DIGITAL

1. China creates app to tell you if you are near someone in debt and encourages you to report them: The app will allow the public shaming of “deadbeat debtors”
2. Russia tries to force Facebook and Twitter to relocate servers to Russia
3. Pay for Trump’s border wall with $20 online porn fee, Ariz. lawmaker says
4. Herrick V. Grindr – The Section 230 Case That’s Not What You’ve Heard
5. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Case That Threatened CDA 230 
6. There Was Heavy Tech Lobbying On Article 13… From The Company Hoping To Sell Everyone The Filters
7. Disney is already losing over $1 billion in streaming, and its Netflix competitor has yet to launch
8. Lucasfilm Steps In After FanFilm That Tried To Follow The Rules Was Claimed By Disney Over Star Wars Music
9. Facebook may be hit with “record-setting fine” by FTC, report says
10. Facebook Just Removed Hundreds of Pages Linked to Russia
11. President Trump Posts Altered Photos to Facebook and Instagram That Make Him Look Thinner
12. Viral Is Still Copyrighted, Even to Learn Where Trump Is 
13. Parody Washington Post Leads To Bogus Legal Threat, And A Reminder Of An Old Internet Lawsuit 
14. Judge unseals trove of internal Facebook documents following our legal action
15. Google, Facebook, and Amazon Spent Record Cash Lobbying Washington in 2018
16. Google’s lobbying spending set new records in 2018
17. Blocking Constituents from Facebook Page Violates First Amendment–Davison v. Randall
18. Why Silicon Valley’s “growth at any cost” is the new “unsafe at any speed”: For years, Ashkan Soltani has warned of Facebook’s privacy-eroding tendencies.
19. Fourth Amendment Limits NYC’s Demands for Airbnb Customer Records
20. Pie Company Has A Rogue Twitter Impostor, But Decides To Be Totally Cool With It
21. Lawmakers seek harsh penalties against ZTE and Huawei
22. US asks Canada to turn over Huawei’s CFO on alleged sanctions violations 
23. Will Social Media Websites Become State Actors?
24. Researchers discover state actor’s mobile malware efforts because of YOLO OPSEC
25. BuzzFeed Set to Lay Off 15% of Its Employees
26. Why Do People Fall for Fake News?
27. Deepfakes and the New Disinformation War: The Coming Age of Post-Truth Geopolitics
28. Social media can predict what you’ll say, even if you don’t participate
29. “The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging
30. Not all Opinions are Fit for Sharing
31. Risky Business Just Got Riskier – DOJ Changes Stance on Internet Gambling 
32. DOJ Opinion Leaves Industry Hanging: If UIGEA Exclusions Don’t Modify the Wire Act What Does That Mean for Intrastate Gambling Transactions? 
33. Hulu Drops Price Of Ad-Supported Subscription Plan, Increases Price For Hulu With Live TV
34. Hulu will make its basic plan cheaper as Netflix gets pricier
35. US Media Companies Engaging In Proactive Censorship Of Content Ahead Of India’s New Hate Speech Laws
36. Netflix Signs Indian Content Code Banning Offensive Material, Agrees To Self-Regulate
37. Netflix Spent $12 Billion on Content in 2018. Analysts Expect That to Grow to $15 Billion This Year 
38. Netflix Joins the Motion Picture Association of America 
39. Why Does Everyone Else Want To Stop Netflix Password Sharing, When Netflix Is Fine With It?
40. Netflix on streaming rivals: ‘We compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO’
41. The whirlwind success of Netflix’s ‘You’ and ‘Bird Box’ shows it’s become a well-oiled FOMO machine
42. The Great Google Hangouts Shutdown begins October 2019
43. YouTube TV Expanding to Cover Entire U.S., No International Launch Plans Right Now
44. YouTube TV Rolls Out To Remaining U.S. Markets Ahead Of Super Bowl 
45. Netflix Says Viewership, Subscriptions Spiked During Brief YouTube Outage In October 
46. 2 Years After ‘Adpocalypse’, AT&T — The World’s Second Largest Advertiser — Returns To YouTube
47. AT&T returns as a YouTube advertiser marking the end of the “adpocalypse”: January might be a slow month, but big ad spending is on the horizon
48. YouTube Demonetizes Channel Belonging To Anti-Islam Political Advisor Tommy Robinson
49. YouTube Cover Singer Lands Starring Role In Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ Remake
50. YouTube Trick Shot Stars ‘Dude Perfect’ Announce First Live Tour And Memberships, Ask Fans To Help Them Tie PewDiePie’s Subscriber Count 
51. After Stunning Australian Open Win, Stefanos Tsitsipas Urges Stadium to Subscribe To His YouTube Channel 
52. Vice Media, Hulu Japan Ink Original Content and Licensing Deal 
53. Vice Media sets up experience division: Ten-strong team will create experiences for youth media company’s own brands as well as for partners.
54. Viacom Purchases Free Streaming Platform Pluto TV For $340 Million
55. Font expert exposes phony trust documents
56. Online Publishers Beware: An iPhone Snap May Go Viral, but Unauthorized Commercial Use is Still Not Fair Use 
57. NSA Puts Phone Charging Station at Hacker Conference in Plot to Go Viral
58. Instagram Influencers Are Seeking The Services Of Ethical Hackers To Reclaim Their Stolen Accounts 
59. “A never-ending war”: top influencer on what brands should know about fakes in China
60. Analysts Project Instagram Will Rake In $14 Billion In Revenues In 2019
61. Patreon Gained 1 Million New Patrons In 2018, Will Pay Out Its Billionth Dollar This Year
62. Blockchain justice: Crypto-currency and blockchain will increasingly be the subjects of litigation in Canada 
63. I Tried to Block Amazon From My Life. It Was Impossible.
64. Amazon begins testing deliveries with sidewalk drones
65. The Prime Challenges For Amazon’s New Delivery Robot
66. Microsoft: Switch to iOS or Android because Windows 10 Mobile is ending
67. Google buys $40 million worth of smartwatch tech from Fossil Group
68. Even with the Google/Fossil deal, Wear OS is doomed
69. Google Play malware used phones’ motion sensors to conceal itself
70. Google planning changes to Chrome that could break ad blockers 
71. Jake Paul Dropped By Legal Firm In Case Involving Prank That Damaged Man’s Hearing
72. The 8 Signs That Machine Learning Will Automate Some or All of Your Job
73. Globally, Most Workers Think Robots Couldn’t Handle Their Jobs 
74. Robots on the rise
75. Sony Invests in Geolocation Startup Used to Shoot ‘Ready Player One’
76. For teens, digital technology is good. Or bad. Or maybe neutral?
77. Instagram Helped Me Bond With My Dentist Dad by Recommending I Watch Gross Teeth Videos
78. How running websites has changed in the last two decades (for an Ars IT guru)
79. Now That’s What I Call Ars Technica, Volume 1: Favorite stories from Ars’ 20 years
80. Twenty legal battles that stand out across Ars’ 20 years of covering them
81. Technology with limits: How can we tame technology to do what we need and then let it go so that we can be more connected to each other in real life?
82. Deregulation is the New Buzz Word in Washington –  Except in the Tech Industry
83. Can a Server Be a Regular and Established Place of Business? Examining the SEVEN Networks Decision

CREATIVITY

1. It’s Finally Happening – Major New Trademark Law Takes Effect in Canada on June 17, 2019
2. Toronto DJ wins trademark registration despite association with Drake: Application was challenged by October’s Very Own
3. McDonald’s loses Big Mac trademark after legal battle with Irish chain: Supermac strips US food giant of trademark across Europe after landmark EU ruling
4. UK fashion label says it owns trademark on “collusion,” EFF says no way: Last year, a man bought Collusion.so, pointed it to Lawfare. ASOS didn’t like that.
5. UK clothing company: Oops, our trademark doesn’t cover collusion.so
6. Oh Na Na What’s My Name?: Rihanna Sues Father for Trademark Misuse of “Fenty” Surname
7. Proposed Update To Singapore’s Copyright Laws Surprisingly Sensible
8. The Updated Canada Food Guide: New Advice, Old Restrictive Copyright Rules
9. Port Talbot Banksy sells for six-figure sum 
10. The King of Wakanda Holds the Oscars’ First Best Picture Nod for a Superhero Film
11. Viceland Will Relaunch Primetime With Nightly Live Two-Hour Variety Show 
12. Leslie Jones Is No Fan of the New GhostbustersMovie 
13. Key IP Takeaways from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
14. Copyright Act amendments to unveil our hidden history
15. An Analysis of Title I and Title III of The Music Modernization Act, Part 1 of 2 (Tyler Ochoa)
16. An Analysis of Title I and Title III of The Music Modernization Act, Part 1 of 2 (Tyler Ochoa)
17. Duty of loyalty: A limit to freedom of expression

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY

1.  The Canadian Wireless Story: Comparative Data Shows World’s Highest Carrier Revenues Per SIM
2. Sunlight on the Submissions: Why the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel Should Reverse Its Secretive Approach (Michael Geist)
3. Woman sues T-Mobile after employees allegedly snoop on racy private video
4. Verizon blames school text provider in dispute over “spam” fee
5. Verizon offers free robocall blocking, two years after AT&T and T-Mobile
6. Trump Hotel Fracas Highlights How T-Mobile’s Consumer-Friendly Brand Schtick Is Wearing A Little Thin
7. Sorry, Ajit: Comcast lowered cable investment despite net neutrality repeal
8. Remember When Ajit Pai Said Killing Net Neutrality Would Boost Network Investment? About That…
9. Terabyte-using cable customers double, increasing risk of data cap fees
10. Government Shutdown May Cause FCC to Cancel January 30 Public Meeting 
11. FCC Wants Delay In Net Neutrality Trial Due To Government Shutdown, But Isn’t Likely To Get It
12. Statements by third parties – What are the liabilities of publishers and broadcasters?
13. Brexit and broadcasting: Luxembourg as the ideal gateway to provide audiovisual media services throughout the EU (without a major impact on operations in the UK!)

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

1. Max Schrems Files New Privacy Complaints That Seem To Show The Impossibility Of Complying With The GDPR
2. How The GDPR Is Still Ruining Christmas
3. GDPR Enforcement Actions, Fines Pile Up
4. Google must pay €50 million for GDPR violations, France says
5. Attorney General Nominee Seems Willing To Let The DOJ Jail Journalists Over Published Leaks
6. YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Spotify, And More Accused Of Violating E.U. Data Privacy Legislation Per Article 15
7. Yahoo! Derivative Data Breach Suit Yields Unprecedented $29 Million Settlement
8. Mother of All Breaches Exposes 773 Million Emails, 21 Million Passwords
9. Monster 773 million-record breach list contains plaintext passwords
10. How to Stop Worrying About Every ‘Mega’ Password Breach That Comes Along
11. GoDaddy weakness let bomb threat scammers hijack thousands of big-name domains
12. Hackers Hijacked A Family’s Smart Home, Spammed Nuclear Missile Alerts
13. Exploring the EU’s new rules for the free flow of non-personal data
14. Seattle Newspaper Wins Federal Court Case, Opens Up Reporting On Secret Law Enforcement Surveillance
15. NY Court Tells NYPD It Can’t Hide Surveillance Of Protesters Behind A Glomar Response
16. The creepy rule
17. 41 California Privacy Experts Urge Major Changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (Eric Goldman)
18. Fourth Amendment Limits NYC’s Demands for Airbnb Customer Records (Eric Goldman)
19. Privacy and Data Security 2018 Year in Review
20. 2018 Privacy Year in Review
21. ‘The goal is to automate us’: welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism
22. 41 California Privacy Experts Urge Major Changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act
23. Is Privacy a Right? (Doc Searls)

