This mess PG&E finds itself in is bad, real bad. Besides the obvious victims, it’s bad news for the green energy businesses who count on bigass utilities (or PG&E style corporations) to purchase green energy including wind, solar and hydro from independent providers. This model has driven green energy so far. Most of…

I could never really get into GCIII.  The UI just never clicked for me.  Been gathering dust in my Steam library practically since it’s Beta days.

In the case of Hello Games I would need to see them launch a second game without the heaping helping of bullshit before I could forgive them. They have to prove they’ve changed before I would consider given them a single cent.

They also went through the trouble of making it so in its current state a modder could not reproduce Star Control II in its entirety on the Star Control Origins Engine to avoid a conflict of this type, as several core engine aspects are not in place to have a 1:1 clone.

You could also claim that Babalon 5 and Star Trek Deep Space 9 as basically the same show that follow basically the same arc and hit most of the same story beats and even shared some of the same actors and for many many other reasons... but they are distinctly different shows and I enjoy them both for what they are.

The problem is, they are unable or unwilling to specify what IP is in conflict in Star Control Origins.  Brad Wardell has posted numerous times that if they would specify what they reasonably believe is in conflict he’d remove it.

Actually, I just groked what you’re saying and misunderstood you, sorry. Yes, Stardock owns any original content in Star Control: Origins and F&R aren’t asserting they don’t. However, Brad Wardell is a dick and launched ST:O with Arilou DLC as a preorder bonus with full knowledge that these lawsuits are still pending. …

From what I understand of the situation the original creators were passively waiting for the trademark to revert back to them instead of actively seeking to acquire it which is what Stardock did when they purchased the trademark from Atari.

Because they could have avoided having to resort to a gofundme for legal bills, have two developers shotgunning lawsuits all over our legal system and now ripping a decently received game down from all store fronts? I know that on some level this seems nuts, paying for something you “know” you own, but again, getting…

That’s not what happened at all. They announced their acquisition of the rights from Atari back in 2013 (https://www.stardock.com/about/press/446966/stardock-acquires-star-control-rights-from-atari). It’s not stolen. It’s not ransomed. If Ford and Reiche wanted to fight it, they should have fought it back then, not 5…

You mean people who believe they legitimately bought the rights from a bankrupt publisher? Let’s not let emotion get in the way of what’s going on.

Again, it would’ve solved this very issue five years ago. They would’ve had their old agreement with Accolade/Atari and the transfer of all remaining rights from Stardock.…

Stardock bought the rights in a fire sale from Atari. If Atari didn’t have the rights to sell it, they should be the ones in trouble, not Stardock.

They never said they never owned the copyright or made the game. Not once. They even confirmed that Ford and Reiche were the original developers.

Not only have they put out some awesome games in general, their Star Control is absolutely fantastic, and it’s kind of lame that this whole thing is happening to begin with.

You know, I might agree with you if Brad Wardell hadn’t offered to sell them back all the rights, clear cut, no contest and at cost, when Stardock picked up all of Atari’s IP.* Keep in mind that was when TfB was flush with Skylanders money and the 400k would’ve been pocket change. Or, you know, if Brad hadn’t…

Unfortunately they won’t face any consequences, despite the fact that I agree that this is a pretty serious abuse of the DMCA process. Courts haven’t enforced the few small consequences that were put in that law for a long time.

This one is a complicated issue and tbh both sides have been a bit scummy. Stardock bought the trademark but it’s likely that Ford & Reiche still own the copyrights. What those copyrights cover and what Stardock actually bought from Atari is in question (Signs point to the license agreement from Ford/Reiche to Atari…

The 8080 wasn’t an x86 processor. That honor belongs to the 8086 (hence the name.)

Wikipedia: The Pershing systems were eliminated after the ratification of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on 27 May 1988.

You know, you’re right. I’m sure our 60ish-mile ranged Harpoons will provide just as much power projection as China’s 900-mile ranged Dong Fengs will when the day comes.