Just a few, new key updates: 1. There will soon be a standard contact form for commercial licenses.2. There has been some mild clarification on reverse engineering, but still nothing definite. In short, if you can extract assets without doing … Continue reading
A recent PC Magazine interview sheds some light on the ESRB rating process, which leaves a lot to be desired. While I am a firm proponent of industry self-regulation, I have often been puzzled at the ratings some games get. … Continue reading
Prior posts on this site about Tournament.com and Kwari have both raised some eyebrows about my particular interpretation of the UIGEA as it relates to games of skill and games of chance. As such, I thought this would be an … Continue reading
Your “buy in” is the purchase of ammo. Your health bar is your wager. You lose money for damage taken, and gain money for damage inflicted. This is the basic concept behind the first true “gambling” First Person Shooter, Kwari, … Continue reading
It would seem that more and more people in the blog-o-sphere are joining the Microsoft Content Usage Rules coverage, most recently the EFF and the blog for the book Machinima for Dummies. Both of these parties were privvy to a … Continue reading
An editorial on China View has some rather harsh words for the online gaming industry in China, specifically for those in the “black market” of virtual goods. The sibling to the gold farming issue in China is the theft and … Continue reading
A Microsoft attorney who goes by DonkeyXote has posted a discussion of the Microsoft Content Usage Rules in his blog. Before reading my continued commentary on the issue, you should probably read his five clarification points. The clarification process, I … Continue reading
Back in late April I finished an article titled A Tale of Two Worlds: New U.S. Gambling Laws and the MMORPG. That article has been published in the now available August edition of the Gaming Law Review. I must admit … Continue reading
A good friend of mine has been following the mod chip issue, and reminded me of a bill that I thought had died in Congress. In reality, the Freedom And Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 (HR 1201 in … Continue reading
Last evening, I was invited onto a podcast to discuss Law of the Game and the new Microsoft Machinima Rule. The podcast is ClassyDude’s Emporium of Chat, found here. The podcast’s description is here, and a direct download of the … Continue reading