GAMES

1. Westworld Mobile shuts down following Bethesda lawsuit
2. Bethesda bans Fallout 76 players who accessed secret developer room
3. Bethesda confirms bans for visiting hidden Fallout 76“developer room”
4. Star Control: Origins restored to Steam amid legal battle with series’ creators 
5. Eximius developer uses DMCA to reclaim Steam page from publisher: Ammobox claims publisher TheGameWall Studios “disappeared completely,” after launch, and lost revenue worth six months of operating expenses
6. Emulator project aims to resurrect classic Mac apps and games without the OS
7. How machine learning is helping fans remaster retro classics
8. Ubisoft issues apology for controversial Assassin’s Creed Odyssey DLC  
9. Ubisoft Apologizes To Players For Assassin’s Creed Odyssey DLC Controversy 
10. Ubisoft apologises for forcing heterosexual romance in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey DLC: Publisher explains story-based decision behind relationship but admits it was “poorly executed”
11. Challenging the inevitability of online harassment | Opinion: Tackling harassment will be a long and bitter march, but understanding it is the first step
12. Tencent still absent from third round of Chinese game approvals 
13. Tencent and NetEase absent from third wave of Chinese game approvals: No games from China’s two key publishers have been included in the 257 cleared so far 
14. My Time at Portia devs compensate voice actors for unpaid wages
15. Atlas Player Gets Into Admin’s Account, Summons Swarm Of Whales And Other Mayhem 
16. Former Heroes of the Storm team files suit against ex-owner for unpaid wages
17. Square Enix has trademarked the name of Octopath Traveler’s art style
18. Square Enix trademarks terms for Octopath Traveler’s visual style: The publisher now has trademarks for “HD2D” and “HD-2D” in Europe 
19. Unity CEO clarifies Improbable violations, future plans in AMA: John Riccitiello emphasizes platform’s “developer-first” focus as driving TOS changes
20. NBA extends partnership with NBA 2K publisher 2K
21. Don’t Miss: How working on gross, violent games can affect developers
22. Netflix: “We compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO” – TV and film streaming service points to Epic’s battle royale title as a major competitor 
23. Netflix thinks ‘Fortnite’ is a bigger threat than HBO
24. Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO 
25. Insights: The Real Competition for Netflix Is…A Single Videogame? Yup.
26. Cybersecurity firm exposes Fortnite vulnerability: If exploited, hackers could have viewed personal information, purchased items, and overheard chat through affected accounts
27. Fortnite Dances Its Way Into More Lawsuits
28. Blog: Why the Epic Games Store could be huge for influencers
29. Epic Games acquires digital character specialist 3Lateral
30. Analyst: PUBG out-earned every other premium PC and console game in 2018  
31. Digital Extremes and PUBG company Krafton looking for developers at PAX East
32. UK Charts: Ace Combat 7 breaks franchise records, but Mario holds No.1: Bandai Namco’s flight game debuts at No.2
33. Microsoft says its game streaming service has an advantage thanks to Xbox
34. Microsoft CEO states “Netflix for games” ambitions: Satya Nadella points to game catalogue and PC business as key advantages over competitors
35. As Twitch Subscriber Race Heats Up, Ninja Is Annoyed That “Everyone’s Just Out To Look For The Next Guy” 
36. U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Helps Twitch Streamer ‘Hbomberguy’ Raise $340,000+ For Transgender Nonprofit
37. Streamer raises $340,000 for trans charity by playingDonkey Kong 64
38. Games industry names help YouTuber raise $340,000 for trans charity in Donkey Kong 64 marathon: Grant Kirkhope, Jon Romero and Jim Sterling join the challenge
39. Machinima has been wiped clean: The end of an era
40. Otter Media blocks all Machinima content on YouTube: Parent company says new Machinima content will be “distributed on new channels” to be announced later this year
41. Changing industry economics let Bungie forge a new destiny | Opinion – The idea of a developer operating an expensive online game would once have seemed ludicrous – Bungie’s new independence shows how much has changed
42. Capcom Really Loves Remaking Resident Evil 2
43. Resident Evil 2 Review
44. Resident Evil 2 remake review: Beautiful, terrifying, and annoying
45. Resident Evil 2’s time-restricted demo has been downloaded over 3 million times
46. Blog: Overcoming genre in Ni No Kuni 2
47. Starbreeze delays console release of Overkill’s The Walking Dead
48. Starbreeze delays Overkill’s The Walking Dead on console: Troubled publisher pushes game beyond its planned February release, more information “at a later date” 
49. How to build a Bandersnatch: Developers shares advice on how to create interactive movie games that can stand toe-to-toe with Black Mirror’s latest
50. The Bandersnatch effect: Netflix’s Black Mirror outing has everyone talking about interactive fiction — but what does this mean for the game developers who got there first?
51. Blog: How to make the marriage between cinema and games last
52. Get a job: Crystal Dynamics is hiring a Camera Designer
53. Hothead Games opens new publishing division
54. Metro Exodus publisher confident over showdown with Crackdown and Far Cry: Deep Silver on how it has readied a marketing assault ahead of crowded February 15 launch
55. Switch dominates a great year for game consoles in 2018
56. NPD: The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console of 2018 in the U.S.
57. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 5 million globally in first week: Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa says Nintendo Switch seeing fastest software sales in Nintendo history
58. Media Create: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe sells through over half of first-week shipment 
59. Don’t Miss: The secret history of Donkey Kong 9
60. Former PlayStation, Take-Two, Nintendo execs launch blockchain publisher: Planet Digital Partners will use $38m blockchain token sale to secure investment for up to ten new games
61. Blog: Games and crowdfunding in 2018  
62. Nexon reportedly up for sale: Tencent, EA, Activision, and Disney listed as interested parties in Korean publisher of MapleStory
63. Layoffs hit NCSoft’s Iron Tiger Studios: Publisher confirms an undisclosed number of layoffs at San Mateo developer 
64. Supergiant’s fourth outing Hades introduces a more mature, organized dev process
65. Splash Damage has released the full game design document for Dirty Bomb
66. Cloud Imperium Games spent $4M a month in 2017 developing Star Citizen
67. Blog: The mysteries of studying game design
68. Blog: Why nobody cares about your indie game
69. CI Games establishes United Label, a new publishing label dedicated to indies
70. IndieDB, ModDB founder launches mod-focused publishing arm: Modularity to use mod.io to offer a “fully cross-platform and store-agnostic modding solution”
71. With CryEngine’s SpatialOS GDK in the works, Crytek reaffirms open-platform goals
72. US, Canada mobile gaming brought in $9.37 billion in 2018: Candy Crush games topped revenue charts for the year as puzzle, strategy, and casino genres dominated
73. Chad Wild Clay, Vy Qwaint Launch Mobile Game Inspired By Their Kids’ YouTube Spy Series 
74. FIFA 19 trumped Red Dead and COD as Europe’s highest selling game in 2018: Gfk Entertainment data shows EA Sports’ football title as the most popular across 15 countries
75. Sony is rolling out PlayStation Now to new European territories
76. Fast Travel Games sold more on PSVR than Steam, Oculus and Viveport combined: PSVR accounts for 58% of Apex Construct sales, said CEO Oskar Burman, and Sony’s lead is getting wider 
77. ‘Apex Construct’ Studio: Big Boost in PSVR Installs Thanks to Recent Increase in Headset Sales
78. VR headsets, augmented windshields, and multiscreen infotainment at CES
79. VR Train Simulator ‘Derail Valley’ to Launch into Early Access This Week
80. The Digital Revolution: Fundamentals of virtual, mixed and augmented reality
81. Mortal Kombat 11 gameplay as seen by a ‘90s arcade rat
82. How European expansion bolstered Bulkhead against Brexit: Setting up a German subsidiary enabled recruitment of new talent amid political turmoil in the UK, says Bulkhead Interactive CEO Joe Brammer
83. New esports league crops up around Farming Simulator 19 
84. GAME’s shares improve following “solid” Christmas results: UK dips offset by Spanish growth over festive period
85. Kingdom Hearts III Is An Unreviewable Video Game
86. 9 Video Game Secrets That Took Years to Find: In the olden days, programmers could hide something in the code of a video game and be confident that it would never be revealed.
87. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, video games, and the new online town square
88. Video: How I got my mom to play through Plants vs. Zombies

Jon

DIGITAL

1. Appeals Court: First Amendment Violation To Ban Members Of The Public From Gov’t Officials’ Facebook Pages
2. Facebook page is a government forum
3. Blocking Constituents from Facebook Page Violates First Amendment–Davison v. Randall 
4. Pakistan Demands Google Take Down Petition For Academic Freedom… Saying It Represents Hate Speech
5. Apple loses patent case appeal, owes VirnetX $440M in FaceTime dispute 
6. The Duty to Read the Unreadable (Uri Benoliel & Shmuel Becher)
7. Twitter’s TOS Upheld Despite Unilateral Amendment Clause – Brittain v. Twitter
8. Court To Revenge Porn Bro Suing Twitter: You Agreed To Twitter Picking The Courtroom Every Time You Created A New Alt Account
9. “This isn’t like shipping wine”—Defense Distributed v. Grewalhas its day in court
10. Amazon Dash Buttons Ruled Illegal In Germany For… Making It Too Easy To Buy Stuff 
11. Here’s How Much Money Creators Can Make Via Amazon’s Influencer Program (Report)
12. President Trump Mocks Amazon’s ‘Jeff Bozo’ During Unhinged Twitter Rant
13. Microsoft signs a huge deal with Walgreens, as Amazon’s growing interest in health care looms large
14. Microsoft’s fonts catch out another fraudster—this time in Canada
15. How Tracking And Selling Our Data Became A Business Model
16. Night Club Accused of TCPA Text Messaging Violations
17. 3rd Circuit: Enrollment packet e-signature requires student to arbitrate claims 
18. EU Parliament Puts Out Utter Nonsense Defending Copyright Directive
19. Hollywood Asks EU To Drop Article 13 Entirely, Because It Might Possibly Have A Tiny Compromise For The Internet
20. Google Shows What Google News Looks Like If Article 11 Passes In The EU Copyright Directive
21. EU Court Adviser Says Google Shouldn’t Have To Enforce A French RTBF Request Anywhere But In Europe
22. Google kills the Chromecast Audio
23. Alphabet board sued over massive payout to Android creator, among others
24. Music Groups Waste No Time Using Australia’s New Copyright Law To Shut Down Stream Ripping Sites
25. Federal Appellate Courts Ring In the New Year by Taking Up Website and Mobile Application Accessibility  
26. Carriers Swore They’d Stop Selling Location Data. Will They Ever?
27. LinkedIn Is Helping The Chinese Government Silence Critics
28. Internet Censorship and the Intraregional Geopolitical Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (Helmi Noman)
29. Kylie Jenner Dethroned By An Egg For Most-Liked Instagram Post Of All Time
30. Instagram’s Most-Liked Egg Now Trying To Be Twitter’s Most-Retweeted Egg
31. Report: DOJ pursuing criminal charges against Huawei for theft of tech
32. Huawei employee arrested, accused of “high-level espionage” for China: Polish authorities arrest a Huawei employee and former government security expert.
33. Chinese Police Now Performing Door-To-Door Twitter Censorship
34. Roku Reverses Course, Bans Alex Jones Channel After Outcry 
35. Suppressing Customer Reviews Leads to $25 Million Judgment
36. Few people shared fake news in 2016 election, but seniors shared the most
37. And Now Professional Sports Teams Are Cutting The Cable Cord, Too
38. Netflix sued for trademark infringement by ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ publishers  
39. Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Leads to “Choose Your Own Adventure” Trademark Lawsuit 
40. Netflix Is About to Cost You More Money
41. Netflix Announces Biggest Subscription Price Hike To Date
42. Millions of customers will now pay more for Netflix—here’s how much
43. Netflix reveals Space Force comedy series before Trump gets real thing approved
44. Hulu Stealth Drops Fyre Fest Documentary Featuring Interview With Founder Billy McFarland 
45. Gillette’s New Ad Addressing Toxic Masculinity Met With 400,000 Dislikes, Vitriol From YouTube Users
46. Massively-Viewed K-Pop Videos Temporarily Pulled From YouTube After False Copyright Claims
47. Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 1/13/2019
48. YouTube will “ramp up” enforcement of its policies against dangerous challenges and pranks
49. YouTube updates policies to explicitly ban dangerous pranks, challenges
50. YouTube Bans Stunts Like Particularly Risky ‘Bird Box,’ Tide Pod Challenges In Updated Guidelines
51. Jake Paul’s ‘Bird Box Challenge’ Video Yanked From YouTube Following Backlash
52. Logan Paul Half-Apologizes For Saying He Wanted To Try Being Gay For 1 Month
53. The First Dumb Meme Accident of 2019 Is Here
54. “Ghost guns,” underage sex, and the First Amendment: Defense Distributed’s legal saga: Legal turmoil for company rolls on as Cody Wilson faces felony charges for sex with a minor. 
55. Family-Friendly YouTube Stars ‘ACE Family’ Under Fire After Father Shown Buying Child A Phallic Lollipop
56. YouTube Clarifies Policies On How Profanity Impacts Monetization
57. YouTube Allows Disney Nerds to Relive Extinct Theme Park Attractions
58. YouTube Boomers Show #Vanlife Isn’t Just For Millennials 
59. “Baby Shark” Enters Billboard Hot 100 Largely Thanks To Viral YouTube Views
60. YouTube Axes Ability To Automatically Share Video Uploads, ‘Likes’ On Twitter
61. YouTube Piloting Blue Tags Under Videos That Help Filter Recommendations
62. YouTube Officially Rolls Out Swipe-To-Advance Navigation On iOS App
63. NBCUniversal set to launch standalone streaming service in 2020
64. NBCUniversal Announces Streaming Service To Launch 2020, Puts Exec Bonnie Hammer In Charge Of Development
65. NBCU Crafts Bluprint For A New Kind Of Influencer
66. Social Influencers are not immune from advertising codes and laws – Ads must be identified as Ads
67. Twitch Suspends Smash Bros. Streamer For Drunkenly Passing Out On Camera
68. Nike To Unveil Latest Shoe Launch On Twitch
69. CAA Signs Twitch Streamer Dr DisRespect As It Builds Out Gaming Roster
70. Studio71 launches talent management company
71. Machinima Creators Just Got A Letter Telling Them That They’re Now Part Of Fullscreen
72. ‘DaddyOFive’ Parents’ Sentences Reduced Despite Allegations They Broke Court Order, Continued To Vlog Children
73. Bird Scooter tried to censor my Boing Boing post with a legal threat that’s so stupid, it’s a whole new kind of wrong
74. Bird tries to forcibly remove Boing Boing’s story detailing how to hack and keep its scooters
75. Bird Issues ‘Chilling’ Legal Threat After Boing Boing Publishes Blog on E-Scooter Hack
76. Scooter Company Bird Sends Absolutely B.S. Copyright Threat Letter To Cory Doctorow For Reporting On Modifying Scooters 
77. EFF flips Bird the bird, says Boing Boing post doesn’t violate copyright law – EFF: Bird’s legal demand to take down recent Cory Doctorow post is “meritless.” 
78. Scooter startup Bird tried to silence a journalist. It did not go well.
79. Bird to Boing Boing: We’re sorry about sending you a legal-demand letter 
80. The Internet is Facing a Catastrophe For Free Expression and Competition
81. Hulu Is Rolling Out Performance-Based Measurement for Brands: The streaming service is working with ‘several’ partners on the offering
82. UX rant: The nightmare horrorshow that is the Apple TV remote
83. Vietnamese Government Whines Facebook Isn’t Helping It Censor Critics Quickly Enough
84. Facebook-executive swatting sends significant police response to his home
85. Facebook brings stricter ads rules to countries with big 2019 votes 
86. Barstool Sports Shuts Down Comment Section, Silencing Its Most Loyal Racists
87. The best PCs, gadgets, and future tech of CES 2019
88. Man says CES lidar’s laser was so powerful it wrecked his $1,998 camera
89. Remember when Bill Gates challenged Slash to Guitar Hero? 13 years of Ars at CES
90. This Sad Booth Is a Metaphor for CES This Year
91. The Totally Unofficial CES 2019 Meta Awards
92. IBM’s New AI System Can Compose Logical Arguments: Next thing we know, it’ll be arguing in the comment section. 
93. AI can diagnose some genetic disorders using photos of faces 
94. Artificial Intelligence, collaboration with online platforms and tackling the ‘Wild West’: How the ASA plans to make its impact online over the next 5 years  
95. Litigating intellectual property issues: The impact of AI and machine learning
96. New Robot Dogs Can Deliver Your Lunch Right to Your Desk
97. Blythe Masters and the End of a Blockchain Era
98. Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Real Implications of Blockchain in the Legal Industry (Justin Evans)
99. Okay, This Argument for 8K TVs Is Kinda Convincing 
100. Etch a Sketch lives on in browser-based Chrome Labs project
101. 2H 2018 Quick Links, Part 6 (IP, E-Commerce, Censorship, & More) (Eric Goldman)

