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Evening Reading

By Steve Gibson, Aug 23, 2002 5:28pm PDT

Woah, where did this week go? Ah well so uh yeah Maarten mentioned filling up FileShack with more stuff, so I guess that is the plan this weekend...

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"I still want someone to find the crazy religious guy's "the devil with the candle" post. "

- Vorlonesque see all 3163 comments

Columbine Lawsuit Dismissed

By Steve Gibson, Mar 05, 2002 2:58am PST

The biz guys and legal folks at id Software and Activision are sighing a little bit of relief, the Columbine lawsuit against them has been...

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" I don't think anyone thinks that. I think people object to senseless censorship, not age ..."

- smart1 see all 120 comments

Late Night Consoling

By jason bergman, Feb 11, 2002 8:30pm PST

Several console games of note ship this week, including Super Mario World for GBA (see below), State of Emergency, and Maximo: Ghosts to Glory. If...

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" you can walk out of the crater I thought. If you can, then it would be best to do it that way ..."

- DinK see all 66 comments

Columbine Lawsuit Update

By Steve Gibson, Jul 19, 2001 4:05pm PDT

As you would expect, video game makers have asked that the Columbine lawsuit be dropped in court recently. They are taking the free speech route....

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" No kidding. Free Speech can clear just about anything. I just think its sad that so many people ..."

- Drahkar see all 15 comments

Blizzards Lawsuit Win

By Maarten Goldstein, Jul 10, 2001 6:59am PDT

According to this press release, a federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against New Line Cinema, for their use of the name "Diablo"...

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" I disagree. If New Line was making a movie titled Warcraft or Starcraft, wouldn't it be in ..."

- Kelster see all 31 comments

CPL Lawsuit

By Steve Gibson, May 23, 2001 6:28am PDT

ShackES and GamersLatino are reporting that some recent CPL winners are considering filing a lawsuit against CPL. Apparently they didnt realize the...

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"Hello retards, read what xROOTx wrote and maybe you will understand something and stop to make ..."

- -HellraiseR- see all 30 comments

Tolkien Lawsuit Re-Filed

By Steve Gibson, May 21, 2001 2:54pm PDT

Doh! Tolkien fans begin your mourning again. Tolkien Online is once again in jeopardy. Not because of development or team members leaving or...

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"ahahah Steve: <VOICEofDOOM\>UNTIL NOW</VOICEofDOOM>"

- Sniper21 see all 18 comments

Tolkien Lawsuit Dropped

By Steve Gibson, Apr 27, 2001 2:47pm PDT

A few days back we carried a story about Sierra and MM3D getting in a squabble over Sierra asking for more money than they originally agreed to in...

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"They dropped this lawsuit so that they could concentrate on suing everyone on the Net who calls ..."

- hi-c see all 24 comments

Tolkien Online Lawsuit

By Steve Gibson, Apr 24, 2001 12:23pm PDT

All the Tolkien fans plan for excitement and then sorrow. It has been confirmed that Sierra Online has plans to publish a massive multiplayer...

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" actually counter-strike has over 50,000 people playing at times. but then again people are ..."

- Steve Gibson see all 69 comments

Lawsuit on Games

By Steve Gibson, Apr 22, 2001 9:37am PDT

As was anticipated a lawsuit has been brought against the computer entertainment industry (Thanks Rosewood) for not regulating itself and being...

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"This guy wrote a letter to Carmack to stop selling games to minors??? Why doesn't he talk to ..."

- wolfnipplechips see all 625 comments

Diablo Lawsuit

By Maarten Goldstein, Feb 27, 2001 9:18am PST

According to Inside.com Blizzard is sueing New Line for use of the name Diablo for an upcoming movie. Blizzard intends to produce it's own movie...

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Rambus and Lawsuits

By Maarten Goldstein, Dec 04, 2000 10:10am PST

Some new Rambus lawsuit statements at a recent conference call, and The Register has an article. First it looks like the company will continue to...

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"As a matter of fact, if any of you purchase a RDRAM-requiring motherboard, I am gonna have you ..."

- tookycat see all 38 comments

3dfx Responds to Lawsuit

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 29, 2000 12:51pm PDT

3dfx has just issued a press release saying they will "vigorously" defend itself against the patent infringement suit by NVidia. This is what the...

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"Is it just me or did AMD take loses for years and stick around? God you "3dfx are dead now" ..."

- TreMetal see all 77 comments

The MP3 Lawsuits

By Maarten Goldstein, May 26, 2000 5:58am PDT

On ZDNet there's a story which looks at all the suits going on between the RIAA/artists and MP3.com and Napster, serving as a good recap to see...

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"Like I've said before, I've got almost 1000 MP3s (which is a mere drop in the bucket compared to ..."

- jo-papa see all 4 comments

Lawsuit To Poop On

By Steve Gibson, Apr 27, 2000 11:51am PDT

Just because Triumph the dog from Conan is such a icon around here (The poop on dog!) , I figure you guys would think this is funny. The Pets.com...

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" Is ezkilla a jewish name? Calm down buddy... it's called a stereotypical joke."

- Saeger see all 87 comments