August 2011
10 posts
Copywrite and Gaming.
http://arcadyr.com/bethesda-threatening-to-sue-mojang-over-copyright-claims-5
Copywrite protects the intellectual property of a person or company by allowing them to take credit for it. Although, copywrite can be abused like how Bethesda, the creator of the “Elder Scrolls” series, is threatening to sue Mojang, the creator of “Minecraft”, for titling their new game...
Real ID: Social Networking in Blizzard Games
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/15/view/news/read/18203/World-of-Warcraft-Changes-to-Real-ID.html
As a fan of Blizzard Entertainment I felt that I should make a post about Real ID.
Real ID is a form of Social Networking that allows people to play with friends across all of Blizzard’s titles.
More information: http://us.battle.net/en/realid/
Search Engines and Video Games
http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/04/14/wowhead-unveils-new-talent-calculator/
Search engines have made it exceedingly easy to obtain meta game information on most titles. All one needs to do is type a few words into the search engine to obtain all the information and insight they could ever need.
Censorship in Video Games.
http://rantsandopinionsaboutvideogames.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html
Attorney Lawrence Walters (the anti-Jack Thompson) knows his game censorship issues, having presented on the subject in GDC’s past. His latest appearance — much like an annual iteration of Madden — covered familiar territory, with an updated roster of censorship kerfuffles. We spoke with Walters after...
Bandwidth and Online Gaming
Bandwidth can be an issue when hosting online games which is why dedicated servers are usually needed to allow the game to run smoothly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_server
Viruses and Online Gaming.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/182542/viruses_malware_creeping_into_online_games.html
This article discusses how viruses are becoming an increasingly real problem for online gaming and how one maker of online gaming protection software plans to combat it.
As someone who enjoys online gaming, I really don’t like viruses on my computer and anything that reduces the chance of my computer...
