Recent content by mk-1601

This would be the Tim Langdell whose business practices The Escapist inexplicably defended in an article that Russ Pitts refused to retract? That Tim Langdell? http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/op-ed/6401-Edge-or-Edgy-The-Clash-of-Two-Game-Makers-Update

You're quite right and I apologise.

Leave this to the grown-ups, please. Anybody who has read up on this knows that Mobigames do have a case. And really, the only thing a high post count on here tells me is that the author is unable or unwilling to seek out a better level of discussion elsewhere. It's like flaunting a high...

"...but in the absence of any further evidence contradicting our initial conclusions..." You are joking, right? "But if that's so, then why is Mobigame fighting? The answer to that is that they believe they've been treated unfairly. Whether or not that's a sufficient legal basis for their...

You don't understand why people object to lazy, inaccurate reporting? Really? Nobody is "inexplicably angry" here. The Escapist have published a substandard story which is damaging to Mobigames and ludicrously soft-pedals on Langdell's decades of allegedly questionable business practices. I'd...

This article pretty much throws that out the window until it's retracted or corrected.

If you would like to see a better standard of journalism from The Escapist, I suggest contacting the relevant editor: editor@escapistmag.com http://twitter.com/SusanArendt

This is a whitewash. If you ignore context or facts, Langdell is a victim! Blithely accepting that Langdell's trademarks are legitimate or enforceable makes the whole piece pointless. The question isn't whether it's right to be able to trademark a word, it's exactly what Edge owns, whether...

There aren't many 'anti-advergames', or overtly 'persuasive' games in general, because they're a fundamentally stupid idea. Who in their right mind wants to invest leisure time into something that is more interested in preaching than entertaining? The proponents of this fad seem only to be...