News of the Week; April 24, 2019

DIGITAL

  1. Twitter shuts down 5,000 pro-Trump bots retweeting anti-Mueller report invective: Bots were tied to account formerly used for pro-Saudi messaging.
  2. In meeting with Twitter chief, Trump complains about lost followers
  3. Eleventh Lawsuit Against Social Media Providers for “Materially Supporting Terrorists” Fails–Palmucci v. Twitter (Eric Goldman)
  4. How Twitter Has to Change
  5. Twitter Is Not America: A new Pew study finds a gulf between the general population and Twitter users.
  6. Sixth Circuit Court Dumps Lawsuit Seeking To Hold Twitter Responsible For The Pulse Nightclub Shooting
  7. Another Attempt To Tie Twitter To Terrorist Acts And Another Dismissal With Prejudice
  8. Twitter Permanently Suspends (Then Unsuspends) Lawyer For Telling NRA Supporters To ‘F— Off’ And ‘Own The Death’
  9. Sri Lanka Temporarily Bans Social Media Following Terror Attacks: The government hopes to stem the spread of fake news about the bombings.
  10. Sri Lanka’s social media ban enters its second day
  11. When a Country Bans Social Media – Sri Lanka’s ban on social media forces a question nobody wants to ask: What if a global media network is impossible?
  12. Sri Lanka attacks: government’s social media ban is an assault on free speech and ethnic harmony
  13. Sri Lanka Shut Down Social Media. My First Thought Was ‘Good.’
  14. Like Clockwork After A Big Tragedy, People Rush In To Blame… Social Media
  15. Facebook fights to “shield Zuckerberg” from punishment in US privacy probe
  16. In new gaffe, Facebook improperly collects email contacts for 1.5 million
  17. Facebook Expects Record Fine Up to $5 Billion From FTC for Privacy Violations
  18. Facebook while black: Users call it getting ‘Zucked,’ say talking about racism is censored as hate speech
  19. Facebook’s privacy issues could impact usage of its forthcoming voice assistant
  20. Facebook’s flood of languages leave it struggling to monitor content
  21. Facebook’s auto-captions for a recent launch video are hilariously bad
  22. Facebook is working on an AI voice assistant similar to Alexa, Google Assistant
  23. China Bans the Word ‘Leica’ on Social Media
  24. China censors ban Leica name over Tiananmen Square video
  25. NIH, FBI accuse scientists in US of sending IP to China, running shadow labs
  26. Russian court fines Internet user hundreds of dollars for calling Vladimir Putin an ‘unbelievable f—wit’
  27. Russians Will Soon Lose Uncensored Access to the Internet: A new law allows the Kremlin to spy on, filter, and control the country’s online activity, alarming human-rights watchdogs.
  28. A mystery agent is doxing Iran’s hackers and dumping their code
  29. Disinformation Is Drowning Democracy: In the new age of lies, law, not tech, is the answer.
  30. How Cambridge Analytica breached all the privacy laws
  31. My TED talk: how I took on the tech titans in their lair
  32. Photographer Sues for Failure to Provide Creative Commons-Required Attribution–Philpot v. WOS (Eric Goldman)
  33. New Paper: Why Section 230 Is Better Than The First Amendment
  34. New Paper: “Why Section 230 Is Better Than the First Amendment” (Eric Goldman)
  35. Forming an Online Contract May Be Harder Than Tough Mudder’s Salmon Ladder (Eric Goldman)
  36. Universal And Warner Block Time Live Streaming Its Time 100 Event Because Copyright Censors
  37. Platforms Want Centralized Censorship. That Should Scare You
  38. Scribd taking down the Mueller Report is the future the EU has voted for
  39. Scribd’s Takedown Of The Public Domain Mueller Report Is A Preview Of The EU’s Future Under The Copyright Directive
  40. Another Week, Another Hollywood Company Files A Takedown Against TorrentFreak
  41. Don’t Regulate The Internet Like Every Company Is The Same
  42. The UK’s Dubious Plan For Age-Based Porn Filters Begins On July 15
  43. Digitas Creative Chief Scott Donaton Says Brands Must Redress Broken Trust Across Digital
  44. Google Walkout Organizers Say They’re Facing Retaliation
  45. Google, YouTube and Alphabet Shake Off COPPA-Related Complaint
  46. YouTube Rolls Out Tools To Curb Misinformation Ahead Of EU Elections
  47. YouTube will label videos to help European users avoid fake news: The aim is to limit misinformation during the EU elections.
  48. Google, Verizon Pact To Bring YouTube TV To More Mobile Users
  49. Amazon and Google settle feud, bring YouTube back to Fire TV devices
  50. YouTube Returning To Fire TV After Amazon And Google Find Friendly Ground
  51. Here Are the Winners of the 2019 YouTube Works Awards
  52. Malala Yousafzai’s Nonprofit Debuts YouTube Series ‘Roll Call’ Spotlighting Girls Around The World
  53. YouTube Spotlights Eco-Minded Creators Krystn Keller, Justine LeConte, Others On Earth Day
  54. LeBlanc Family Cookoff Series ‘Annie Vs. Hayley’ Debuts On Nickelodeon’s YouTube Channel
  55. Susan Wojcicki Has “Tea Sessions” With Shane Dawson And James Charles To Discuss Creator Concerns
  56. Viewership On Twitch And YouTube Live Was Booming In Record-Breaking First Quarter
  57. Vimeo Bows ‘Showcase’ Toolkit To Help Creators Make Custom Websites, Smart TV Channels
  58. E*Trade Sued for Creating ‘Clone’ of Instagram Influencer
