Posts tagged lawyer 
Attorney leading lawsuit against EA: NCAA 'ducking its responsibilities'
Steve Berman, managing partner of Hagens Berman, the law firm alleging that NCAA and EA illegally used college athletes' names and likenesses in its NCAA Football series, said "the NCAA's decision to end its long and hugely profitable relationship with EA is tied directly to the pressure our litiga...
Novelist suing over Assassin's Creed has his lawyer respond to gamer rage
Author John Beiswenger poked the sleeping dragon that is the Internet when he filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft, claiming the Assassin's Creed franchise infringes on copyrights in his novel, Link. Namely, Beiswenger says Assassin's Creed stole themes such as "assassinations," "spiritual and biblical ...
Defender of Law raises slight objections
It's a testament to just how good the Ace Attorney series is when we're considering playing something that looks -- well, meh, to put it bluntly -- in the hopes that we'll be able to experience something even somewhat similar. Yet, without the charm of characters like Phoenix Wright, not to mention...
Jack Thompson: "I guess my "mistake" was not killing 3000 people to make my point"
He fought the law and the law is winning. Jack Thompson, hot off the heels of a Florida Bar recommendation that he be disbarred for ten years for 27 violations of professional misconduct, is again testing if the pen is mightier than the sword. In a letter written to Chief Judge Federico Moreno, Th...
WRUP: Welcome the nub edition
With this week's big release being Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, you can bet we're dying to sink our teeth into the game. Not only are we looking to see how the newbie attorney handles himself, but also how Capcom handled developing the latest iteration in the series specifically for the DS, inste...
Apollo Justice hands-on round-up
Folks at IGN and GameSpot got their hands on Apollo Justice this week, which means there are some interesting sets of hands-on impressions floating around ... and also means the potential for spoilers is increasing with every moment as we approach the release of the fourth game in the franchise. We'...
The first OBJECTION! is free
In anticipation of the English-language release of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Capcom has released an officially translated version of their Gyakuten Saiban 4 demo, which covers the beginning of the game, through the first cross-examination. If you're trying to maintain a spoiler-free life before...
WRUP: Solving the case edition
Much like the comedy in the show, we felt something zany and non sequitur like the video above would fit nicely. And, if you're the one person looking at this week's releases and snatching up some title about air boarding or whatever, this might not be the topic for you. Instead, we want to hear fr...
Wii releases for the week of January 7th
There's a big title releasing this week. Hopefully, it's one you're as excited about as we are. Heck, we've been drooling over the damn thing long enough now, Now it's time it actually releases to retail, so we can get our dirty hands on it and find out if all of the pining was worth it. Oh, and the...
Another shot at Harvey Birdman stuff from Capcom
The last time Capcom dangled free Harvey Birdman DVDs and assorted stuff in front of you, they asked you to do stuff. Not illegal stuff or anything, but still -- effort. How audacious of them! We're not about to waste precious minutes of our busy day slaving away in Photoshop. That's why their lat...
