“Oh no, Mr. Kojima hasn’t left Konami, he’s actually on vacation. Matter of fact, he’s gone to visit one of our lovely health spas! He happily took one of our complimentary “health spa vacation” packages that comes with a bucket, a mop and some cleaning fluid! We’d wish he’d taken the “Pachinko Factory Tour” package…

Except for the mechanics, the “boss” design... Also, this ISN’T a “genre/style” since the whole “genre/style” consists of ONE game: Shadow of the Colossus. Similar mechanics have appeared in other games, but it hasn’t been the focus of those games, and using broad gameplay design elements that aren’t specific to any…

All of which are sufficiently different from the original version to not be liable. A game’s mechanics and broad design elements cannot be legally enforceable. This isn’t a situation where “Oh, it’s ‘kind of’ like SOTC” but more like “Oh, no... that’s actually a straight-up rip off.”

EA did just that to Zynga several years back when Zynga blatantly “cloned” one of its games. While the visual designs and mechanics were “different” enough to not be considered outright asset-theft, they were close enough to hold Zynga liable.

They don’t have to steal assets to be held legally accountable for copyright infringement. While in general, mechanics and ideas from a game are “unenforceable” by law, it’s still possible to successfully sue another developer for adhering too close to the original product.

Why so butthurt over an optional feature that doesn’t affect you in any way possible? Some people use it, it’s nice to have. You don’t like it? Nobody forced you to care enough to whine about it, just move on.

A good chunk of people are defending Jessica’s letter with good reason, but at the same time... The way it’s written seems to be at odds.

Ok, so. Out of all the myriad worldwide injustices readily available for consumption via the reading device of your choosing, we have elected to be outraged about...

You mean “silver age” not golden. If anything, the “golden age” of the Italian Mafia in the US would be the 20s through the 40s/50s. With the “silver age” kicking off at the beginning of the 60s and capping off at the 90s. Much of the Italian Mafia’s expansion can be directly attributed to the influx of Italian…

Capcom has gone on record in the past and said things they claimed they wouldn’t do and later did do. So, while I’m sure the arguments as to why SFV is exclusive are legit, the fact that Capcom’s had a history of flip-flopping, and the fact that money > PR speak? Implies there’s a very good possibility that it’s going…

Except for the part where Yoshinori Ono went on record saying they didn’t have a budget or staff for SFV 2+ years ago. Capcom’s had fighter fatigue in the past, it’s not unlikely they weren’t interested in funding a new SF. Especially considering Capcom was also desperate to cash in on the mobile trend that every…

Of course this also spells bad news for Xbox One fighting fans—those hoping that while Street Fighter V would pass them up but Super Street Fighter V would not... well, there isn’t going to be a Super Street Fighter V now. At least they’ll always have the new Killer Instinct, whose digital content approach Capcom…

They’re also taking $4.97 off the Standard Edition of SW: Battlefront and $6.97 off the Deluxe.

They’re also taking $4.97 off the Standard Edition of SW: Battlefront and $6.97 off the Deluxe.

Even though their criteria is fucking bizarre, a better sequel wouldn’t exist without an original, so... It wouldn’t make much sense to induct the sequel before the original. But again— they inducted WoW before EQ or Ultima, so... people are dumb.

I don’t know about you, but this idea that someone can buy their way out of America’s racial landscape confuses me.

Problem with that logic:

She kicks high.

Wait, I got an email and I clicked the link but the online form didn’t have any serial number requirement, just the psn email?

What day is it? Oh right...

And when black men and women the world over haven’t been through literal centuries of marginalization, demonization, oppression and killed over their existence? You’d have a point. Dave Chappelle’s “whiteface” is commentary on social and cultural norms that have been established by the very people that- to this day-…