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This is, simply put, a direct result of the Steam Greenlight system. Since anyone with access to $100 and an asset pack is able to become a self-published con
by oxide 10y ago
This is, simply put, a direct result of the Steam Greenlight system.
Since anyone with access to $100 and an asset pack is able to become a self-published con artist, it was only a matter of time before one of these con artists had enough money for a hired gun lawyer to try and silence what they perceive as attacks from users and critics.
The publisher is question is Digital Homicide. Enjoy a bit of the context and backstory below.
(to be viewed chronologically): [1] [2] [3] [4]
1) http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-jimquisition-the-slaughtering-grounds-a-steam-meltdown-saga/ http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-jimquisition-the-slaughte...
2) http://www.thejimquisition.com/steam-vote-rigging-and-shady-connections-the-curious-case-of-bob-middleton/ http://www.thejimquisition.com/steam-vote-rigging-and-shady-...
3) http://www.thejimquisition.com/digital-homicide-and-the-case-of-the-sockpuppet-developers/ http://www.thejimquisition.com/digital-homicide-and-the-case...
4) http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-jimquisition-homicide/ http://www.thejimquisition.com/the-jimquisition-homicide/
Good on Valve for taking action.
- Sanddancer 10y agoHe's not even hired a lawyer, his filings are Pro Se, which is why they are full of mistakes that even a novice lawyer wouldn't make.
- oxide 10y agoah, fair enough. I remember these guys from way back, when they originally didn't take Jim Sterling's criticism of Slaughtering Grounds very well. I forgot about them until they sued him, then forgot about them again until just now. It's a fitting end to the story of Digital Homicide. Completely deserved. Also, ironically enough, done by their own hand.
- marme 10y agothe funny thing about this is if he filled pro se it reveals that he does not have a corporation because you can not represent a corporation pro se. A corporation is considered its own person by law and the CEO is just an employee and only a bar licensed lawyer can represent another person or legal entity. But if you run your business as a sole proprietorship then there is no separate legal entity just you and you can represent yourself in court
- meowface 10y ago>Digital Homicide Near-infinite wordplay potential here...
- ben_jones 10y agoHow many heists have been pulled off over video games on kickstarter so far? When will the chickens come home to roost?
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- adventured 10y agoIsn't that a bit like asking how many scams have been pulled off in dozens of segments of the $18.5 trillion US economy in general? Consider just the scale of real estate related fraud for example, whether on the consumer side or the commercial developer side etc. The video game industry is very large. That there would be millions of dollars worth of scams in it annually (of one variety or another), would be entirely expected.
- Pica_soO 10y agoWith or without starcitizen?
- TillE 10y agoAlmost none? There have been a handful of mismanaged failures, but I can't think of a prominent successful scam. Dollar for dollar, probably 99% of Kickstarter backers of video games get a finished product.
- meowface 10y agoMaking a good video game is hard. There have been several instances of Kickstarter-backed games not living up to the potential or being particularly disappointing, but this is also often the case for games funded privately by massive corporations or investors (often far exceeding the funds of a typical Kickstarter project). Very few instances of willful scams, as far as I know. Probably not any significantly more than other kinds of Kickstarter scams.