Tim Langdell, founder of EDGE Games and former IDGA board member, is evidently not a big believer in freedom of speech -- at least, not in respect to the word "edge."
After managing to remove Mobigames' EDGE from the iPhone app store for a few months under the pretense of copyright infringement, Langdell is now going after PuzzleKings' Killer Edge Racing, yet another app to have committed the unforgivable sin of using a word Tim Langdell thinks he has a monopoly on. According to gamesindustry.biz, Langdell is now applying for a trademark for the name "Killer Edge Racing" in order to force PuzzleKings to drop the title altogether.
In a charmingly creative move, a slew of indie devs have decided to protest Langdell's greedy idiocy by using his own whininess against him. Critter Crunch is now Critter Credge, according to the game's official Web site; Polytron recently announced that 2.5D platformer Fez will now be called Fedge, Canabalt is now Canabedge, and so on.
You can find a relatively complete summary of all the indie game name changes here.
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7:40 PM on 11.12.2009
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For those not familiar, Langdell has been doing this parasitic bullshit since the 80's.
You can read the whole long, pathetic story here:
http://www.tigsource.com/pages/edge-games
Kudos to the devs
Also, congrats to the devs. This is absolutely brilliant.
Jack has come to bat for the gaming industry at least once or twice when someones done something absolutely moronic and blamed videoganmes.
Did someone say Edge?
What a douchebag, and he's been at this for years, apparently. What exactly does he think entitles him to the word edge? A word he didn't even invent, nonetheless. Way to go Indie devs, show this asshole up.
Good stuff
Wasn't there an Edge magazine too?
What about the guy in FF4?
What about Mirror's Edge?
Wasn't there also a game, Edge of Eternity or whatever? Or maybe that was End. Whoops.
Isn't there a term, razor's edge?
So yes, I find this edging on absolutely ludicredge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Cable_Products#Trademark_and_Patent
Just read that article. Isn't it funny how I've never heard of Monster Cable, but have heard of just about every one of their 'trademark infringers'?
Perhaps if Monster Cable and Edge Games actually spent time doing stuff that would actually get their name out there, they wouldn't have people calling them nothing but trademark trolls.
This is unbelievably awesome.
Facepalm
i could be wrong. but, i dont think this guy has anything to do with edge magazine?! he just steals their font and name XD how ironic
and yes.. edge magazine is very good :D
Without lube.
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Holy shit, that was terrible.
http://www.diversionprojects.org/images/Edgeworth_Pointing.jpg