  59. Tag Two Friends but Please Don’t Sue – A Guide to Instagram Contest Rules
  60. Allegedly Defamatory Tweet About Non-Resident Insufficient to Confer Jurisdiction (Eric Goldman)
  61. HBO Objects to the President’s “Game of Thrones”-Themed Tweet
  62. Willful Copyright Infringement Requires Proof of Intent in the Ninth Circuit 
  63. Snapchat Gains 4 Million Users in Q1 as Snap Beats Earnings Estimates
  64. How publishers are using Snapchat’s curated stories tool for breaking news and more
  65. How to Avoid Copyright Infringement of Online Image
  66. Emilio Estevez Uses Some Public Domain Footage In Film, So Universal Studios Forces Original Public Domain Footage Offline
  67. Amazon will no longer sell Chinese goods in China
  68. Amazon demands selfies from delivery drivers to combat fraud
  69. If You Care About Privacy, Throw Your Amazon Alexa Devices Into the Sea
  70. Insights: What Netflix Says You’re Watching When You’re Not Watching Netflix, And Why It Matters
  71. Netflix To Grow New York City Footprint With Production Hub, Expanded Corporate HQ
  72. Netflix Further Experimenting With Episode Order In Test Randomizing ‘The Office,’ Our Planet,’ More
  73. Beyoncé Inks Three-Project Deal With Netflix Worth A Reported $60 Million
  74. Netflix offers $2 billion more in debt to fund its content spending
  75. All Your Favorite Shows Are Probably Leaving Netflix
  76. The Oscars decides Netflix is OK after all, following DOJ warning
  77. The Netflix-Twitter Complex
  78. Jumprope Is A New Social Network Where Users Create How-To Videos — And Then Post Them Everywhere
  79. Pinterest Shares Up 26% on IPO Day
  80. New Developments in Ongoing Website Accessibility Litigation 
  81. The Worst Thing About Instagram Might Be Going Away
  82. The Second-Most Instagrammed Car in the World Is the Honda Civic
  83. The CIA is joining Instagram: ‘Our team worked with the CIA, as they do with many partners,’ says Instagram
  84. ‘It’s not play if you’re making money’: how Instagram and YouTube disrupted child labor laws – ‘Kidfluencers’ are earning millions on social media, but who owns that money?
  85. NFL Taps Instagram to Feature Photos of 2019 Draftees and Let Fans Shop for Their Draft Hats 
  86. The Criterion Channel Should Be My Favorite Streaming Platform
  87. The future of high-speed computing may be larger CPUs with optics
  88. Elon Musk: Brain-Computer Interface Update “Coming Soon”
  89. AI Could Predict Death. But What If the Algorithm Is Biased?
  90. Applying for Your Next Job May Be an Automated Nightmare
  91. Artificial Intelligence Can Detect PTSD in Your Voice: Speech analysis software could revolutionize how we diagnose mental disorders
  92. Speech‐based markers for posttraumatic stress disorder in US veterans
  93. Some AI just shouldn’t exist: Attempts to “fix” biased AI can actually harm black, gay, and transgender people.
  94. This YouTube Channel Streams AI-Generated Death Metal 24/7: Dadabots was developed by two music technologists who wanted to prove that a neural network was capable of capturing  subtle stylistic differences
  95. Streamlabs: Twitch is still streaming king, though YouTube is gaining ground – YouTube reaches 24% of Twitch’s total streaming viewership
  96. The Gentle Side of Twitch
  97. TV Ratings Are Down For NBA Playoffs, But the League’s Worldwide Social Numbers Are Up
  98. Disney+ Is Betting On Quality Over Quantity With One Of Streaming Space’s Smallest Libraries
  99. Airbnb Delves Further Into Content Business With First Feature Film
  100. Facebook Watch Breakout ‘Red Table Talk’ Returns For New Batch Of Episodes May 6
  101. Foxconn’s Wisconsin Facility is a Ghost Town Where Workers Are Just ‘Moving Dirt Around’
  102. Foxconn: So, About That Factory in Wisconsin You Offered Us $4 Billion in Incentives to Build
  103. Samsung Galaxy Fold: Everything you need to know –
  104. Breaking news – Samsung responds to reported Galaxy Fold display issues
  105. After the Galaxy Fold breaks in the hands of reviewers, Samsung delays launch [Updated]
  106. Samsung Confirms It Will Delay Galaxy Fold Launch Following Early Disasters [Updated]
  107. The Samsung Galaxy Fold Is a Flawed Start to Something Amazing
  108. iFixit’s Samsung Galaxy Fold teardown reveals how the phone is dying
  109. Microsoft 3Q19 revenue up 14% on the back of strong cloud and, uh, Windows?: The PC market declined, but the Windows market did not.
  110. Microsoft engineer complains that company is biased against white men
  111. Thriller in Manhattan – NY Regulator and Declined BitLicense Applicant Engage in Extraordinary Public Brawl in Media Blog
  112. The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona: In the tourist-clogged city, some locals see the service as a pestilence.
  113. Why are Canadian universities so slow to adopt digital learning?: Online courses are popular with students who juggle tough workloads. But only one in five institutions has a significant number of ‘blended’ options.
  114. New Paper: “Why Section 230 Is Better Than the First Amendment” (Eric Goldman)
  115. Dirty Data, Bad Predictions: How Civil Rights Violations Impact Police Data, Predictive Policing Systems, and Justice (Rashida Richardson, Jason M. Schultz & Kate Crawford)

