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Video video games. We love ’em, however generally they’re simply asking for hassle. Every time one title hits it huge, different corporations see greenback indicators and determine they need a bit for themselves. Therefore less-than-original works like Tremendous Invader or Munch Man seem and lure unsuspecting gamers to slide quarters of their coinbox.
On this week’s episode, we study just a few notable courtroom circumstances the place one online game firm checked out one other’s and demanded compensation. A few of these battles helped to form the trade as we all know it; others are simply amusing in hindsight. Host Kevin Bunch and returning voice Diamond Feit welcome veteran author/podcaster Mollie Patterson and precise lawyer Meredith Rose to place issues into perspective.
Two essential hyperlinks that can add to your listening expertise: Mollie’s add of the Knowledge East rebuttal video in response to Capcom’s assertion that they ripped off Road Fighter II and Drew Mackie’s blogpost about Akira Nishitani’s assertions that each character in Road Fighter II is wholly unique and never primarily based on “some other videogame or some other supply corresponding to comedian books” (lol).
Description: The clones assault, as Kevin Bunch, Diamond Feit, Meredith Rose, and Mollie Patterson talk about the historical past of courtroom circumstances round cloning video video games like Pac-Man and Road Fighter II.
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Art work for this episode by Nick Wanserski and modifying thanks go to Greg Leahy.
