Archive forJanuary, 2012

Ian Bogost Replies: Deep Thoughts On Gaming

A few weeks back, you asked gaming-world academic and game designer Ian Bogost questions from the business, philosophical, and aesthetic sides of gaming; below, find his responses. Thanks, Ian! Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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TIGA speaks out against US SOPA anti-piracy bill

UK trade association says SOPA and PIPA could damage the games industry

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RuneScape bot developers "neutered" in court battle

RuneScape developer Jagex has won a two-year-long legal battle with a pair of bot developers who had targeted its MMO. Mark and Eric Snellman, who trade under the Impulse Software name, were responsible for the iBOT subscription service, which Jagex successfully argued violated copyright, trademark and computer fraud laws. Not only do the Snellmans have to pay out damages, but they're now …

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UK's TIGA, Jagex speak out against SOPA

Runescape creator Jagex and UK trade body TIGA are the latest to speak out against the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, noting that the proposed U.S. legislation will be "inhibiting innovation." The act, which many in the game industry have spoken out against, would give the U.S. government and copyright holders the ability to seek court orders to block United States internet users from …

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Dogpile.com Releases Its Top Search Results for 2011

Dogpile, a meta-search engine operated by InfoSpace, Inc. that combines search results from all of the leading search engines, including Google, Yahoo! and Bing, toda

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Venture capitalist takes control of Jagex

A New York venture capital firm has purchased further shares in Jagex to increase its stake to 55 per cent, effectively transferring control of the Runescape developer from the UK to the US. Financial documents seen by Develop show that Insight Venture Partners has acquired another twenty per cent of the Cambridge-based outfit. The VC firm previously acquired 35 per cent of the company in 2005 …

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