COMMUNICATIONS

  1. Millimeter-wave 5G will never scale beyond dense urban areas, T-Mobile says
  2. The DOJ Isn’t Buying T-Mobile’s Nonsensical Merger Benefit Claims
  3. AT&T’s fake 5G icons aren’t going away despite settlement with Sprint
  4. AT&T says 5G will be priced like home Internet—pay more for faster speeds
  5. Exit of AT&T’s WarnerMedia could spell trouble for OpenAP
  6. AT&T Misses Q1 Revenue Target as Premium TV, DirecTV Now Lose Subscribers
  7. White House Won’t Share Data On Whether It Interfered In AT&T Merger Review 
  8. Disney Makes Big Play to Stay in NFL’s TV-Football Game 
  9. FCC Under Fire For Putting ALEC Rep On ‘Consumer’ Advisory Board
  10. Ajit Pai proposes blocking China-owned telecom from US phone market

 PRIVACY

  1. How one country blocks the world on data privacy: The GDPR is the world’s toughest standard for data privacy. But its chief enforcer has yet to take a single action against major tech firms like Facebook and Google.
  2. Facebook’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Privacy Week
  3. No expectation of privacy in child-luring cases on the Internet, SCC rules
  4. Japanese Taxis Are Using Facial Recognition to Target Ads to Riders: Cameras in the back seat guess your age and gender – and then use them to serve you with ads.
  5. A Seamless Journey Awaits You On The Outbound Flights: All You Have To Give Up Is Your Face
  6. John McAfee Vows to Reveal Bitcoin’s Creator
  7. Shocker: John Mcafee Suspends Plan To Unmask Bitcoin’s Creator
  8. Marcus Hutchins, slayer of WannaCry worm, pleads guilty to malware charges
  9. Marcus Hutchins — The Guy Who Stopped Wannacry — Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy Charges
  10. The US wants to scan the faces of all air passengers leaving the country
  11. When License-Plate Surveillance Goes Horribly Wrong: The pitfalls of automated policing, where one piece of bad information can lead to a guns-drawn confrontation.
  12. State Investigator Granted Immunity For Hours-Long Detention Of Doctor At Gunpoint During A Search For Medical Records
  13. Marcus Hutchins, Security Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry, Pleads Guilty to Malware Charges
  14. Court Rules Chelsea Manning Must Stay in Jail for Refusing to Provide Testimony in WikiLeaks Case
  15. Cybercrime for dummies: cracking internet passwords is as easy as 123456 – GCHQ survey finds millions using most obvious passwords – including ‘password’, ‘qwerty’ and superhero names
  16. How Social Media, Technology and Privacy Laws Are Changing the E-Discovery Landscape
  17. Moving the Goalposts for Canadian Data: Federal Privacy Commissioner Changes Position on Cross-Border Transfers 
  18. Guidelines to protect client information on phones, laptops released: Tips on what to do when border officers request your password
  19. Bug in French government’s WhatsApp replacement let anyone join Élysée chats
  20. The French Govt’s Hand-Rolled Encrypted Messaging Service (Briefly) Allowed Anyone To Pretend They Were A Government Official

