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Zynga's COO steps down after being pushed to the sidelines
After being stripped of his responsibilities just last week, Zynga COO John Schappert has stepped down from the company and its board of directors, effective immediately.
Month: August 2012
Badass inventor Ralph Baer demonstrates functional home shopping, schoolwork, and videogames via cable TV in 1973. He plays his Pong videogame about six and a half minutes in and shows something I hadn’t seen before: an “English” control that lets you adjust the course of the ball in flight after you hit it. Pretty great stuff.
Video game inventor demonstrates multimedia box…in 1973
Home video game inventor Ralph Baer demonstrates the "All Purpose Box" in this rare video from nearly forty years ago, showing how even in the 1970s, video game consoles were thought to have potential beyond games.
The new issue of my H.P. Lovecraft RPG magazine, The Unspeakable Oath, is now available as an ebook. Grab it now while it’s just five bucks! Congrats to editor-in-chief Shane Ivey at Arc Dream Publishing for another outstanding issue.
The Unspeakable Oath 21 – Arc Dream Publishing | The Unspeakable Oath | Delta Green | RPGNow.com
The Unspeakable Oath 21 – Arc Dream Publishing is proud to present The Unspeakable Oath 21, the latest long-awaited installment in our more-o
EA drops the bomb and directly fingers ex-EA COO John Schappert for ripping off The Sims Social; I guess his revolving door at EA has been nailed shut. Their lawsuit document has extensive, convincing, and utterly unsurprising examples of Zynga’s copying of The Sims Social. I love their example of the green yoga mat with a white tree design, one of the many customizing items from Sims Social that is dutifully knocked off in The Ville.
Electronic Arts thinks Zynga went too far copying the design of its popular Sims series for Facebook game The Ville , and has filed a copyright infringement suit against the social game giant.