CREATIVITY

1. Jury Orders Mongols Biker Club to Forfeit Its Logo, the ‘Holy of Holies’
2. The Rock says that “generation snowflake” interview was “100 percent fabricated,” totally fake
3. UQAM co-op excludes white comedian from shows because of his dreadlocks: Zach Poitras was barred from performing at the Snowflake Comedy Club and the Soirée d’humour engagée.
4. Must Universities Shut Down Constitutionally Protected Speech Forums That Also Enable Student Harassment? (Eric Goldman)
5. Federal Court Says Iowa’s Ag Gag Law Is Unconstitutional
6. Turkish Court Jails Journalist For Telling The Truth About A Politician’s Offshore Tax Shelter
7. Immoral and Scandalous Trademarks: If They Can Be Registered, What Does It Mean For Other Prohibitions on Registration?
8. Software patents poised to make a comeback under new patent office rules
9. ASA ruling on Coral national press ad
10. ASA announces that from June harmful gender stereotyping in adverts will be banned
11. Aloha, Copyright Infringement
12. The Crown Jewels: How to Protect Your Jewelry Designs

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY

1.  Why So Secret?: Government’s Communications Law Panel Plans to Keep Public Submissions Under Wraps for Months (Michael Geist)
2. All About the Internet: My Submission to the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel on the Future of Canadian Communications Law (Michael Geist)
3. Ajit Pai gives carriers free pass on privacy violations during FCC shutdown
4. Ajit Pai Refuses To Brief Congress On What He Plans To Do About Wireless Location Data Scandals
5. T-Mobile CEO, execs stay at Trump hotel while lobbying Trump administration
6. AT&T’s Planning Yet More Layoffs Despite Tens Of Billions In Tax Breaks And Government Favors
7. AT&T defends misleading “5G” network icons on 4G phones
8. AT&T Execs Think It’s Really Funny They Misled Consumers About 5G Availability
9. Verizon Promises Not To Over-Hype 5G, Immediately Proceeds To Over-Hype 5G
10. Verizon charges new “spam” fee for texts sent from teachers to students
11. Frontier Hammered By Minnesota AG For Its Refusal To Repair Its Broadband Network
12. FCC asks court for delay in case that could restore net neutrality rules

 SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

1. Vizio Admits Modern TV Sets Are Cheaper Because They’re Spying On You
2. Employee Falls for Fake Job Interview Over Skype, Gives North Korean Hackers Access to Chile’s ATM Network: Report
3. Feds forcing mass fingerprint unlocks is an “abuse of power,” judge rules
4. Federal Judge Says Compelling People To Unlock Phones With Their Fingerprints/Faces Violates The 5th Amendment
5. Five Companies Settle Privacy Case With NY AG Over Apps 
6. Nine defendants charged in SEC hacking scheme that netted $4.1 million
7. California Regulates Internet of Things
8. An Ounce of Prevention: Responding to California’s New Privacy Law
9. Government Shutdown Means Government Website Security Certs Aren’t Being Renewed
10. FBI Officially Has A Leak Investigation Unit
11. DOJ Indictment Alleges Theft of Hundreds of Gigabytes of Corporate and Government Data in Attacks Targeting Managed Service Providers
12. Directors and Officers Settle Over Yahoo Hack: A New Chapter in Derivative Litigation? 
13. Hack Brief: An Astonishing 773 Million Records Exposed In Monster Breach
14. Google Play starts manually whitelisting SMS and phone apps
15. Artificial Intelligence vs. the Hackers: Machine-learning algorithms watch hackers’ behavior and adapt to their evolving tactics.
16. The U.S. Government Has Amassed Terabytes of Internal WikiLeaks Data
17. New ransomware rakes in $4 million by adopting a “big game hunting” strategy
18. A DNS hijacking wave is targeting companies at an almost unprecedented scale
19. 2019: The Push For Bad Faith, Loophole-Filled Privacy Legislation Begins
20. 2H 2018 Quick Links, Part 5 (Privacy, Advertising, Consumer Reviews) (Eric Goldman)

