News of the Week; March 4, 2015

GAMES

1. ‘Final Fantasy Mystic Quest HD Remake’ is a Scam

2. Capcom Removes Advertised Offline Co-Op From Resident Evil Reboot, Updates Steam Page After Sales Begin

3. GamerGate’s Archvillain Is Really A Trolling Sketch Comedian: Jace Connors is infamous on the internet for threatening a female game developer. Now the man who created the Connors character says he himself is afraid for his safety.

+ GamerGate troll turns tail after receiving harassment of his own: Says he started harassing a game maker “as a joke, but it’s become far too real.”

4. Star Wars: The Old Republic dev calls for an end to “whales”

5. Survey asks devs what hurts industry perception: “Working conditions” the top answer among men, “sexism in games” most frequently cited by everyone else

6. GDC General Manager Kindly Warns: Be Good Or Be Gone

7. Violent media and real-world behavior: Historical data and recent trends

8. announcing contract( ), a free builder for plain English agreements

9. Tactical Simulations Interactive Reveals ‘Gateway’ Character Transfer Initiative

10.Net neutrality and games: Entertainment Software Association backs FCC ruling

11. Wells Fargo asks R.I. Superior Court judge to throw out part of 38 Studios lawsuit

12. Upcoming Open Gaming Alliance Report Predicts PC Gaming Sector Worth $35 Billion By 2018

13. One in five eSports fans would pay $200 for event tickets – Eventbrite survey

14. Leveling up the barcade: A visit to Chicago’sPac-Man themed Level 257: Ars beta tests Namco’s new restaurant/ arcade/bowling alley in suburban Chicago.

15. The unstoppable rise of mobile gaming

16. Canadians suffer video game RRP increase

17. Unreal Engine drops subscription fee, goes free for everyone: Epic still asking for 5% royalty on any shipped games which use it

18. Valve reveals Source 2, free to all developers

19. Nintendo’s Official Rules On What Color Mario Must Be

20. Everything I know about homelessness I learned from SimCity

21. Why Never Alone is so much more than a video game

22. When drones and virtual reality come together in an out-of-body experience

23. Battling depression through video games

24. Minecraft’s creator will always be a hero to me, he gave my autistic son a voice: A new interview with Markus ‘Notch’ Persson paints the multimillionaire creator of the Lego-like blockbuster as a playboy-slacker, but I don’t care

25. Computers Are Learning How To Play More Video Games, But They’ll Never Appreciate A Good Game? 

DIGITAL

26. F.C.C. Approves Net Neutrality Rules, Classifying Broadband Internet Service as a Utility

+ FCC votes for net neutrality, a ban on paid fast lanes, and Title II: Internet providers are now common carriers, and they’re ready to sue.

+ Bring on the lawsuits—FCC chairman says net neutrality will survive: Tom Wheeler confident his net neutrality order will withstand court challenge.

27. Rogers Executive Calls on Canadian Government to Shut Down VPNs

+ Social Justice: Bell Mobility deserves punitive damages for arrogance in 911 case

29. Don’t Go Changing: The Canadian Broadcaster Fight Against Legal and Regulatory Reform (Michael Geist)

30. Surveillance-based manipulation: How Facebook or Google could tilt elections

31. Translated: THE WORLD GOVERNMENT How Silicon Valley controls our future – Oh, My!

32. How to Mess With Surveillance: Why you should search for random people on Facebook, and other tips. (Bruce Schneier)

33. Why Watching the Watchers Isn’t Enough: My Talk on Privacy, Snowden & Bill C-51 (Michael Geist)

34. Japan is getting an anonymous whistleblowing platform, but will journalists use it?

35. Privacy advocate tells FTC that Samsung smart TVs are “deceptive”: In a complaint filed this week, nonprofit group challenges voice recognition and recording.

36. Uber Database Breach Exposed Information Of 50,000 Drivers, Company Confirms

37. Twitter Will Crack Down On Serial Trolls By Tracking Their Phone Number

38. Nova Scotia’s cyber bullying law is a disaster

39. Message board operators liable for defamatory posts says court: Baglow v. Smith

40. The case against killer robots, from a guy actually working on artificial intelligence

41. Lego Crosses The Digital Divide

42. ‘Pics or it didn’t happen’ – the mantra of the Instagram era: How sharing our every moment on social media became the new living

43. We Need a Patent System That Works for All Innovators

44. The Real Question With VR: What Happens If We Can’t Get Out?

45. Why are we obsessed with what teens are doing on social media?

46. An ethical checklist for robot journalism

CREATIVITY

47. Our laptops are sleek and polished. Our operating systems are fluid and intuitive. Computing is easy and that’s a problem

48. Storytelling In The Digital Media Age

49. Why Hollywood Refuses to Embrace Diversity — Even Though It Makes More Money

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