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Everyone should take a quick look at the findings from the Tetris v. Xio Interactive case, where a Tetris clone was found to infringe on Tetris's copyright. The precedent is already there, and the judge concluded that while copying some game elements doesn't constitute copyright infringement, copying wholesale the game design and overall aesthetics of another game, which Zynga is undoubtedly accused of, does.

I don't think EA is out to set a precedent where individual pieces like the OP talks about are copyrightable and grounds for a lawsuit, but rather that wholesale copying of another game in both aesthetics and gameplay design is.

EA should win because Zynga are scumbags and blatantly copy everyone else. I think EA is less concerned about copyright infringement over the individual elements, because that would be ridiculous and probably unenforceable, but rather that as a whole Zynga stole wholesale from them and other developers.

If you're unhappy with the PS3 because of Bethesda games, then don't worry - the 360 version isn't too much better. They're both glitchy messes. The difference between the console versions and the PC versions of games like Skyrim are night and day.

At one point the PS3 was undoubtedly more difficult than the 360 to program for, but by this point it's more often laziness or unwillingness on the developers part than some fault of Sony or the PS3s. There are tons of multiplatform games that run just as well on PS3 as 360, and even some that run better.

I've always played Nord. Skyrim was kind of annoying though because something just felt...wrong...if you didn't play as Nord. The whole Dragonborn thing, shouts, etc just seemed weird if you were playing as another race. It seems very much like they envisioned the main character being a Nord, whereas I felt like it was more open in Oblivion or Morrowind.

@Wrighteous86 said:

In situations like this, I think it pretty much comes down to a judgement call on how grisly the story or the conversation is. The mods are selected because Giant Bomb trusts their judgement. There isn't a set line where they say "THIS" is when it's too macabre, sexual, etc. The mods have to trust their own instincts, and that's what @Sweep did in this case.

It'd be ridiculous to have guidelines that specific; it'd be like what the MPAA does for movies. A perfectly wholesome movie could get an R rating because they say "fuck" 3 times, but a bloody action movie is fine as long as there's no nudity or swearing. They can show 1/3 of an ass, but no more. Rules like that are inane. You have to view something as a whole and make a judgement call based on the context.

I think it's fair to debate the veracity of the mod's call, but in a case like this, it really is just up to them. I'm all for discussing the topic of whether this is an appropriate thread for the forums though.

Take your damn logic and rationality and leave, your kind have no place on the Internet.

For the record, I'm fine with Sweep locking the thread, there are probably better places to discuss a topic like that anyway.

WP7 is criminally underrated. It doesn't have some of the more popular apps or gets things a bit slowly, but god damn is that interface nice to use. Also has the best keyboard out of any phone OS if you ask me.

@Dixego said:

@cyraxible: Oh, well, maybe it's just my personal preference. SL120 just looks so... good and round.

SL120 is just a leftover from Demon's Souls, where SL120 was actually the optimum level. People still just kind of settled on it as the agreed upon PVP level for Dark Souls out of habit, even though I think Dark Souls is a bit more lenient when it comes to the effectiveness of a wider range of builds and SLs.

First I've heard of it, but I watch every Daily and don't really keep up with the e-sports drama.

Fuck Zero, man. Definitely the hardest as far as I'm concerned.

@Demoskinos said:

Without making another thread in other sony acquisitions they also brought Seth Killian formerly of Capcom fame on board. News just broke on twitter.

That's good news for them, I like Seth Killian.

This could be great for streaming BC games, especially if they price everything correctly or use some kind of subscription model.