GAMES

1. Red Dead Redemption 2’s Pinkerton agents are at the center of a lawsuit
2. The Pinkertons Are Still Around, Suing Over Red Dead Redemption 2
3. Rockstar threatened with legal action over Red Dead 2’s Pinkerton agents: Take-Two and Rockstar say use of Pinkerton and trademarks is protected under the First Amendment
4. Infamous Pinkerton Detectives Claim Red Dead Redemption’s Use Of Historically Accurate Pinkertons Is Trademark Infringement
5. Red Dead 2 sparks legal tussle between Take-Two and the real-world Pinkertons
6. Gearbox CEO accused by former studio lawyer of taking $12M bonus
7. Former Gearbox lawyer reportedly filed discrimination claim ahead of November lawsuit: 10 days before Gearbox sued Wade Callender, he filed a discrimination claim against CEO Randy Pitchford alleging religious harassment
8. Randy Pitchford and ex-Gearbox lawyer engaged in ugly legal fight over alleged $12 million ‘secret bonus,’ unpaid loans, camgirl porn: Pitchford and former Gearbox general counsel Wade Callendar have filed lawsuits accusing each other
9. Amidst legal battle, Gearbox CEO says he left USB stick of porn at Medieval Times: Alleges Pitchford received $12M bonus, hid from Gearbox staffers, siphoned elsewhere.
10. Gearbox CEO allegedly mocked ex-lawyer’s Christianity with slurs, “ridiculing” gifts
11. Forza Horizon 4 patches out Floss and Carlton dance emotes
12. Forza Horizon 4 removes dance moves following Fortnite lawsuits: The Carlton and the Floss removed from game as creators pursue Epic Games for damages
13. Microsoft removes Forza dances amid Fortnite lawsuits
14. ‘Fresh Prince’ actor, rapper and dancer sue makers of video game over popular dance moves
15. Fortnite dance lawsuits continue with “Orange Justice”: Mother of Orange Shirt Kid sues Epic Games for copyright infringement following campaign that saw dance included in-game
16. Epic fixes Fortnite security flaw which left all 200M+ players vulnerable
17. Settlement reached in long-running 38 Studios lawsuit 
18. Riot Games updates company values following “bro culture” toxicity claims: Developer says new values are a “guide for who we want to be”
19. Law firm investigating Activision-Blizzard on behalf of investors: Pomerantz LLP looking into claims that company leadership engaged in securities fraud, other unlawful practice
20. Bungie takes Destiny 2 publishing rights back from Activision
21. Bungie Splits With Activision, Maintains Destiny Rights
22. Bungie breaks from Activision to publish Destiny on its own: Activision to “increase focus on own IP projects” as Bungie transitions to self-publishing
23. Bungie splits with Activision, keeps control of Destiny
24. Activision will cut ties with Bungie, give up publishing control of Destiny
25. The Game Industry Reacts To The Bungie-Activision Breakup: General consensus: people are happy for Bungie. 
26. Destiny: We React to the Activision Bungie Split
27. Destiny 2’s Impossible Puzzle Might Have Been Broken All Along
28. Take-Two and NBA extend partnership in $1.1bn deal: Multi-year licensing agreement enables 2K to continue making its best-selling basketball game
29. Rocket League finally gets cross-platform play on PS4: The popular Psyonix title is the latest to benefit from Sony’s cross-platform u-turn
30. Rocket League now allows cross-play for all platforms, including PS4
31. Pioneer, Ubisoft’s sci-fi game teased in Watch Dogs 2, reportedly cancelled 
32. Call of Duty has made more money than the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars: Activision release about presidential appointments reveals best-selling shooter franchise trumps box office takings of Hollywood hits
33. EA Cancels Open-World Star Wars Game [UPDATE] 
34. EA has reportedly canceled Vancouver studio’s Star Wars title: Unseen project was supposedly an open-world reset of closed Visceral Games’ Star Wars title
35. Report: EA’s beleaguered open-world Star Wars game is no more [Updated]
36. Update: EA Responds To Reports Of Alleged Star Wars Game Cancellation
37. EA Vancouver’s open-world Star Wars game has been canceled  
38. Chinese government approves another 84 games for release: Total since end of the approval freeze is now 164 games, but Tencent and NetEase are still absent
39. Tencent picks up 36% ownership of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 dev Fatshark  
40. Blizzard and NetEase extend China publishing deal until 2023
41. Blizzard states importance of ‘inclusive’ workplace after discrimination allegations
42. Meet MASHBot, the touchscreen-tapping, Nintendo DS-playing robot
43. Nintendo of Europe issues formal warning to Russia boss after investigation: But platform holder says accusations of harassment by general manager Yasha Haddaji remain unsubstantiated
44. Hackers find Super NES games mentioned in Switch’s emulated NES files
45. Travis Strikes Again review: Switch may already have its weirdest game of 2019
46. ESA and World Health Organization discuss ‘gaming disorder’ classification  
47. World Health Organization and ESA meet to discuss gaming disorder diagnosis: UKIE and ISFE also urged WHO to “reconsider the mounting evidence” during formal dialogue last month
48. PEGI announces new content descriptor for in-game purchases on physical products: An “important first step” to helping making parents make informed purchasing decisions, says PEGI managing director
49. Roblox launches Digital Civility Initiative: Online safety and education will be the focus of the program, led by new hire Laura Higgins
50. Unity changes terms of service to block SpatialOS projects
51. Improbable calls for Unity to clarify TOS in wake of SpatialOS dev concerns
52. GDC 2019 will host a Classic Game Postmortem ofPaperboy!
53. Unity updates terms of service (again) in response to Improbable dispute
54. SpatialOS games under threat as Unity revokes Improbable’s license – Update: Spilt Milk Studios brings Lazarus back at least temporarily, while Bossa’s Worlds Adrift is “operating as normal”
55. Changes to Unity terms of service are “insanity” says Improbable CEO: Devs share concerns with GamesIndustry.biz about how changes could spell the end for their in-development projects
56. Cloud gaming firm: Unity must clarify its terms, reinstate our license 
57. Unity explains Improbable license revocation, says SpatialOS creator’s claims “incorrect”: SpatialOS devs are safe, Improbable calls for “code of conduct” in development ecosystem
58. Unity clarifies ToS changes, welcomes back “unsupported” SpatialOS
59. Video: How Life is Strange brought a new era for narrative games
60. Epic, Improbable start fund to lure devs away from Unity amid engine kerfuffle
61. Epic, Improbable team up for $25 million fund to bring SpatialOS developers to “more open engines”: Saga of Unity, Improbable, and SpatialOS continues as Epic opens door to developers “left in limbo” by terms of service changes
62. Unity changes course following dispute with Improbable: John Riccitiello and Joachim Ante to host Reddit AMA today 
63. Epic Games store planned for launch on Android this year: Company looks toward iOS launch also, despite “apparent conflict” with Apple policy
64. Epic Games Store alters refund policy to match Steam
65. Epic Games Store now offers a refund policy similar to Steam’s: Within a Fortnite of purchase.
66. Sergey Galyonkin clarifies how the Epic Games Store targets influencers
67. Sergey Galyonkin: Epic Games store courting a younger, Steam-less audience – Epic Games’ director of publishing strategy offers glimpse of what the storefront plans to offer both consumers and influencers in the coming months and year
68. Sergey Galyonkin clarifies how the Epic Games Store targets influencers
69. Verizon is testing its own cloud-based game streaming service
70. Valve wants to overhaul discoverability on Steam with machine learning this year
71. Valve working on new algorithmic recommendation tools for Steam, curating features: Other 2019 plans include PC Cafe Program, Trusted Matchmaking across all games, and Steam China
72. Video: How reward systems can guide player experience inWorld of Warcraft
73. ‘We have a big hit because we have a healthy work/life balance’, says Slime Rancher director
74. Dusk sells 69,420 copies a month after launch
75. Jurassic World Evolution and Planet Coaster have crossed 2 million sales
76. There are now over 30,000 games on Steam
77. NPD: US, Canada saw more mobile gamers in 2018 – Number of mobile gamers increased 5% year-over-year; Android remains most popular smartphone option
78. Tabletop games continue to succeed on Kickstarter as video games fall behind
79. Analyst: 2018 was an unimpressive (but stable) year for video game crowdfunding
80. Ico Partners: Video games see fewer crowdfunded projects, steady amount funded in 2018 – Trends indicates Kickstarter is stabilizing, with a higher percentage of quality projects as platform matures 
81. Report: Amazon is developing its own game streaming service
82. Amazon reportedly developing its own game streaming service: Company already in talks with publishers, but service wouldn’t be ready until 2020 at the earliest
83. Amazon may be going after cloud gaming, but Microsoft has a big head start
84. Gamestop Buyout Expected To Be Finalized Next Month
85. From forum post to feature update: Supercell’s community connection: How the Brawl Stars studio hopes to continue its “two-way street” partnership with content creators and game communities 
86. IGDC: Solving the monetisation problem in India – The Indian market is brimming with potential, but it’s far from straightforward
87. Fallout 76 players find human NPC and unreleased items in secret ‘dev room’: Like Fallout 4, Fallout 76 has a room containing every item in the game – and some players have apparently found a way inside.
88. Fortnite tops SuperData’s 2018 chart with $2.4 billion digital revenue: Epic’s game toppled Honor of Kings in the free-to-play chart, PUBG was the highest earning premium title
89. Streamlabs: Twitch growth slows as streamers turn to YouTube and Facebook – Meanwhile, Fortnite sees first decline in hours streamed since launching battle royale mode 
90. Niantic closes funding round with $245 million raised  
91. Niantic raises $245 million in Series C funding: Funding round led by IVP brings company valuation to nearly $4 billion
92. Hitman developer IO Interactive has opened a new studio in Malmo
93. IO Interactive opens new studio in Malmö: Second studio will support Hitman series and enables IOI to develop “new universes, new franchises”
94. Examining the relationship between a studio’s survival and success
95. Weavr Consortium receives £4m grant to develop esports viewing tech: UK government’s Industry Strategy Challenge Fund selects esports group for two-year Sports and Entertainment grant
96. ESForce sells majority stake in SK Gaming: Esports holdings company to sell 67% share to Daimler AG, FC Koeln 
97. THQ Nordic has acquired the rights to Outcast
98. Founded by CERN Engineers, CREAL3D’s Light-field Display is the Real Deal 
99. MetaAR Shuts Down Amidst Patent Infringement Lawsuit & Asset Liquidation
100. Sony Shows More ‘Ace Combat 7’ VR Gameplay Ahead of Jan. 18 Launch
101. Jam City secures $145 million to support global growth and acquisition plans  
102. Jam City announces $145m in strategic finance just weeks after layoffs: Investment comes on the heels of a “large numbers” of redundancies and a multi-year development deal with Disney
103. What’s the one game you think people pretend to like the most?
104. The UK Games Industry in 2018: Winners and Losers – Nintendo and Sony shine as EA falters
105. UK industry braces for no-deal Brexit: How developers, publishers and more are preparing for the worst following next week’s vote
106. Games4EU outlines the good and (mostly) bad of potential Brexit deal
107. From Uncharted to Obra Dinn: Lucas Pope dishes on his illustrious game-dev career
108. Success and sustainability at Supercell DLC: The Finnish studio’s developers discuss how they keep games thriving for years, and CEO Ilkka Paananen shares his philosophy on crunch
109. Was classic JRPG grind that bad?: An in-depth analysis
110. God of War nominated for 12 awards at 2019 DICE Awards
111. God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man lead nominations for 22nd annual DICE Awards: Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn also see numerous mentions
112. These were the most downloaded games on the PlayStation Store in 2018
113. Writers Guild crowns Reigns: Her Majesty for best writing in a video game
114. Awesome Games Done Quick 2019 raises $2.39M for Prevent Cancer Foundation

Jon

DIGITAL

1. Court: Politicians who block citizens on social media violate 1st Amendment
2. Please don’t repeat these things WikiLeaks says you can’t say about Assange [Updated]
3. Irony Alert: Wikileaks Sends Reporters A List Of 140 Things Not To Say About Julian Assange; Tells Them Not To Publish
4. Copyright, Culture, Sharing, Remix… And A Congresswoman Dancing As A College Student 
5. Lawsuit Accuses Weather Channel App of Misleading Users and Profiting From Their Location Data
6. Lawsuit: Weather Channel illegally shared user location data with advertisers
7. T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T still selling your location data, report says
8. City Attorney of Los Angeles Sues Popular Weather App Claiming Deceptive Collection and Sharing of Geolocation Data 
9. Another Day, Another Massive Cellular Location Data Privacy Scandal We’ll Probably Do Nothing About
10. Fifth Circuit Says Apple Can’t Be Held Liable For A Car Crash Caused By Someone Reading Text Messages
11. Court of Appeal invalidates Uber’s arbitration clause
12. New App Allows Users to Create “Binding Video Contracts”
13. IP and social media — a guide for content creators and meme sharers 
14. Apple Stock Price Plunges After Earnings Warning
15. Apple stock plummets 8% on news of grim Q1 2019 outlook
16. The $450 billion wipeout: Apple’s value has fallen by more than Facebook’s entire worth in 3 short months
17. What Happened the Last Time Apple Had a Panic This Bad
18. Tim Cook points at new services and health-tech propelling Apple’s future
19. Apple Admits The Obvious: User Repairs Harm The Bottom Line
20. Apple’s Snuck Its Way Into LG’s 2019 Televisions
21. Qualcomm forces Apple to stop selling iPhone 7 and 8 in Germany
22. Report: Huawei punishes employees behind embarrassing iPhone tweet
23. Controversial Mystery Box Website Responds To Criticism From The YouTube Community
24. Brands warned over legal issues on alleged “scam” gambling platform MysteryBrand 
25. Despite Losing Its Copyright Case, The State Of Georgia Still Trying To Stop Carl Malamud From Posting Its Laws 
26. Amazon is the most valuable public company in the world after passing Microsoft
27. Microsoft is helping America’s largest grocery chain fight off Amazon: Microsoft and Kroger unite to ‘redefine grocery retail’
28. Microsoft, Kroger team up to fight Amazon with high-tech grocery stores 
29. NFL launches voice-powered football guide for Amazon Alexa
30. Amazon’s latest advertising play involves free samples delivered right to your door
31. Google boasts 1 billion Assistant devices—10x Amazon Alexa’s install base
32. Amazon attempts less-creepy delivery by placing packages in your garage
33. Instagram now lets you post to multiple accounts at the same time
34. TCL to Launch First Roku 8K TVs This Year
35. I Was Over 8K TVs Before They Even Happened
36. UK Court: Guy Who Didn’t Write Defamatory Tweet Needs To Pay $50,000 In Damages Because The Guy Who Did Doesn’t Have Any Money
37. Texas indicts Cody Wilson on multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor: Advocate of 3D printed guns faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
38. Almost $500,000 in Ethereum Classic coin stolen by forking its blockchain
39. EU’s First Attempt At Building A List Of Evil Pirate Sites… Lists Non-Infringing Sites
40. Netflix Stock Rises After Five Golden Globes Wins, Upbeat Analyst Subscriber Estimates
41. Netflix Cautions Viewers Against Participating In Blindfolded ‘Bird Box’ Challenge
42. Netflix And Amazon Have Another Good Golden Globes Year, Winning With Roma, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
43. Bandersnatch: The spoiler-filled, choose-your-own-opinion review
44. Blog: What Bandersnatch teaches about the illusion of choice
45. Hulu Tops 25 Million Subscribers, Claims Nearly $1.5 Billion in 2018 Ad Revenue
46. Hulu Hits 25 Million Total Subscribers, $1.5 Billion In Ad Revenues In 2018
47. FouseyTube Updates Fans After Manic Episode Triggered Months-Long Social Media Absence 
48. RTL Group to acquire Yospace in €29m deal
49. Machine learning can offer new tools, fresh insights for the humanities: From the French Revolution to the history of the novel, Big Data makes its mark. 
50. Insights: Six Marketing Trends Facing Influencers In 2019 
51. KSI And Logan Paul Want To Cut Down On Pirated Views Ahead Of Their Boxing Rematch
52. YouTube Age-Restricts, Demonetizes Jake Paul’s ‘Bird Box’ Challenge Video That Sees Him Driving Blindfolded
53. YouTube Expands Coachella Partnership, Will Exclusively Live-Stream Both Weekends of Music Fest 
54. Publishers are mostly recycling YouTube videos for IGTV
55. YouTube Has Repaired Bug Causing Algorithm To Recommend Unrelated Videos 
56. Fla. App. Court (3rd DCA) Holds Monthly Text Messages with Link to Terms of Service Sufficient to Compel Arbitration 
57. HQ Trivia Has Clocked $10 Million In Ad Revenues To Date
58. Twitter Renews BuzzFeed’s ‘AM To DM’ Morning News Stream Through 2019 
59. Twitter to Live-Stream NBA Games — Featuring a Camera Feed of a Single, Fan-Voted Player
60. Twitter Inks Deal To Offer Single-Camera, Single-Player Livestreaming Of NBA Matches 
61. The Laws of AI and Machine Learning
62. Coding, algorithms, and common law
63. Artificial Intelligence, Affordances and Fundamental Rights (Christoph Graber)
64. Our obsession with taking photos is changing how we remember the past
65. Can America Really Have High Speed Internet for All? 
66. Early Predictions of the Internet Date Back to 19th Century Sci-Fi
67. An Overview of the United States’ Section 230 Internet Immunity (Eric Goldman)
68. Three Painful Truths About Social Media (Ronald Deibert) 
69. 404 Page Not Found: The internet feeds on its own dying dreams 