CREATIVITY

  1. Esplanade Productions, Inc. v. The Walt Disney Company: 9th Cir. dismisses copyright claim alleging Disney film Zootopia infringed materials for contemplated “Zootopia” franchise.
  2. Batiste v. Lewis: In copyright infringement lawsuit against Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, court finds no probative evidence that defendants copied any of Plaintiffs musical compositions or sound recordings.
  3. Copyright Lawsuits Over Product Shots Are Stupid–eTrailer v. Automatic Equipment (Eric Goldman)
  4. Mercedes Goes To Court To Get Background Use Of Public Murals In Promotional Pics Deemed Fair Use
  5. Werner Herzog Joins Plenty Of Other Artists In Recognizing Piracy Isn’t The Problem
  6. McQueen Estate Wants to Unravel a Tom Ford Sweater
  7. Dallas Mavericks Fail To Get Trademark For Its Star Player’s Nickname
  8. Why celebrities try to trademark their catchphrases and baby names: Taylor Swift wanted to own “This sick beat.” Kylie Jenner wants the name of her 1-year-old’s birthday party. Tim Tebow does own his prayer pose.
  9. The 50 Best Music Documentaries of All Time

GAMES

  1. Iraq bans PUBG, Fortnite: Country joins Nepal and some parts of India in forbidding Bluehole’s shooter, citing impact on youth and addictive qualities
  2. Nepal lifts short-lived ban on PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
  3. Fortnite and PUBG are now banned in Iraq: The Iraqi government is concerned about the negative effect the games have on youth.
  4. Iraq parliament votes to ban Fortnite and Battlegrounds
  5. Don’t Miss: How working on gross, violent games can mess with developers
  6. Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros.Commodore 64 port
  7. Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 fan port hit with DMCA takedowns
  8. Nepal Supreme Court suspends ban on PUBG: Government ordered to show cause for its prohibition on popular survival shooter
  9. Over 200 Fortnite World Cup prize winners caught cheating: Over 1,200 total cheaters caught in first week of competition, most for circumventing region locks
  10. Supercell partners with Internet Matters to improve child safety online
  11. Constant development means a perpetual push to crunch at Epic, say Fortnite devs
  12. Epic devs speak out on Fortnite crunch: “I was working at least 12-hour days, seven days a week, for at least four or five months” after survival shooter became a mainstream phenomenon
  13. Apex Legends is on the decline with streamers after a record-setting month
  14. Overwatch lets players create custom modes with in-game scripting tools
  15. Respawn CEO: Sticking to seasonal updates better for Apex Legends devs
  16. 996.ICU accuses NetEase, Tencent and Chinese devs of overworking staff: Chinese tech workers use GitHub to highlight intensive overtime schedules, Microsoft employees petition to keep list uncensored
  17. China’s game approval rules will soon apply to HTML5 and WeChat mini-games
  18. China’s new gaming rules to ban poker, blood and imperial schemes
  19. China introduces new game approval process, limiting total approvals per year: HTML5 games now require approval, anti-addiction system policy expanded to mobile titles
  20. Tencent raises minimum age for “digital lock” to 16: New measure will be trialled in upcoming game, limiting gamers aged 15 and under to two hours a day
  21. Chinese streaming platform DouYu files for $500m IPO: Tencent-backed Twitch rival could be one of the largest Chinese floatations in the US so far this year
  22. Amnesia dev makes the case for why lying to players is sometimes good game design
  23. Nintendo and Tencent gain approval to bring the Switch to China
  24. Tencent cleared to distribute Nintendo Switch in China: Government of Guangdong province offers provisional go ahead for sale of the Switch in China
  25. Report: Cheaper Switch model will focus on portability
  26. Google coy with new Stadia details, pushes the promise of discoverability
  27. PUBG Corp sees $920 million in 2018 revenue: PC accounted for $790 million of total revenue; over half of total earnings came from Asia
  28. South Korean FTC to review in-game purchase policies
  29. South Korean FTC examining consumer regulations surrounding in-game purchases: Government body currently investigating issues surrounding minors making purchases and “unfair” limitations on refunds
