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Thirty-Somethings in the Game Industry

Jun 11

Posted by ren in Blog, Ren | 39 Comments

I saw this tweet on Wall’s Twitter account, which itself was a re-tweet:

RT @1jimpreston: The games industry: 30-somethings that don’t know what they are doing telling 20-somethings what to do

Based on what Wall has told me, I would agree that ‘the suits’ have too much influence and control over the design and creative process of games. However, I have also gotten the impression that many game developers feel the best solution would be to eliminate the influence of these people entirely.

I think that would be a horrible mistake.

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FUNimation Sues 1,337 People (Heh)

Jan 31

Posted by ren in Blog, Ren | 5 Comments

Recently I was involved in a discussion about piracy and copyright infringement, sparked by last weeks FUNimation Entertainment v Does 1–1,337. First of all, it is stupid to bring a lawsuit against 1,337 people, because no one on the Internet takes that number seriously. The case involves the illegal sharing of episode 481 of the anime One Piece.

But that’s not really what I want to talk about. During my chat with people about this topic, I noticed a few common misconceptions about copyright infringement—what it is and what it isn’t, what you are legally allowed to get away with (in the United States) and what you are not. So today I thought I would touch a little on this subject.

(Disclaimer: Of course, I am not a lawyer, simply someone with an enthusiasm for copyright and patent law. What I am going to say is not legal advice, and you should always consult an actual attonery if you need legal advice.)

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Can Apple Trademark ‘App Store’?

Jan 14

Posted by ren in News | 2 Comments

Microsoft recently challenged Apple’s application for the trademark for ‘App Store’. Now—I am by no means a lawyer—but whenever I see shit like this come up on the Internet I see a lot of people making horrendously incorrect statements about trademarks. So today I thought I would teach a little about how trademarks work in the United States, and why a trademark application may or may not be bullshit.

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IPL: Proper Manners WRT Ordinality Part 2

Nov 23

Posted by wall in IPL -- the Ideal Programming Language | 1 Comment

In the last article, I talked about ordered groups in the form of sequences. This time I will be talking about unordered groups, or sets.
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IPL: Proper Manners WRT Ordinality Part 1

Nov 19

Posted by wall in IPL -- the Ideal Programming Language | 3 Comments

I want to propose the use of the pound sign instead of brackets to index into arrays. So I will.

Except they won’t be called arrays, because that’s a lame name.

IPL will support two types of “groups”; “sets” and “sequences”. A set is an unordered group, and a sequence is an ordered group. What does this mean?
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