CREATIVITY

1. New York Times Moves To Dismiss Joe Arpaio’s Defamation Lawsuit By Pointing Out It’s Impossible To Defame Him
2. Beach bodies, adverts and gender stereotypes: CAP to ban harmful gender stereotyping in advertising
3. January 1, 2019: If you have not thought about the copyright public domain for a while, maybe this is a good time to do so
4. The Enrichment of the Public Domain
5. Public Domain Day Grants A *Very* Happy New Year for Bookworms
6. Copyrighted Works Added to the Public Domain for the First Time This Millennium 
7. Top 3 Predictions for Copyright in 2019 
8. Counterpoint: Maybe Athletes Should Rush To The Trademark Office… If They Play For Teams Like The Dallas Mavericks
9. Pooey Puitton Proactively Sues The S— Out Of Louis Vuitton
10. Deal or no deal – what happens to my intellectual property rights after Brexit?
11. The Refreshing Earnestness of Last December’s Blockbuster Genre Movies
12. Everybody Loses After Metal Band And Photographer Get Pissy Over Photographer’s Copyright Threat
13. Photographer Licenses Photo To Shutterstock, Is Shocked When It Plays Out Exactly How Everyone Would Imagine
14. 2019 Is the Year of the Pop Culture Finale
15. They’re dead to us: The Ars Technica 2019 Deathwatch
16. Patently False: The Delaware Chancery Court Dissolves Limited Liability Company Founded on False Claims of Patent Ownership
17. E-signatures: is the law catching up with technology? 
18. 2H 2018 Quick Links, Part 1 (Copyright) (Eric Goldman)
19. 2H 2018 Quick Links, Part 2 (Trademarks) (Eric Goldman)
20. 2H 2018 Quick Links, Part 3 (Keyword Advertising) (Eric Goldman)
21. Jamie Lee Curtis Agrees: The Golden Globes Viral Fiji Water Girl Was ‘Blatant Promotion’
22. We Need to Keep Laughing: There has never been a more darkly comic person to occupy the White House.

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY

1. More Steps Needed: Government Commissioned Report Shows Canadian Wireless Pricing Remains Among Highest in the Developed World (Michael Geist) 
2. Celebrating High Wireless Prices: Telus-Backed Report Claims Comparing Consumer Costs for Wireless Services is “Meaningless” (Michael Geist)
3. Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation – 2018 Year in Review
4. The lies Comcast allegedly told customers to hide full cost of service
5. Towns And Cities Keep Ditching Comcast To Build Their Own Broadband Networks
6. Report: AT&T plans layoffs despite claiming tax cut would create 7,000 jobs
7. AT&T decides 4G is now “5G,” starts issuing icon-changing software updates
8. Verizon’s 5G promise: It won’t falsely claim 4G phones are really 5G
9. Envious of 5G hype, cable cos. unveil potentially confusing “10G” trademark
10. Cable Industry Hypes Phony ’10G’ When 5G Isn’t Even Available Yet 
11. Cable’s Response To Surging Streaming Competition? More Price Hikes
12. Frontier letting its phone network fall apart, state investigation finds 
13. The Ajit Pai FCC Often Battles FOIA Requests For No Reason, Showcasing Its Hostility To Transparency
14. Ajit Pai Gloats As House Fails To Restore Net Neutrality
15. FCC Shuttered, Ajit Pai Forced To Cancel CES Trip Because The US Government Is a Hot Mess 
16. 2019 Brings Another Wave Of Cable Programming Blackout Feuds Nobody Wants To Address
17. No, BitTorrent’s Plan for Cryptocurrency-Fueled Speed Boosts Doesn’t Violate ‘Net Neutrality’ 

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

1. I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone: T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers’ location data, and that data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters and others not authorized to possess it, letting them track
2. Student Confesses to Dumping the Data of Hundreds of German Politicians 
3. Kaspersky blew whistle on NSA hacking tool hoarder
4. China Starts Using Facial Recognition-Enabled ‘Smart’ Locks In Its Public Housing
5. The EU sheds light on the impact of the GDPR on Non-EU entities
6. The Internet Giant’s Dilemma: Preventing Suicide Is Good; Invading People’s Private Lives… Not So Much
7. Multistate Settles with Neiman Marcus Over 2013 Data Breach 
8. Americans Support Facial Recognition Tech – When It Works: The problem is it quite often doesn’t.
9. This Facial Recognition App Remembers Names so You Don’t Have To: But experts are concerned about the privacy implications.
10. Hot new trading site leaked oodles of user data, including login tokens
11. Two More Cyber Attacks Reported – Ransomware Suspected at Several Major News Organizations and Hackers Threaten to Release 9/11 Insurance and Litigation Files 
12. A Closer Look at California’s New Privacy Regime: Two Critical Definitions 
13. Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-507/17 Google v CNIL: Advocate General Szpunar proposes that the Court should limit the scope of the dereferencing that search engine operators are required to carry out to the EU (Court of Justice of the European Union)
14. Privacy rights and ‘citizen journalists’
15. If Your Privacy Is in the Hands of Others Alone, You Don’t Have Any (Doc Searls)
16. 2018 the year in privacy
17. Privacy and Cybersecurity Issues to Watch in 2019 

GAMES

1. Bethesda resolves copyright lawsuit against Westworlddevs
2. Bethesda, Behaviour Interactive resolve copyright infringement dispute: Lawsuit over similarities between Fallout Shelter and Westworld game settled “amicably”
3. Challenges in Filing Successful IPR Petitions for Video Game Patents 
4. Supercell Oy v. Gree, Inc. (December 17, 2018 Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO)
5. A Patent on Games? No Dice.
6. In Re: Marco Guldenaar Holding B.V. (December 28, 2018,  United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit)
7. Japan has made reselling digital game keys illegal without creator’s permission  
8. Reselling game keys now illegal in Japan: Updated law also forbids save modding, punishment ranges from ¥5 million fine to five years in jail 
9. “Not enough evidence” that screen time is harmful to children: UK’s first screen time guidance report recommends parents manage gaming and TV sessions based on kids’ individual needs
10. Splash Damage is cutting monetization from its free-to-play game Dirty Bomb  
11. Gris trailer rejected from Facebook for being ‘sexually suggestive’
12. Facebook rejects Gris ad for “sexually suggestive” content: “First of all, she’s a statue and second, absolutely no nudity is shown in that photo,” says Devolver Digital
13. Facebook Rejects GRIS Launch Trailer For Being Sexually Suggestive When It Clearly Is Not 
14. Star Control makers defend DMCA takedown against Star Control: Origins  
15. Star Control creators defend DMCA takedown notice against Stardock: Creators claim Star Control: Origins is “substantially similar to and/or derivative of” their copyrighted work
16. Who Owns That Dance Move? 
17. Eugen Systems says devs were fired for ‘misuse of tools,’ not strike participation
18. Eugen responds to accusation of retaliatory firings: Steel Division developer says dismissals unrelated to last year’s strike, were due to use of “a professional tool for an inappropriate purpose” 
19. Twitch Re-Bans Creator Who Briefly Returned To Platform After Alleged Mid-Stream Assault
20. Games now account for over half of entire UK entertainment market
21. Bonnie Ross: “Diversity attracts diversity” – 343 Industries boss on the need to present technology as a creative field to more young women and minorities
22. CVAA accessibility rules come into effect for games as FCC waiver expires
23. New games must comply to accessibility guidelines after FCC waivers expire: Requirements affect in-game communications and related UI 
24. Tattoos, avatars and copyrights – a whole new world
25. Sony just acquired the gaming industry’s biggest audio toolset
26. Sony Interactive Entertainment to acquire Wwise owner Audiokinetic  
27. A New Game Console Is On The Way To Compete With PlayStation And Xbox: Exact specs haven’t been confirmed yet.
28. Slightly Mad developing standalone, VR-supportive console: Project Cars 2 studio says The Mad Box will ship in about three years, won’t court exclusives
29. Slightly Mad CEO shows off Mad Box concept designs: Ian Bell asserts studio isn’t making a “stinking black slider” as he touts colorful designs, handles, and light weight 
30. What happens when you turn a studio upside down?: How everyone at Supercell, from new developers to CEO Ilkka Paananen, ensures the “creative people are running the show” at the studio behind Brawl Stars 
31. Enduring and recovering from the long development of At the Gates
32. Don’t Miss: Bury Me, My Love and the emotional rollercoaster of making a video game  
33. Rooster Teeth Announces First Original IP Video Game, ‘Vicious Circle’
34. “TV doesn’t trust games enough”: Go 8 Bit creator Steve McNeil discusses why broadcasters still struggle to embrace the power of video games 
35. Ubisoft goes Steam-less, embraces Epic Games Store for The Division 2
36. The Division 2 is skipping Steam in favor of the Epic Games Store
37. Moving platforms forward in an Epic Games world: Saber Interactive CEO Matt Karch explains the NBA Playgrounds studio’s decision to go in early on Epic’s new store
38. Steam data shows VR ownership doubled in 2018 — to 0.8% of users
39. Valve data shows PC VR ownership rose steadily in 2018
40. Number of Steam users with VR headsets almost doubled in 2018: But still only represents 0.8% of leading marketplace’s total audience
41. Steam now supports social media links on Store pages
42. Valve dished out a record 600k VAC bans after CS:GO went free-to-play
43. Half-Life and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw returns to Valve: Wolpaw is back at the developer after departing less than two years ago 
44. Blog: Side hustling advice from full time game devs
45. NVIDIA Claims 4 Million PC VR Headsets Sold
46. The Vive Pro Eye Is the Next Big Step for VR
47. HTC unveils two new standalone VR headsets  
48. One of the Biggest Names in Home Fitness is Making a VR Exercise Bike 
49. UK video games market is now 80% digital: However, 75% of AAA game sales are physical 
50. Let people know what they’re buying – A New Year’s resolution for gaming: For 2019, companies should commit to giving customers what they need to make an informed purchasing decision
51. All 14 Days of Fortnite challenges return following end date mix-up: Partial progress has been reset, though.
52. Fortnite sees best month on iOS yet in December: Final month of 2019 saw 83% month-over-month revenue increase to nearly $69 million 
53. The British Army needs “binge gamers”, “snow flakes” and “me me me millennials” 
54. Nintendo Officially Shoots Down Bowsette
55. Nintendo open to moving away from home consoles, says company president  
56. Super Smash Bros and PlayStation gift cards dominate Amazon 2018 chart: Switch and PS4 come out top at US retailer 
57. PlayStation 4 sales have exceeded 91.6 million units worldwide  
58. PS4 sales reach 91.6 million worldwide: Spider-Man sales pass nine million
59. Marvel’s Spider-Man has sold over 9 million copies worldwide  
60. God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man among Writers Guild award nominees
61. Cory Barlog on rebooting God of War: ‘We don’t just want to erase the past’
62. Hobbyists resurrect Kojima’s “lost” game P.T. as a free PC download
63. Report: Nexon founder looking to sell controlling stake for $8.9 billion
64. Nexon founder reportedly preparing to sell controlling share in company: Kim Jung-ju’s 98.64% stake, worth an estimated $9 billion, may soon be on the table for companies such as Tencent or Netmarble
65. Square Enix president promises year of “aggressive expansion” overseas: Publisher will relaunch dormant Indian subsidiary and look to work with Chinese developers and publishers
66. Robot Entertainment closing servers for Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy games  
67. Robot Entertainment to shut down Orcs Must Die! Unchained, Hero Academy games: Studio says it was running games “at a financial loss” for months, will focus on future titles
68. Update: Fired Activision Blizzard CFO Joins Netflix
69. Activision Blizzard appoints company veterans as new divisional presidents
70. Pokemon Go dev Niantic secures $190 million investment
71. Niantic closes out $190m investment round: Follows on from year which saw Pokémon Go grow 35% and generate nearly $800 million revenue 
72. Second Dinner grabs Marvel partnership and $30M investment for inaugural game
73. Second Dinner raises $30 million for upcoming Marvel game: NetEase partnership helps fund licensed IP as team moves into Irvine office space
74. Conan Exiles dev Funcom acquires majority stake in Zona Paradoxal
75. Paradox acquires Prison Architect franchise from Introversion  
76. Old School Runescape mobile downloads hit 5m: Long-standing MMO makes strong start on iOS and Android 
77. Video: Making games better with psychology, theUncharted way  
78. Video: How to encourage cooperative behavior during co-op play
79. Unity opens $25k contest for in-dev games with meaningful impact
80. Super League Gaming proposes IPO: Amateur esports platform prepares to raise up to $25 million to fund its aspirations 
81. Overwatch Team Says Player Questioned About Identity Was Impostor After All 
82. Overwatch Fan’s Letter To Jeff Kaplan About Black Women Gets Heartfelt Response 
83. Tales of an aging gamer: Why don’t I pick up a controller as often as I used to?: We keep getting older, the games stay the same (and science backs that up).
84. Blog: Four ways my video game habits changed in 2018
85. Opinion: Here’s what 2019 will be like for the game biz
86. 10 Big Video Game Rumors Going Into 2019 
87. The Sims is integrating with Amazon Alexa devices  
88. Red Dead Redemption 2 leads list of GDC 2019 Choice Awards nominees!
89. Black Mirror’s ‘Bandersnatch’ was loosely inspired by a cancelled game
90. Video: A classic postmortem of Bejeweled   
91. Berlin museum opens exhibition exploring the queer history of games  

