Battle Royalties

You're hanging out with your friends and take out your mobile phone to show them something. Before you can get to the site, one of your friends notices the carrier and proceeds to berate you for going with that other company that came after their own carrier. How could you support such a dishonest practice … Continue reading Battle Royalties →

The Secret Reason Your Favourite Streamer Hates You: Backseating

Introduction This article is the first in an intended series on 'viewers behaving badly.' I say intended because I am familiar with the frustration that comes from an author proposing a series only to leave it unfinished and so take David Kreps' approach in his Microeconomics Foundations I: Choice and Competitive Markets: advertise the proposed series (a … Continue reading The Secret Reason Your Favourite Streamer Hates You: Backseating →

Streaming Other People’s IP: Are Streamers Any Good at Selling Games?

Twitch broadcasting lives in a bit of a weird space so far as intellectual property (IP) is concerned. While obviously I do not have any legal credentials to back this up, I think it’s safe to say that most gaming content that is broadcast is infringing. While this is open to debate, mostly centring around … Continue reading Streaming Other People’s IP: Are Streamers Any Good at Selling Games? →