GOG.com sales

So, because it's almost summer (go figure), GOG.com is doing a bunch of crazy sales right now, including giving away a game called Magrunner: Dark Pulse (which, strangely, doesn't appear to have an actual page on GOG itself) for free for the next 19 hours or so, as of the time of this post. Just thought I'd let the one or two people on my friend list that might care about this sort of thing know about it, assuming you don't already know.

"YouTuber 'PewDiePie' Is Making $4 Million A Year"

This... just... I don't... what is this I don't even

Really, that's ridiculous. I still seriously can't fathom how and why this schmuck got so damned popular.

"Pony Music Getting Targeted with Anti-Monetization Copyright Claims"

Okay, I am not a lawyer, but this right here seems like some supreme bullshit to me. Fan videos and games that use characters and/or clips from the actual show are one thing, whether they are monetized or not, but I don't see how Hasbro can have any claim whatsoever on original music that is merely inspired by the show. If actual sound clips from the show are being used in the songs, or if the music in question is a remix of one of the songs from the show, then yeah, maybe then they have a case, but in some of the ones being hit by this, that's not the case at all. And if, as EQD surmises, it's actually because of the pony images in the videos associated with the music, rather than the music itself, then why does the claim mention "audio content" to which Hasbro should have zero right to claim (in my non-lawyer-ish opinion, at least), given that they had zero creative input into it?

Again, I am not a lawyer, so if someone wants to explain how I'm talking out of my ass here, then feel free. I won't be mad (assuming, of course, that I am actually, demonstratively talking out of my ass here).

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Then again, if Hasbro is trying to copyright the term "brony" (the news for which somehow completely eluded me until now) or whatever the hell is happening there, then they'll fucking try anything, I guess. *facepalm*

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"Electronic Arts plans a 'fundamental shift' in how it makes games, says CEO"

"Simplistically put, Wilson said the new mandate at EA is to ensure its games are functional and fun at a much earlier stage in the process than it has in the past, to be more rigorous about ensuring quality control through the process and to be willing to delay a game's launch when it's necessary. That may sound like simple common sense, but Wilson told Kotaku that it represents a 'fundamental shift' in its processes."

Yeah, this is definitely one of those "I'll believe it when I see it, but I'm not going to hold my breath for it" sort of things. The fact that this is a "fundamental shift" in how they do things is pretty damn telling, though. On top of that, this certainly isn't the first time that EA has come out with the whole "We'll do better from now on, you guys, honest!" line of bullshit either.

"Why Minecraft's new EULA is good for the game"

I wasn't going to post another link to an article about this Minecraft EULA thing, but... here's one more.