Jon

DIGITAL

1. Ninth Lawsuit Against Social Media Providers for “Materially Supporting Terrorists” Fails–Clayborn v. Twitter (Eric Goldman)
2. Jake Paul, RiceGum Called Out For Promoting Mystery Box ‘Gambling’ Site To Kids
3. Antipiracy Outfits Routinely Claim Copyright Infringement Against Sites That Simply Report When Torrents Are Released 
4. Jack Black’s YouTube Channel Nabs 2.5 Million Subscribers In Less Than Two Weeks
5. Jack Black Launches YouTube Channel, Nabbing 600,000 Subscribers In 5 Days
6. Pentatonix, Mariah Carey, ‘Frozen’ Top YouTube’s Top 10 Christmas Songs Of 2018 
7. Famebit, YouTube’s Influencer Marketing Platform, Says It Can Measure Organic Views Like They’re Ads 
8. MrBeast Has Given Away $1 Million On His Ascent To Digital Stardom: “YouTube Pays Better Than You Think”
9. YouTube Science Star Mark Rober Apologizes After Unwittingly Including Fake Footage In Viral Glitter Bomb Video
10. YouTube Apologizes For Repurposing Creator’s Video Without Credit In Corporate Tweet
11. Facebook’s worst year ever is now over. Here’s how its scandals affected the stock: After a year of scandals, Facebook’s stock ended the year lower than the previous one for the first time since its debut on the public market in 2012 – The stock tanked 25
12. Trump may ban U.S. companies from buying Huawei tech: report
13. UK defense minister admits ‘grave concerns’ over Huawei 5G equipment
14. China releases Canadian teacher but others still held in Huawei row 
15. An App That Does Your Homework For You Is Now Worth $3 Billion
16. Disney World Fans Demand Justice for Animatronic Robot Robbed of His Hands and Clothes 
17. LinkedIn Co-Founder Apologizes for the Mess He’s Made
18. Big Tech’s net loss: How governments can turn anger into action (Taylor Owen)
19. UK Cops Have Decided Impolite Online Speech Is Worth A Visit From An Officer
20. It Is Both Ridiculous And Dangerous To Make Domain Registrars Liable For Content On Domains
21. Iranian Government To Ban Instagram, Citing National Security Concerns
22. Oh God What Did They Just Do to Instagram [Updated]
23. Instagram Swipes Back On Horizontal Test After It Deploys To More Users Than Expected
24. Instagram Network Doing Things Acquires Three New Accounts, Boosting Follower Base To 33 Million 
25. FTC Warns of Sketchy Netflix Phishing Scam Asking for Payment Details 
26. Netflix Pulls American TV Episode in Saudi Arabia That Criticizes Khashoggi Murder and Silicon Valley Investment
27. Saudi Arabia Discovers The Streisand Effect; Gets Netflix To Take Down Hasan Minhaj’s Show About MBS’s Atrocities 
28. Black Mirror creators broke Netflix’s script writing tool with Bandersnatch
29. Netflix’s Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Film ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Has More Than 1 Trillion Potential Story Arrangements
30. Netflix’s Bandersnatch Teases The Future Of Entertainment
31. The Hidden Beauty of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’s Best Ending
32. That New Black Mirror Interactive Film From Netflix Doesn’t Work on Apple TV
33. Netflix is curbing a $256 million revenue stream for Apple by circumventing iTunes billing
34. Netflix delivers a blow to Apple’s services story by ending in-app subscriptions
35. Apple Reveals It Underestimated Challenges in China, Revises Guidance for Holiday Quarter
36. The Silver Lining In Apple’s Very Bad iPhone News 
37. Apple’s Stock Decline Is Bringing Out All of the Opinions 
38. Judge Approves $20.4 Million Attorneys’ Fee Award in Continuing Dish Network Saga  
39. Millions Upon Millions Of ‘Takedown’ Notices To Google… For Links That Aren’t Even In Google 
40. Google is Reportedly Rolling Out a Feature to Fight Spam in Your Texts
41. Microsoft closes out 2018 as the top public company
42. Why Copyright Will Be The Biggest Issue For Youtube In 2019
43. How Much of the Internet Is Fake? Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually.
44. There’s Something Sinister Afoot In Macaulay Culkin’s Yule Log Video 
45. The Unlikely Origins of the First Quantum Computer
46. The hype around driverless cars came crashing down in 2018
47. How Chip Makers Are Circumventing Moore’s Law to Build Super-Fast CPUs of Tomorrow
48. The Ongoing Saga of the Florida Bar’s Angst About Competitive Keyword Advertising (Eric Goldman)
49. CanLII Top Ten Accessed Cases from 2018
50. Looking Back at 2018: My Top Ten Posts (Michael Geist)
51. 35 years ago, Isaac Asimov was asked by the Star to predict the world of 2019. Here is what he wrote
52. Technology, Ranked 

CREATIVITY

1. Mickey Mouse will be public domain soon—here’s what that means
2. Announcing The Public Domain Game Jam: Gaming Like It’s 1923
3. ‘Fake News’ Results In Real Jail Time For Ohio Woman
4. Why does flat Earth belief still exist?: Our latest video looks at what can motivate people to believe the impossible.
5. People adopt made-up social rules to be part of a group: It happens when the rule is useless and nobody will ever meet anyone affected by it.
6. When a $1M+ Publicity Rights Damages Award Isn’t a Win–Olive v. GNC
7. Students Make A Video Depicting A School Shooting; Sheriff Decides Everyone Needs To Have Their Rights Violated
8. Thanks to higher resolution image, American Airlines has eventually managed to register its logo with the US Copyright Office
9. 100 Year Old Trademarks In 2019
10. Hopepunk, the latest storytelling trend, is all about weaponized optimism: In the era of Trump and apocalyptic change, Hopepunk is a storytelling template for #resistance – and hanging onto your humanity at all costs.

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY 

1. CRTC Issues Guidance for Avoiding Indirect Liability for CASL Violations
2. Minnesota AG Just The Latest To Ding Comcast For Shady Fees 
3. Ajit Pai thanks Congress for helping him kill net neutrality rules 
4. The FCC Is Closing, So Hold Your Cell Phone Service Gripes
5. CBS Eyes Ditching Nielsen As Streaming, Cord Cutting Change The Game
6. AT&T Attempts A Head Fake With ‘Fake 5G’
7. Who is leading the 5G patent race? 

 SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

1. Google Photos Defeats Privacy Lawsuit Over Face Scans–Rivera v. Google (Eric Goldman)
2. Foreign Cyberattack Cripples Major U.S. Newspapers
3. EFF Wins FOIA Lawsuit Against DEA, Forces The Release Of More Info About Its Hemisphere Program
4. Personal Data of Nearly 1,000 North Korean Defectors Reportedly Stolen in Hack
5. Indian Government Wants Tech Companies To Give Law Enforcement 24-Hour Access To User Data And Broken Encryption
6. Once Again, GDPR Is A Potential Privacy Nightmare: Amazon Sends 1,700 Voice Recordings To The Wrong User In GDPR Request

GAMES

1. Star Control: Origins pulled from sale following DMCA takedown notice
2. Star Control creators block Origins release: Stardock denied injunction against Ford and Reiche’s DMCA notice, title removed from GOG and Steam
3. Original Star Control creators deploy nuclear option against Stardock [Updated]
4. China issues 80 new game licenses, Tencent not included
5. China lifts a freeze on new video games but excludes its biggest player: It allows 80 new titles to be released but none from Tencent
6. Tencent and Netease absent in first wave of China game approvals: 80 titles given the green light in December, but none from nation’s market leaders
7. Creators Of Dance Moves Suing Creators Of Fortnite Over Copyright Infringement That Can’t Possibly Have Happened
8. Moments of 2018: When Fortnite stopped everything for a butterfly
9. Fortnite Dance, Potato Roll Recipe Clip Are BuzzFeed’s Most Viral Videos Of 2018
10. BioWare co-founders inducted into the Order of Canada
11. Rebellion’s Chris Kingsley receives OBE
12. Rebellion co-founder Chris Kingsley to receive OBE
13. Game Workers Unite working with devs from a dozen studios towards unionization
14. Steel Division dev Eugen Systems fires six employees involved in pay dispute
15. CIS region game devs hit with 7.4% decline in median salary last year: Women lost 10% of their salary as gender pay gap increased to $6,000
16. Blizzard hopes linked Battle.net accounts will solve toxic Twitch chats
17. Fired Activision Blizzard CFO picked up by Netflix as chief financial officer
18. Activision Blizzard terminates CFO Spencer Neumann: Previous CFO Denis Durkin returns to position effective immediately
19. Killing in the name of: The US Army and video games
20. Video: Astronaut Scott Kelly teaches orbital mechanics with Kerbal Space Program
21. Caltech scientists use DNA tiles to play tic-tac-toe at the nanoscale
22. A bewildered, far-from-conclusive look at the state of public gaming in Tokyo
23. Twitch Star DrLupo Raised $1.3 Million For St. Jude Children’s Hospital This Year 
24. PlayStation Classic Gets Huge Price Cut, Which Says A Lot
25. Sony: Home of the Whopper – 10 Years Ago This Month –  Kaz Hirai discovers heretofore unexplored levels of spin in promoting the PS3 as the global economic meltdown ripples through the industry
26. Gumi Inc. acquires stake in blockchain game developer Double Jump.Tokyo: Investment follows launch of publisher’s $30 million blockchain fund in May last year
27. Rami Ismail launches game-a-day collection Meditations: Free downloadable launcher will offer a different five-minute experience every day
28. A game studio with zero hardware experience is building a VR-ready console
29. Project Cars dev Slightly Mad Studios is working on a VR-friendly game console  
30. Valve Reveals Top Selling VR Games on Steam in 2018
31. Valve shares data on Steam’s most popular game/controller pairings  
32. Steam rounds up 2018’s best sellers, top new releases, and more  
33. Ninja To Stream ‘Fortnite’ For 12 Hours On New Year’s Eve In Times Square
34. Twitch Viewers Watched 226.85 Million Hours’ Worth Of Ninja’s Content This Year
35. Pro-PewDiePie Printer Hacker Returns, Making 5,500+ Smart TVs, Google Devices Urge Users To Subscribe
36. UK boxed software sales slip in 2018, but hardware is up: PS4 dominates the market, as Switch rises sharply
37. Best of 2018: How Baldi’s Basics taps into the real horror of ’90s edutainment
38. Best of 2018: The Heartbeat Symposium – Exploring love, sex, and intimacy in games
39. Eurogamer’s game of the year 2018 is Tetris Effect
40. Gamasutra’s Best of 2018: The top 10 game developers of the year
41. Gamasutra’s Best of 2018: The top 10 games of the year
42. Best of 2018: Gamasutra’s top games, devs, events and trends
43. What is the industry looking forward to in 2019?: Most anticipated games, sporting victories, disruption, innovation and more on leaders’ wishlists
44. What lies ahead? Analysts make 2019 predictions: Industry watchers assess the likelihood of new console hardware, the growth potential of streaming, AR or esports breakthroughs, and more 