  30. Assassin’s Creed Unity hit by review bombers intent on spreading positivity
  31. Burnout Paradise’s online servers are shutting down after 11 years
  32. Disney reportedly offered controlling stake in Nexon: Search for a buyer continues as Korean publisher’s founder meets with high-ranking Disney exec
  33. Welcome to The New Era of High Fashion and Video Game Collaborations: Inside Moschino and The Sims Partnership
  34. Mortal Kombat 11: Critical Consensus – Reviewers applaud the meat and bones of NetherRealm’s latest, but question the method for unlocking skins
  35. World War Z has surpassed 1 million sales in first week
  36. Frostpunk has surpassed 1.4 million sales in first year
  37. Persona 5 has sold over 2.7 million copies worldwide
  38. Nintendo stock leaps following Switch approval in China: 17% rise on Tokyo exchange is company’s largest percentage gain since Pokemon Go’s summer of 2016
  39. More powerful Nintendo Switch reportedly still in experimental stages: Other, smaller Switch version also rumored may be dockable after all, could launch this fall
  40. NPD: Nintendo Switch continues strong sales in quarter of hardware declines
  41. Report: Cheaper “Switch Lite” will be dockable, come in the fall
  42. Report: Cheaper Switch coming by June
  43. Happy 30th B-Day, Game Boy: Here are six reasons why you’re #1
  44. GB Studio offers a free Game Boy-inspired way to create 2D games
  45. Video: The making of the Xbox Adaptive Controller
  46. Sagging Xbox hardware sales offset by software, services growth: Microsoft says gaming revenues were up 5% in its third quarter thanks to third-party games’ monetization and subscription growth
  47. Xbox revenue held up by software and services as hardware sales fall
  48. GAME and GameStop shrug off Xbox One S All-Digital Edition threat: GaneStop survey finds around half of consumers are less likely to purchase console without disc drive
  49. Game Informer Australia closed down in wake of GameStop cuts
  50. The GamesIndustry.biz Podcast: PlayStation 5 vs disc-less Xbox: Will the future of consoles be defined by Sony’s SSD, Microsoft’s digital focus, or Capcom’s corporate branded arcade panel?
  51. Contributing devs up in arms over Capcom’s use of the FB Alpha emulator
  52. Sony promises “appealing” price for new PlayStation console: Wired releases more interview material after hardware’s high-spec prompts speculation over price
  53. Sony Brings Social VR Theater App to PSVR Users in Japan
  54. Linden Lab CEO: ‘We’re Pitching ‘Sansar’ Less as a VR Platform Now’
  55. Oculus Explains Why It Doesn’t Think the Time is Right for ‘Rift 2’ or ‘Rift Pro’
  56. The Simple Guide to Four Major VR Headsets Launching This Spring
  57. Iron Man VR preview makes me want to put on nerdy headgear again
  58. Nintendo’s past VR research laid the foundation for Labo VR
  59. Epic Games Store exclusivity helps Phoenix Point achieve 191% return: “Cash advance” from engine provider will be shared with Fig backers as part of game’s revenue
  60. Here’s why the Epic Games Store takes a 12 percent revenue cut from devs
  61. Gearbox CEO: Both devs and players benefit from Epic and Steam competition
  62. Gearbox’s Pitchford: Steam may be “a dying store” in 5 to 10 years
  63. Diverging paths: Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo’s radically different visions | Opinion: After decades of platform holders releasing similar hardware, we should celebrate their new, wildly different visions of gaming’s future
  64. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s new Stage Builder mode is recommending inappropriate content: Stages with inappropriate images, names are being listed as “Recommended” and do not disappear
  65. Spectator Throws Dead Crab At Super Smash Bros. Tournament Winner
  66. European Esports Federation to be formed with 12 countries: Organization to serve as a “moderating partner” rather than a governing body for the industry
  67. Player Safeguarding, Welfare and Education in Esports – A Pragmatic Approach for Tournament Organizers 
  68. Actor Will Smith joins $46m investment into esports organisation Gen.G: Smith joined by investment partner and Japanese soccer star Keisuke Honda
