A Brief History of Graphics

A Brief History of Graphics

If I remember from my time in Video Game Law several years ago, this is the time of year when there is lots of time to spare. Law students, having done all their studying and completed their papers weeks in advance, long for something to occupy their time. There is hope! Here is a five part […]

Games, Violence, and Your Brain

Games, Violence, and Your Brain

The ongoing battle over the psychological effects of violent games continues in a recent study published in the most recent edition of Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking. From the abstract: Christian Happ and his colleagues recruited 60 students (20 men) with varied video gaming experience and had them spend 15 minutes playing the violent and bloody beat-em-up game Mortal […]

The ToS Death Penalty

Today on the Consumerist, a reader writes to complain of the ToS Death Penalty – a draconian punishment for purported ToS violations that is becoming all too common. The ToS Death Penalty is the seemingly arbitrary execution of a user’s online account with a company, with no explanation of what actually happened and without right […]