Jon

DIGITAL 

1.  No More Settlement Demands: New Rules for Canadian Copyright Notice-and-Notice System Receive Royal Assent (Michael Geist)
2. Music to Copyright Owners’ Ears: Second Circuit Affirms Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc.
3. No Agreement Made On EU Copyright Directive, As Recording Industry Freaks Out About Safe Harbors Too
4. Top EU Court’s Advocate General Says German Link Tax Should Not Be Applied — But On A Technicality
5. Judge Sides With BuzzFeed Over Publication of Steele Dossier
6. Screenshotting a Newspaper Page May Infringe a Licensed Photo–Hirsch v. Complex (Eric Goldman)
7. Two Pro Se Section 230 Rulings–Scott v. Carlson & Watkins v. Carr (Eric Goldman) 
8. Arkansas Politician Introduces Bill To Make It Illegal For Social Media Companies To Block Content He Likes
9. Report: Facebook let major tech firms access private messages, friends lists
10. Facebook let Netflix, Spotify, and other companies read your private messages: Between 2010 and today, Facebook shared users’ private data, including private messages and contact info, with more than 150 companies. 
11. Turning Off Facebook Location Tracking Doesn’t Stop It From Tracking Your Location  (Kashmir Hill)
12. Facebook’s Latest Privacy Screwup Shows How Facebook’s Worst Enemy Is Still Facebook
13. Netflix Denies Exploiting Its Alleged Ability To Read, Write, And Delete Facebook Users’ Private Messages
14. Big Telecom Wants To Tax Netflix To Pay For Broadband Upgrades ISPs Refuse To Deploy Themselves
15. Study Shows That No, Netflix Isn’t Killing Movie Theaters
16. DC sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal
17. “We’re sorry,” Facebook says, again—new photo bug affects millions
18. Facebook says a bug affecting up to 6.8 million users exposed photos they hadn’t shared
19. Facebook Watch Clocks 400 Million Monthly Viewers, Rolls Out Ad Breaks To 40 Countries 
20. Instagram May Have Been Key Tool in Russia’s Manipulation of U.S. Voters
21. Massive scale of Russian election trolling revealed in draft Senate report 
22. Social Media’s Forever War 
23. As NAACP kicks off boycott, Facebook says content moderation, infrastructure changes are coming in 2019
24. Amazon and Facebook Reportedly Had a Secret Data-Sharing Agreement, and It Explains So Much
25. Facebook “partner” arrangements: Are they as bad as they look?
26. NY Times Columnist Nick Kristof Led The Charge To Get Facebook To Censor Content, Now Whining That Facebook Censors His Content
27. Hundreds March on Amazon Fulfillment Center in Minnesota
28. Amazon Is Reportedly Sick of Hawking You Cheap ‘Crap’ That Doesn’t Make It Any Money 
29. Amazon Slapped With Trademark, Patent Lawsuit by Williams-Sonoma Over Chair Design, Storefront
30. Screenshotting a Newspaper Page May Infringe a Licensed Photo – Hirsch v. Complex
31. Clinic Releases Guide to Anti-Circumvention Exemption for Software Preservation
32. Social Media Is Ruining Our Minds—It Also Might Save Them 
33. Apple will spend $1 billion and hire up to 15,000 people for new Austin office
34. Apple to bring Charlie Brown and the Peanuts to its streaming service
35. Apple’s iOS 12.1.2 fixes eSIM and cellular bugs, but there might be more to it
36. Apple says iOS update will avoid Qualcomm patents, China iPhone ban
37. Microsoft unveils Windows Sandbox: Run any app in a disposable virtual machine
38. Microsoft issues emergency update to fix critical IE flaw under active exploit
39. Report Finds Huge Gender Gap in Artificial Intelligence Workforce
40. Why algorithms need auditing
41. Embracing AI for the Social Good
42. Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: Ethics and the dawn of decision-making machines 
43. Don’t Worry About Deepfakes. Worry About Why People Fall for Them.: The focus on the technology behind fake media obscures more pressing questions about the psychology and sociology of viral false narratives.
44. Should We Be Worried About Computerized Facial Recognition?: The technology could revolutionize policing, medicine, even agriculture—but its applications can easily be weaponized.
45. YouTube Announces Sitewide Spam Purge That Will See Reduced Sub Counts 
46. YouTube Deletes Hundreds Of Strange, Sexually Suggestive Mom And Kids Videos 
47. YouTube’s Own ‘Rewind 2018’ Becomes Most-Disliked Video Ever In Less Than A Week
48. Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 12/16/2018
49. YouTube Integrating New Music Charts As Live Playlists In ‘YouTube Music’ App
50. Celebrated Author Alice Walker Recommends Conspiratorial, Anti-Semitic YouTube Videos 
51. Telemundo to Launch First English-Language Newscast on YouTube
52. Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas’ Tops YouTube’s Holiday Songs Chart
53. For the first time ever, Disney posts a Pixar “short” on YouTube for free
54. Internal Google Docs Warn Not to Gift Contractors Shirts in Case They Start Thinking They’re Employees: Report
55. The Pixel 3 Is Proof That Google Doesn’t Care About Hardware
56. Google Chrome wants to stop back-button hijacking
57. Google isn’t the company that we should have handed the Web over to
58. Google announces major expansion in New York City
59. The Biggest Tech Lies of 2018
60. CenturyLink blocked its customers’ Internet access in order to show an ad
61. Broadband ISP CenturyLink Is Blocking Users’ Internet Access Just To Show An Ad
62. It’s time for a Bill of Data Rights
63. Elizabeth Banks’ WhoHaha Launches Podcast Network, Seeks Women And Nonbinary Podcasters
64. Insights: When You Legally Can’t Give It Away–Is Marijuana The Toughest Job In Influencer Marketing? 
65. Instagram Influencer Charged $500 for Social Media Master Class Scam: ‘I Wanted the Price to Be Painful’ 
66. FBI Secretly Collected Data on Aaron Swartz Earlier Than We Thought—in a Case Involving Al Qaeda
67. FBI Swept Up Info About Aaron Swartz While Pursuing An Al-Qaeda Investigation 
68. Wall Street Journal Site Hacked With Pro-PewDiePie Message 
69. Hackers Replace Wall Street Journal Page With Pro-PewDiePie Message
70. Signal app to Australia: Good luck with that crypto ban – Country’s efforts to slow Signal and other apps is a “disappointing development.”
71. BBB Launches New Online Tool to Report Bad Ads 
72. Twitter Is Indeed Toxic For Women, Amnesty Report Says
73. Twitter is relaunching the reverse-chronological feed as an option for all users starting today
74. Verizon says Oath is dead. Meet Verizon Media Group.: The un-rebranding of Verizon’s AOL/Yahoo properties comes just a week after the company told federal regulators the brand was all but worthless.
75. Verizon cuts 10,000 jobs and admits its Yahoo/AOL division is a failure 
76. As A Final FU To Free Speech On Tumblr, Verizon Blocked Archivists
77. Insights: As Tumblr Implodes Amid NSFW Ban And Protests, What Platform Steps Up? 
78. Twitch sells Curse Media after two years  
79. Twitch is giving more creators money, but it couldn’t keep YouTube’s biggest names
80. YouTube’s $100 Million Upload Filter Failures Demonstrate What A Disaster Article 13 Will Be For The Internet
81. Netflix Joins Forces With Taylor Swift To Air ‘Reputation’ Tour Film On New Year’s Eve
82. Netflix Testing New Feature That Asks Users If They Want To Instant-Replay Popular Scenes
83. Netflix To Adapt John Green Holiday Novel ‘Let It Snow’ Into Feature Film 
84. ‘Little Baby Bum’ Owner Moonbug Raises $145 Million To Build Brand-Safe Kids’ Content Empire
85. 7-Year-Old Ryan ToysReview Unveils Sponsorship With Mandarin Orange Brand
86. Samsung Can’t Afford to Hold Back Anymore
87. The Deadly Recklessness of the Self-Driving Car Industry
88. How ’90s Cybersex Pioneers Looked for Action and Found Community
89. HQ Trivia and Vine co-founder dead at 34
90. HQ Trivia and Vine co-founder found dead: Colin Kroll believed to have died from drug overdose on Sunday morning
91. Computing pioneer Evelyn Berezin died this week—she should be remembered
92. U.S. Grocer Kroger Has Begun Making Autonomous Deliveries
93. A Child Was Immunized By the World’s First Drone-Delivered Vaccine
94. Ohio Congressman: We can fund border wall with “WallCoin”
95. Mass email hoax causes closures across the US and Canada: Emails threaten explosions unless people pay $20,000 in Bitcoin.

CREATIVITY

1. Super Injunction Silences News About Vatican Official’s Child Molestation Conviction
2. Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio Claims Three Publications Did $300 Million In Damage To His Pristine Reputation
3. Blurred legal lines (part two) – the copyright debate
4. Greene v. Paramount Pictures Corp.
5. The law of journalist-source privilege is still taking shape
6. Faith Goldy ordered to pay Bell Media more than $43,000 in legal fees: Faith Goldy had sued Bell over its refusal to air her campaign advertisements on a local television station, but the suit was tossed in October
7. UK Advertising Codes to Ban Gender Stereotypes
8. Iranian phishers bypass 2fa protections offered by Yahoo Mail and Gmail
9. Thinking of Using Kim Jong-un in Your Marketing?
10. Court Awards Six Figures to Model Falsely “Diagnosed” with HIV in Ad Campaign
11. No Actual Malice In The Wolf Of Wall Street Lawsuit: Judge Tosses Defamation Claim Brought By Former Stratton Oakmont Executive 
12. Oxford University Gets Opposition To Its Attempt To Trademark ‘Oxford’ For All The Things
13. If Your Trademark Case Depends on Showing Initial Interest Confusion, Save Your Money–Select Comfort v. John Baxter (Eric Goldman)
14. Former NASA Engineer Builds Impressive Glitter Bomb to Make Life Hell for Package Thieves

MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY 

1. Telecom Train Wreck: Why It Is Time for the Government to Address the Mess That Is The CRTC (Michael Geist)
2. Stepping In It: Why Navdeep Bains’ Failing Wireless Strategy is Not a Step in the Right Direction (Michael Geist)
3. Big Telecom Claims Oversight & Accountability Violates Its First Amendment Rights 
4. FCC Does Wireless Carriers Another Favor By Reclassifying Text Messages
5. FCC forces California to drop plan for government fees on text messages
6. FCC’s O’Rielly Keeps Claiming, With Zero Evidence, That Community Broadband Is An ‘Ominous’ Threat To Free Speech
7. 2018 Year In FCC Review 
8. Report: T-Mobile’s Merger With Sprint Is the Latest Battleground Over Huawei
9. Growing security fears hobble global ambitions of Chinese tech giant Huawei
10. T-Mobile lied to the FCC about its 4G coverage, small carriers say
11. T-Mobile denies lying to FCC about size of its 4G network 
12. FCC Says It Will Finally Investigate Nation’s BS Broadband Availability Maps. Maybe.
13. FCC Eliminates Broadcast License Posting Requirement and Begins Quadrennial Media Ownership Rulemaking Proceeding
14. Charter users who didn’t get promised speeds will get $75 or $150 refunds
15. Bahnhof Now Facing Net Neutrality Investigation Over Its ‘Protest’ Blocking Of Elsevier

SURVEILLANCE & PRIVACY

1. Supreme Court of Canada Protects Digital Privacy in Shared Devices
2. Reasonable expectation of privacy exists in shared electronic devices: SCC
3. R v Reeves (2018 SCC 56)
4. Federal Court Says Massachusetts’ Wiretap Law Can’t Be Used To Arrest People For Recording Public Officials
5. Man sues feds after being detained for refusing to unlock his phone at airport
6. German City Wants Names And Addresses Of Airbnb Hosts; Chinese Province Demands Full Details Of Every Guest Too
7. Central Londoners to be subjected to facial recognition test this week
8. How computers got shockingly good at recognizing images
9. Data privacy: how much consent is enough consent? 
10. He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake: Smart toys and regulating the IoT in Canada
11. Senators aim to give internet companies doctor-like duties to protect our data
12. Takeaways from the First GDPR Fines
13. Navigating the New Data Privacy Landscape: A Guide for OTT Providers
14. If Data is Exposed But No One is Around to Steal It, Can a Data-Breach Plaintiff Still Sue? 
15. OCIE Publishes Risk Alert Regarding Electronic Messaging
16. Locational Tracking on iOS and Android Devices: Check the Platform’s Rules!
17. Momentum Builds for a National Privacy Law in the United States
18. The 25 Most Popular Passwords of 2018 Will Make You Feel Like a Security Genius
19. He’s Making a List. Will Regulators Check His Privacy Practices Twice? 

