https://www.facebook.com/TheRP... Hello RPG Fanatics, and welcome to this week's episode of The RPG Report. We've got a lot of great stories in today's episode, so make sure you watch the whole thing. Justin Carmical, better known as JewWario, passed away this week. His family has released few details about the nature of his death, and out of respect for his family I will not report on the facts surrounding his death. Instead, I will encourage everyone to do as I have done; watch his YouTube channel videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Je...
Justin was originally a contributor to Channel Awesome with his show You Can Play This! that focuses on Japanese import games that don't require an English translation to play.
Candy Crush Saga publisher King and the makers of The Banner Saga are in a trademark dispute. It seems King has trademarked the words "Saga" for use in any kind of videogame and has filed to block developer Stoic Studio from registering The Banner Saga as a trademark. A statement from King insists they do not believe The Banner Saga is trying to confuse gamers into believing they are downloading Candy Crush Saga but does say they need to block the registration because it somehow protects their interests. What I am personally bothered by is the idea a company can register a word like Saga as a trademark at all, let alone for games. Saga has been used in game titles for many years, such as the Romancing Saga line of games, including SaGa Frontier. There is even a 2008 MMO called simply "Saga" that was developed by former Blizzard employees. It is absolutely ridiculous that the US Patent office would allow anyone to claim trademark on a single word that is commonly used in the gaming industry. Especially in the case of the Viking themed Banner Saga, as the word "Saga" is Nordic in origin. By contrast there is really nothing Saga-ish about the Bejeweled knockoff Candy Crush.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/er...
On that note, publisher King has been accused of ripping off developers. Among them is Matt Cox who is accusing King of copying his game Skamperghost as Pac Avoid. Funnily enough when Matt went public with the accusation King abruptly pulled Pac Avoid from their website. And what is even more interesting is that King, a company that is seemingly very concerned about trademark issues, decided to title the game "Pac".
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http://www.droidgamers.com/ind...
And while we're on the subject of video games and candy, Kotaku reports that Belgium emo teens are getting high on a drug called Nintendo.
The drug contains a large dose of MDMA, better known as Ecstasy. It's been catalogued in a new entry from the Belgian Early Warning System on Drugs, alongside a few similar drugs named for other knock-off brands, such as Mitsubishi and Superman; I suppose the latter because it'll get you super-high! This drug gives a new and different kind of meaning to the gamer's tip of "if it doesn't work, try blowing on it and then stick it back in."
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http://kotaku.com/people-are-g...
From Software opened a Dark Souls themed restaurant.
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http://kotaku.com/first-look-i...
Square-Enix has re-released Final Fantasy 6 for the Android.
http://www.screwattack.com/new...
Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story director Yasumi Matsuno is helming a new Kickstarter project for a new tactical RPG. Called Unsung Story, the Kickstarter is currently live.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/pro...
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Nintendo blocks Earthbound localization tell all book
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3DS Gateway carts brick your system
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Rare World Championship NES cart for sale on ebay.
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