The studio is being screwed over by a single jerk on the internet. That’s not cancel culture, that’s DMCA abuse.

It’s not about Valve. The same happened on YouTube and Wix. It’s DMCA the bad guy here. If it had required a court verdict to be able to take something down, than it would be OK. But now it works in a presumption of guilt paradigm, where every one can claim anything without any proof and you instantly become an…

“The economy is doing fantastic, comrade! Game Over!”

The only way this game can be realistic is if all of the economic/production data given to the player is completely fabricated and over-inflated, but you don’t know by how much. Like you think you have X units of steel being produced, but the reality is you have a fraction of that. And do that across all of your input…

The studio probably admitted some level of his influence in writing and he’s wielding it as a weapon in court.  Don’t think you have to worry about him “winning” though... regardless of the case’s outcome he still goes back to the sad life that is the real driving force behind this behavior.

Joke’s on him, because now the game will get even more publicity. Case in point, I’d never heard of it until today, but now I’m intrigued.

The dude probably can’t afford it either. He’s just abusing the DMCA takedown system to troll the developers and deprive them of revenue. It happens to YouTubers all the time because anyone can file a takedown notice for any reason without providing proof.

The worse thing is that organizations, governments and even individuals are willing to destroy someone (or several someones) over mere *accusations*. Forget trials. Forget evidence. Forget testimony. Forget critical thinking entirely: the alleged “victim” is the only person whose words matter, and everyone else simply…

As a prior victim of DMCA takedown abuse on YouTube, I thought we had it bad. But if any Joe Schmoe can use it to yoink entire games off storefronts too, then that’s absolutely fucking broken and a nightmare for game devs.

Game mechanics like rules can’t be copyrighted so he probably doesn’t have a leg to stand on but it will take time and money for the courts to decide if it has merit.

I love this game.

You think Paco is the same name as Ruben?

Probably, but since the meme names the kid as Paco when the kid that actually did it was named Ruben where’s the commendation?  If you did something awesome like making a cardboard console, but the meme gave credit to me, would you feel commended?

The joke is only Nintendo’s response in the meme.  A kid from Venezuela named Ruben really did do that, which is awesome, and he should be commended for it.  Not turned into a meme and having credit stolen from him.

I am now adding “absolutely turbo-fucked” to my lexicon. Thanks for that. :D

My assumption is that it largely stems from Nintendo being a massive company with many heads that don’t always communicate 100%. The legal team doesn’t see “historical documentary about media that was never to see the lights of day”, they see “youtube video talks about product”. I highly doubt that Big N’s legal…

Sequoia also invested in the Series B funding round when FTX was already valued at like $17B. And while Sequoia led that round, it was a $200M investment out of $1B total funding raised. It’s a bet, but there was plenty of existing support, confidence and due diligence performed to justify the investment.

They’re making bets. A lot of these VCs manage funds that number in the billions, so tossing a $100 million bet is like you or I taking putting a $50 bet on double zero in roulette in Vegas. Sure, we are likely to lose the money, but if we don’t we are going to see a massive return on investment. They’re chasing the…

No no, that’s what having no editor feels like, hahahahahah

The truly baffling American desire to police other countries.