I've never been a fan of
Take 2 Interactive, or, for that matter, their
Rockstar label. The parent company has been multiply investigated by the SEC for manifold sins (including back-dating options to management), and of course, even the name of
Rockstar gets up my nose--I'd like it if they actually worked to make "rock stars" out of game developers, but instead the founders apparently wanted to behave like rock stars themselves (complete with absurdly glitzy parties in NYC, where the corporate headquarters are but no actual development work happens) without, you know, actually doing the creative work that implies. (Not irrelevantly, one of my favorite indie music labels is
Kill Rock Stars, which publishes L7, among others.)
Sure, GTA is a fine game, but you know, it was developed by DMA Design, purchased and rebranded as
Rockstar North by Take 2, and what have the suits got to do with that?
Two things of late have gotten up my nose:
1. The EA Simpsons game wanted to include a segment called "Grand Theft Scratchy"--an idea that would absolutely and clearly and utterly be covered under the parody exemption under copyright law--but apparently EA's lawyers
caved under pressure from Take 2, the wimps. Incidentally, my use of "Grand Theft" above is also utterly and obviously protected under the parody exemption, and even the font is public domain.
2. And apparently when releasing
Manhunt 2, Take 2/Rockstar decided to simply
omit everyone at the Rockstar Vienna studio who had worked on the project, because, after all, they closed the studio in May of last year, and they don't work for the company any more, so screw them. Truth doesn't matter, and credits belong to those who have the clout to grab them, I guess.
How hard is it to adhere to some minimal standards of ethical behavior? And what do you really lose by doing so?
posted by Greg at 11:53 PM
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What's the name of that font? I didn't realize it was public domain.
The name of the font is "Pricedown," and it was designed by a fellow who worked for Take 2 for a while, but released it as a free font... If you do a search for it, I imagine you'll find a number of sites to get it from.
When you search for the electronic components, try to use UTSOURCE, you can find the modules. For example, the types have sitemap
UTSOURCE is a professional platform website which provides electronic components search function, mainly providing types such as IC, module, high frequency module etc., and various product type's PDF parameter form as well as the relevance photograph, also providing satisfied one-stop package service for customers.
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