ravings of a semi-sane madwoman: i just now bought

Saturday, November 14, 2009

i just now bought

edge by mobigame

i didn't know ANYTHING about it until i read the following on boing boing. i am going to eventually purchase (and thereby SUPPORT) most if not ALL of the indie designers fighting this bullshite (note: i am NOT a big gamer. i have a few games on my itouch. most are spelling games)

so if you can, please consider supporting these independent designers too!
thanks

The Edge Case: Indies Rally To Raise Copyfight Awareness

Brandon Boyer
The story of Tim Langdell's relentless and darkly fascinating trademark fight against any and all users of the name 'Edge' has been quietly storming under the surface for the better part of this year.

In a nutshell: Langdell's Edge Games, a UK-based publisher in the earliest days of home computer games, has tirelessly struggled to maintain ownership over the word against any would-be competitor, regardless of discipline, growing more convoluted and ludicrous the farther down the rabbit hole you go (the Chaos Edge blog is the most damning at documenting just how bizarre it's become).

For nearly two decades, it seemed to work. Edge Games successfully struck settlements with movie and comic book companies, further strengthening his grip on the four-letter word, but then Langdell attempted to swat down what should have been his easiest target: tiny French indie developer Mobigame, and their iPhone debut, titled, of course, Edge (pictured left).

After successfully managing to get the game removed from the App Store, Langdell butted up against what could prove to be his downfall: the collective, unshakable 'might' of the indie game community, who've coalesced around the Mobigame struggle and mounted reams of evidence and circumstantial quotes about Langdell's business practices in his early days, seeking to shred the paper tiger and expose what little claim Edge Games has over the trademark.......