From the same wonderful people who brought gold farming bots to life, online poker bots may soon come online to harass online poker players according to the Freakonomics blog. The difference between bots of yore and the potential new breed … Continue reading
Information Week is reporting about a class action lawsuit that resulted from a child using his parent’s debit card to register for Xbox Live without permission. The damages are from an overdraft fee a year later when the automatic renewal … Continue reading
GamePolitics has run a number of stories on the rumor, later squashed, of a Jack Thompson debate at the GDC, in addition to the debate that already occurred. In fact, GP’s recent poll is on this very topic. I’d like … Continue reading
Readers, You may have noticed that the firm I work for has undergone a name change to The Vernon Law Group, PLLC. Accordingly, the firm needed a new web site, which I personally designed. I wanted to take this opportunity … Continue reading
GameDaily is reporting that the Silicon Knights v. Epic case is moving ahead after Epic’s motion to dismiss has been denied. While they have mentioned this is “common,” they haven’t actually explained what it means. A motion to dismiss is … Continue reading
Dear Bungie, I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the “Playlist of the Living Dead” extravaganza yesterday on Live. The infection gametype has always been one I’ve enjoyed, from its latest iteration in Halo 3 to the older iterations in games … Continue reading
Other parts of the blog-o-sphere are reporting some issues with the bundling of Guitar Hero III with wired guitars. I’d like to address a different problem that I’ve had, along with a number of others according to forum posts. I’d … Continue reading
Bloggers in the video game realm know they’ve truly “made it” when Jack Thompson personally responds to a post. While I haven’t been able to verify the identity 100%, the responses I received are generally consistent with Mr. Thompson’s form, … Continue reading
I’m certain many of you, the readers, have seen the latest Jack Thompson coverage on Game Politics found here and here. Dennis was quick to point out the FTC provision about credit card ownership being adequate proof of age for … Continue reading
Microsoft has finally posted the long promised “Revised” Game Content Usage Rules. They are available here. Now that they are available, what has changed? The short answer is “Not much.” 1. The “reverse engineering” rule was re-written to clarify “not … Continue reading
