, but the Supreme Court has said (stupidly, IMHO) that obscenity only encompasses sex, not violence. So the government could probably get away with a fine for selling Bonetown to minors, but not Manhunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 Last I read it, the bill was calling for a government rating system, i.e. PEGI. PEGI is the same as ESRB, industry regulated. It's just it's government enforced. Because there's not much point of a regulation if there's nothing backing it. That'd probably be where you're seeing confusion from foreigners. Especially if bringing up that doing this law would waste money, when it's hardly like ESRB as it exists in it's current pointless form is free. Ah, that's what I thought at first too, but I was reading from others that it was "government regulated" as opposed to the industry. Seems they should have been saying enforced, but looking it up further (at least to Wikipedia) not every nation that has PEGI legally enforces it. Wiki Chart Anyway, I'm not too worried about this. Maybe if the government was involved, I wouldn't have had to prove Mature meant, as a 17 year-old, I could purchase Resident Evil 4 as I met the proper age. "Nope, a lot of these things are 18+" Pointed to the tiny "17+" on the cover and payed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted January 18, 2013 Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 There's a game named Bonetown that is about sexual topics and this is the first I hear of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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