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Old Sierra Games Host Gets C&D From Activision

Sarien.net is formerly the site where you could play, for free, classic Sierra games, such as Police Quest, in your browser. We say “formerly” because Activision owns that stuff now, and its lawyer-mans sent them a letter.


January 21, 2010
In Real Life

The Lawyer-Mans Can’t Help A Gamer Out

A New York personal injury firm employs reverse psychology in this humorous TV spot, but it suggests that a power outrage forcing you to start over a level you were just about to beat doesn’t constitute pain and suffering.


September 15, 2009
News

Beatles: Rock Band Required Six Months Of Lawyerin’

When you’re building something like The Beatles: Rock Band, the development cycle isn’t entirely on the coding end. A team of lawyers for the Beatles worked for six months on the likenesses, names and trademarks that went into the game.


November 13, 2008
News

Uwe Boll Now Losing Money by Means Other Than Shitty Films

Apparently, even the ownership of the exclusive worldwide sales rights to Uwe Boll’s films doesn’t completely destroy the reputation of a company, because a judge determined Fantastic Films still had enough of a name left for him to ruin in a $US2.1 million ruling against Boll on grounds of breach of contract and libel.


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Epic Sinks Gears 2 Pirate/Modder in Court

A St. Louis modder/reseller brazen enough to advertise early copies of Gears of War 2 out in the open on Craigslist just got his arse handed to him in court. Technically, it’s a settlement, but looking at the terms, this guy sued for peace with an unconditional surrender to Epic Games.


November 10, 2008
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All the Songs of Fallout 3

A lawyer-mans in training who also writes a blog has been playing Fallout 3 instead of studying lately. The game’s tinny, cheerfully haunting soundtrack coming in over the Pip Boy has bored into his mind, and likely yours, too, if you’ve spent anywhere close to 10 hours with the game. Every time “Way Back Home” comes on, I imagine my grandmother cutting vegetables in her kitchen with her beat up transistor radio on the sill. And a mushroom cloud in the distance. Kidding.