GAMES

1. US School Safety Commission largely gives games a pass: Group convened by Trump in wake of mass shooting earlier this year suggests schools monitor internet access, media ratings bodies review policies
2. 68% of games depict violence, says US school safety report
3. South Korea Continues To Criminalize Behavior Around Online Gaming At The Behest Of Video Game Industry
4. The first union for game industry workers has launched in the UK  
5. IWGB launches video game workers union branch: “The game workers’ decision to unionise with the IWGB should be a wake up call for the UK’s gaming industry,” says IWGB general secretary
6. Escape From Tarkov devs file DMCA takedown over false accusations 
7. Escape from Tarkov developer issues DMCA to stop story about user info leaks: Battlestate Games issues takedown on over 40 videos from YouTuber Eroktic due to “misinformation” and “negative hype”
8. Game Developer Admits It Filed Bogus Copyright Claims, But Says It Had No Other Way To Silence A Critic
9. Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward evacuated after bomb threat
10. Infinity Ward receives bomb threat – Report: Call of Duty development studio among dozens of businesses, schools, news outlets receiving threats today
11. Fresh Prince star Alfonso Ribeiro suing Epic over Fortnitedance
12. ‘Fresh Prince’ star Alfonso Ribeiro sues Fortnite over use of dance his character Carlton popularized
13. Fresh Prince actor sues Fortnite for use of ‘iconic’ Carlton dance: Alfonso Ribeiro wants to stop the makers of Fortnite and NBA 2K from using the dance he first performed on the 1990s sitcom
14. CAA Signs First Gamers, Facebook Star StoneMountain64 And ‘Fortnite’ Pro Nick Eh 30
15. People of the Year 2018: Epic Games: Despite a year peppered with controversy, the Fortnite developer’s influence on 2018 remains undeniable
16. Forget Fortnite—my son is still obsessed with Minecraft
17. Minecraft lays its last brick on Xbox 360, other last-gen consoles
18. Consumer advocates want FTC to investigate kids apps: Group files formal complaint alleging COPPA violations, spotlights on inappropriate titles
19. GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2018: The global games market value, most watched YouTube videos, biggest mobile games and more
20. Global games market value rising to $134.9bn in 2018: Revenues grew by over 10%, mobile accounts for almost half at $63.2 billion
21. Sony inadvertently leaks player counts for PS4 titles
22. Sony accidentally revealed playercounts for nearly every PS4 game
23. Sony accidentally reveals PS4 player counts: Grand Theft Auto V the highest number pulled at 51.7 million
24. Sony Released Its Playstation Classic Console In A Way That Makes It Eminently Hackable
25. Kingdom Hearts 3 Leaked on Facebook Marketplace Six Weeks Before Release Date
26. One of the most anticipated games of the decade has leaked over a month early, and outraged fans are trying to punish the person they think did it
27. PUBG now has over 200 million registered players on mobile alone
28. PUBG Mobile reaches 200 million downloads: Fortnite hit 200 million milestone across all platforms last month
29. Industry experts worry some esports orgs are overvalued and headed for trouble
30. The state of esports: Radical growth and inevitable failure – 2018 in Review – League of Legends soars, esports are subbed by the Olympics, and PUBG flounders
31. Blizzard pulls devs off Heroes of the Storm and cuts eSports support
32. Blizzard cancels Heroes of the Storm Global Championship: Devs to be reassigned elsewhere, but game will continue to receive live support
33. Blizzard Abruptly Kills Heroes of the Storm Esports, Leaving Players And Casters Fuming
34. Blizzard shifts developers away from Heroes of the Storm
35. Check out our 16-page Game Publisher’s Guide To Esports: Produced in partnership with Esports BAR
36. Intel and ESL announce $100m esports investment: Longest-running partnership in sector extended to 2021
37. Esports BAR’s mission to get non-gaming brands excited about pro-gaming: Orange, AirAsia and Dominos amongst attendees at Cannes event in February
38. Evil Geniuses founder unites esports agencies to form Popdog: Alex Garfield acquires Loaded, NoScope, and esports division of Catalyst; launches with $9m funding round
39. Riot reportedly suspends COO over misconduct at work: Riot offers statement, full internal email confirms suspension
40. Riot Games suspends COO Scott Gelb for workplace misconduct
41. Epic shuts down Fortnite data miner: Developer says the takedown was for promoting and advertising game mod tools, “not directly related” to leaking
42. Fortnite dev team removes Infinity Blade for being ‘overpowered’
43. Fortnite Season Five announcement most watched trailer on YouTube in 2018: Viewed 46.8 million times, the trailer beat both the Fallout 76 and Red Dead Redemption II reveals
44. Discord Store to offer developers 90 percent of game revenues
45. Discord aims to disrupt by opening storefront to devs, offering 90% revenue share
46. Why even avid Steam gamers should celebrate Epic’s new store: Bulkhead Interactive CEO Joe Brammer expects major gains from Epic’s new store — now it’s time for Valve to react and evolve
47. Steam’s ‘Top Wishlists’ filter ranks recent wishlist numbers for unreleased games
48. Epic’s Fortnite was the highest trending game on Google US in 2018: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Fallout 76 were second and third
49. Capcom responds to complaints over Street Fighter’s in-game ads: Publisher will “consider how we can improve this new feature” based on community feedback
50. Battlefield 5 is having trouble balancing for both new and experienced players
51. Atari acquires stake in Animoca Brands as part of blockchain game deal: Partnership will see Animoca Brands develop blockchain version of RollerCoaster Tycoon
52. Red Dead Redemption 2 reclaims No.1 in UK charts: Super Smash Bros tumbles to No.4
53. Epic to launch cross-platform services for developers: Tools built for Fortnite will be made free and open for all engines, platforms, and stores
54. EGX Rezzed 2019 sees return of Epic’s Powered by Unreal Engine zone: Unreal Engine devs exhibiting at the London show next March eligible to have their space doubled
55. Facebook & ZeniMax Settle Major Legal Dispute Over VR Intellectual Property
56. IMAX Officially Bails on VR Business
57. IMAX to Close Down All Remaining IMAX VR Centres Soon
58. Image courtesy Brilliant Sole: Brilliant Sole Wants to Put a VR Controller in Your Shoes 
59. HTC Thinks Virtual Reality’s Killer App Could Be Christianity: Christians adapted radio and rock music. Maybe VR will be next. 
60. DeltaDNA: In-game ads beginning to catch IAP as viable revenue stream – Study indicates that both casual and core mobile free-to-play games are making an increasing percentage of their revenue from ads
61. Formula 1, Hutch partner on mobile games: Hutch to create official, licensed racing titles for iOS, Android in the new year
62. What a Mobile App Lawyer Can Do for You
63. The UK industry stares down a Brexit disaster – 2018 in Review – There are no silver linings to Brexit for the UK industry, as uncertainty and the threat of No Deal create a difficult business climate
64. A German regulator is taking Nintendo to court over eShop preorder policies  
65. Nintendo: Red Dead 2 not being on Switch was down to timing – Reggie Fils-Aime says Switch emerged too late for Rockstar to consider the platform for its hit game
66. ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’ Fastest Selling Nintendo Switch Game
67. Super Smash Bros Ultimate shoots to the top of EMEAA charts: Nintendo’s first-party line-up continues to pay dividends, Just Cause 4 the only other new entry in the top ten
68. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate US sales reach 3 million: Switch is the fastest-selling US console this generation, and Smash Bros. is the fastest-selling Nintendo home console game ever in Europe
69. Smash Bros. Ultimate has sold over 3M copies in the U.S. 
70. Report: Pokemon Go creator Niantic close to $3.9 billion valuation 
71. NPD: Switch, PS4, Xbox One all sell over 1.3 million units in November – This is the first time in history that three console platforms have all sold over one million in a single month
72. Hands-on: Switch’s NES controllers offer unmatched old-school authenticity
73. Minecraft modders form Hypixel Studios: Riot Games and former Blizzard exec Rob Pardo among initial investors as new developer announces debut title
74. Twitch saw over 3 million streamers per month in 2018: Platform sees biggest year yet for streamers, viewership, Affiliates, and Partners
75. Twitch sells Curse Media: Video streaming site offloads gaming media network to Fandom two years after acquiring it alongside Curse client and chat services
76. Number Of Creators Monetizing On Twitch Grew By 86% This Year, Platform Confirms In Holiday Stream
77. Ninja Scores Commentator Role For Tonight’s NFL Game, Streamed On Twitch
78. Number Of Creators Monetizing On Twitch Grew By 86% This Year, Platform Confirms In Holiday Stream
79. F2P dev survey: In-game mobile ads becoming viable revenue source
80. Making Project Hospital: A realistic approach to medical simulation
81. Why go for a surprise launch?: Studio Wildcard and Grapeshot Games co-founders Jeremy Stieglitz and Jesse Rapczak discuss the pros and cons of debuting their new MMO Atlas on short notice 
82. “Apathy is how games die”: Nathan Vella tells us how Capy has done everything it can to ensure Below is worth the five-year wait 
83. Supermassive Games: “We used to think awards didn’t matter” – On its tenth birthday, we ask the UK studio about its history and what its Dark Pictures Anthology says about the future
84. Apptopia November report: Football Manager 2019 on Android outpaces all other new releases – Hyper casual continues to dominate the new release download charts
85. AppsFlyer: Ads now generate more revenue than IAP in casual mobile games – Midcore games also see decline in share of IAP revenue, but ads still only make up 30%
86. Razer launches cryptocurrency initiative: Peripheral maker asks users to install mining software in exchange for Razer Silver loyalty reward points
87. Jägermeister launches video game soundtrack competition for indie studios: Track and Build contest open to all indies releasing game in 2019 
88. Keeping The Outer Worlds rewarding, no matter someone’s play style
89. Blog: Putting a thought into play
90. Blog: How to turn your mod into an indie game
91. Blog: Why being an indie game dev is harder than ever
92. Video: Total War: Rome II devs built all of Europe—and the AI ignored most of it
93. How ‘user stories’ can help players grasp new content
94. Human values in game design: An approach for emergent storytelling
95. Old ways can still be the best ways – Why I Love: YoYo Games’ Mike Dailly explains how tech from the 1988 Commodore 64 shooter Armalyte is still used today
96. League of Legends will no longer support Windows XP and Vista in 2019  
97. Blog: What trends should you know about going into 2019?
98. People of the Year: Phil Spencer – PlayStation may have dominated the charts, but it was Xbox that got the games industry talking
99. People of the Year: Rami Ismail – Vlambeer’s co-founder received the GDC Ambassador award, in recognition of years spent reaching out and giving voice to the world’s emerging development communities
100. People of the Year 2018: Hello Games – After criticism, setbacks, investigations, and a PR nightmare, the creators of No Man’s Sky emerged this year to an optimistic future
101. Best of 2018: Reimagining failure in strategy game design in Into the Breach
102. Best of 2018: Dealing with the scourge of burnout in game dev
103. Gamasutra’s Best of 2018: Alex Wawro’s top 8 games
104. Gamasutra’s Best of 2018: Alissa McAloon’s top 10 games
105. Gamasutra’s Best of 2018: Chris Kerr’s top 5 games
106. Gamasutra’s Best of 2018: Bryant Francis’ top 10 games
107. 5 trends that defined the game industry in 2018
108. The Best Video Game Surprises of 2018
109. The Biggest Video Game Disappointments of 2018
110. 5 events that rocked the game industry in 2018
111. 343 Industries is teaming up with Limbitless to provideHalo-themed prosthetics

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