Making game sales a felony is the latest idea out of a New York legislature so bent on wasting time that they’ve authored dozens of anti-video game bills in the last month. The Constitutional issues have been brought up in … Continue reading
In my previous article, I outlined the basics of the World of Warcraft and Second Life licensing models, along with a business plan that could be applied in the way Sony has implemented Station Exchange for EverQuest II. This article … Continue reading
Out in the grand expanses of the world wide web, there are really two competing models of IP licensing in the MMO world. The first is followed by the vast majority of games, including the ever-popular World of Warcraft. The … Continue reading
We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility. ~Thomas SzaszThe latest attempt to regulate the game industry by New York has gone widely reported, but is just the latest in the long trend of poor responses to … Continue reading
For anyone who may be an International Game Developers Association member in the Dallas area, I will be participating in a legal panel on June 6, 2007. The panelist biographies are available here. The event details are available here and … Continue reading
The Halo 3 Beta is well under way by now. My stats are here. I was one of the lucky players who got into the Bungie Friends and Family phase of the beta before the larger public beta began, and … Continue reading
Full Text of the Bill Joystiq Story Illinois is poised to pass a bill that deals with the definition of gambling in that state, and more to the point, removes the classification of “gambling” from particular activities. The relevant portion … Continue reading
Coverage at:DestructoidKotakuJoystiqGame Politics (Parts I, II, III) Much like Columbine, the Virginia Tech Massacre has already seen its fair share of ties to the game industry in the media (even if they are completely fabricated). And, like Columbine, a small … Continue reading
Ordinarily I would have posted a new article today, to leave the blog-o-sphere with something to ponder over the weekend. However, something came up. If you would like to hear more about the Halo 3 beta, I suggest you keep … Continue reading
Law of the Game is typically about intellectual property and business law type matters, expanding at most into the civil arena. However, due to the incomprehensible number of news stories about Second Life rape, the blog will be taking a … Continue reading
