Matthew Sawrey, Thuderbolt writes:
The idea of objective criticism has come up a lot in recent conversations I’ve been having about games. But what is an objective opinion? A Google definition search of objectivity tells me that it is a “judgment [sic] based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices.” So is the following statement an objective opinion?
Sailing in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is dull.
Let’s analyse. The sentence is a judgement. Sailing is an observable phenomena. But the word dull? That sounds somewhat emotive. And thinking that something is dull might be an opinion informed by personal prejudice. Too subjective; maybe it needs some qualifiers. Let’s try again.
FuRuy has opened a Twitter account called “Project Alice” teasing a new game announcement on April 25 at 20:30 JST.
Filing a false DMCA claim costs nothing, requires no proof, and can destroy an indie game's launch in minutes. Fighting back can cost tens of thousands of dollars and take weeks (if you can afford it at all).
Copyright is copyright. DMCA is a good thing that protects creators IP., revenue and usage. and you can absolutely appeal a wrongful DMCA takedown. It’s happened to me. Was easily resolved.
it's a good thing, but it's also long been reported, across a variety of industries and websites, that currently the system is ripe for and full of abuses. From fair use strikes, to matters like the one reported in this article. It's clear the law needs some tooth to punish bad actors and that parameters need to be set in how reports are filed; ie human review of said content and not some AI bot false flagging stuff. As is the system is far to easily abused by those who have motive to suppress and flag content they have no business or right to.
Until there's genuine consequences for this type of abuse, it'll keep happening across all media. DMCA is in principle a good thing, but it needs an overhaul.
The Montreal-based team behind March of Giants joins Ubisoft to continue development on the free-to-play 4v4 MOBA game where players take on the role of giant combatants.
