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The American legal system and the failed Kickstarter with a $111,793 ghost

June 15, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Back in 2012 Geek Native covered the Kickstarter project The Doom That Came to Atlantic City. It looked good. The project funded. We’re told artists did work on the game but weren’t paid. The project was then cancelled, backers lost their money and the promised refunds never appeared. The good news first; Cryptozoic stepped in, […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Cryptozoic, kickstarters, legal

Gaming night sends slapping girlfriend to jail

November 29, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

A Monopoly game row over whether too many $500 bills and who could play with the new cat token landed Alyssa Ferraro in jail. Police in Boston responded to a domestic disturbance charge. According to Boston.com the boyfriend did not require medical attention. It is alleged that Ferraro told responding officers that she had had […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, legal, monopoly

Games publisher attempts to patent RPG mechanics

June 18, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 21 Comments

The American patent system is well known among techies – and not for good reasons. This is the entity that granted Amazon a patent for taking photos against a white background. Right now the US Patent and Trademark Office is considering giving a small publisher the patent protected rights to convert entities (PCs, Monsters, NPCs, […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: legal

Wizards of the Coast sue Cryptozoic

May 15, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast have filed a law suit against Cryptozoic in an American federal court. The Hasbro subsidiary claim that Cryptozoic’s Hex: Shards of Fate digital trading card game is a clone of Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers. Wizards state that they attempted to resolve the issue before going to court […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: ccg, Cryptozoic, duels of the planeswalkers, legal, magic the gathering, wizards of the coast

Mail Order Comics files for bankruptcy

February 4, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mail Order Comics has liabilities of $969,101 and assets of $43,790 so it’s filed for bankruptcy in a federal American court. The company’s assets include 250,000 comics worth 10c and 1,500 graphic novels worth five bucks each. The company had AdanceMe among its lenders, a last-resort, high-interest option. Diamond Comic Distributors are also owned money, […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Diamond Comic Distributors, legal, money

Candy Crush Saga makers drag Banner Saga into their fights

January 24, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Trademark law is a crazy thing. On one side we have The Banner Saga from Stoic, an independant developer, who’s made a game that looks great and plays better. On the other side we have King. King make the hugely popular Candy Crush Saga, Bubble Witch Saga, Pet Rescue Saga and others like Farm Heroes […]

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: legal

Real life superheroes tackle assailant in supermarket brawl

November 8, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the supermarket Tesco in Musselburgh, Scotland, Robin was attacked by a 21-year old man. Fortunately for Robin, Batman was nearby and came to his rescue. Assisting Batman was David Hasselhoff and a Smurf. As local police tweeted – you couldn’t script it. Robin assaulted, police called, collective assisted our foot chase, minor upset to […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: crime, humour, legal

DC/Vertigo lose Collider name

August 20, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DC and Veritgo had one issue of a series called Collider out. The series had sci-fi writer Simon Oliver partnered with Robbi Rodriguez. The series followed The Federal Bureau of Physics as they investigated things like time loops or temporary failure in gravity. If you have an Issue 1, print run 1, Collider I’d keep […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Collider, dc comics, legal, Mike Garley, Nuno Bernardo

Jon Blake, creator of the Spoonheads, unhappy with Spoonheads in Doctor Who

March 23, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jon Blake’s House of Fun series of children’s books has sold over 60,000 copies. In the Cardiff author’s adventures the aliens are called the Spoonheads. In the Doctor Who episode The Bells of St John it is expected that the BBC will introduce a new villain known as the Spoonheads. The teaser image of the Doctor […]

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: bbc, doctor who, legal, the bells of st john

Villains & Vigilantes RPG creators win legal battle over game

March 20, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

After a 20 month legal battle, Jeff Dee and Jack Herman have regained the rights to Villains & Vigilantes the roleplaying game they created in the 70s. The tussle over the rights of the game was between Dee and Herman and Scott Bizar of Fantsay Games Unlimited. In the end Magistrate Judge Mark E. Aspey […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: jeff dee, legal, superheroes

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