  69. Branded for success | Opinion: Game Dragons’ Philip Oliver offers advice on how to licence IP, and how to identify IP that is now in the public domain
  70. AbleGamers launches new accessibility website: Accessible.Games provides means to connect developers and players with disability to help design more accessible games
  71. Kitfox: People are more important than projects – Co-founder Tanya X. Short says she’s reconsidering putting gameplay and quality on equal footing with respect and personal development
  72. Amy Hennig: Streaming must be more than “just an invisible console” – Real-time streaming will start a revolution in storytelling, Hennig said at Reboot Develop – but new kinds of content will be required
  73. Neo Cab: Staying human in a world where an algorithm is your boss – “We’re building these systems without thinking about the human costs… we only do it as numbers and aggregate”
  74. Warren Spector: “If immersive sims disappear, I disappear” –  System Shock developer explains why the struggles of Dishonored and Deus Ex won’t deter him from his chosen genre
  75. Frostpunk sells 1.4m units in first year: Publishing director Paweł Feldman unpacks some of the lessons learned in building 11 Bit Studios’ latest hit
  76. SuperData: Sekiro sells 1.4m digital units in March, beating Dark Souls III launch – Battle royales continue to drive growth alongside console games as premium PC digital sales decline
  77. World War Z sells 1m copies in first week: Co-op zombie shooter saw 70k concurrent players during launch
  78. CCP Games: EVE Online’s tech is “absolutely at its breaking edge” – At Reboot Develop, Hilmar Petursson detailed CCP’s plans to keep pace with the huge battles staged by EVE’s remarkable community
  79. Life after EVE Online: From intergalactic warfare to “elegant, cosy” card games: CCP Games co-founder Ívar Kristjánsson talks starting a new studio with his brother to fill a niche in the digital card game market
  80. Blog: What makes a game prologue gripping?
  81. Blog: Three lessons for narrative game design students
  82. Blog: Referencing objects—Names vs GUIDs
  83. Blog: Discussing the ins and outs of composing for games at the Library of Congress
  84. Blog: What happens when game artists design a mural
  85. Blog: Evolving difficulty modes in survival horror – Resident Evil 2
  86. Blog: 10 important Kickstarter hacks from an expert
  87. Street Fighter II designer walks through the creation of the game’s stranger fighters
  88. Don’t Miss: Making debugging into a mechanic inBeglitched
  89. Video: Why you should put your name on your indie game
  90. Boldly she rode: How Heaven’s Vault reinvents adventure games  
  91. Mojang sets March 2022 date for Minecraft movie premiere: Long in development project has a new director, and plenty of time to get ready for release
  92. Eight ways the UK games industry can work better with education
  93. Finnish games industry employed over 3,000, brought in over $2b in 2018
  94. Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Old Video Games Look Like New: Modders are taking advantage of AI tools to update old graphics
  95. Code to Inspire is creating “Afghan Hero Girls” through education
  96. The ethics of smurfing: Why players smurf, and what developers are doing about it.
  97. Keywords nabs Japanese HTML5 developer Wizcorp for $1.1 million
  98. A Kickstarter for a game that’s basically hentai Mass Effect has raised over a million dollars
  99. GTA 6 showed up on a Rockstar artist’s resume: With Red Dead Redemption 2 out presumably Grand Theft Auto 6 will follow, but is this confirmation?
  100. Don’t Miss: Devs reflect on the impact and legacy ofBurnout Paradise
  101. Spider-Man Developer Reveals Undiscovered Easter Egg That Only Happens On Saturdays
  102. Video: Procedurally creating Manhattan for Marvel’s Spider-Man
  103. The imperfect science of Falcon Age’s baby bird-based social media marketing
  104. You can now download the source code for all Infocom text adventure classics
  105. Reverse review bomb? AC: Unity draws praise for Notre Dame preservation: Average Steam user score shifts from “Mixed” to “Very Positive” in recent days.
  106. Top 10 Best-Selling Video Games Of All Time: Minecraft and GTA V have dominated the last decade, but where do they rank among the all-time bestsellers?

Jon