Quote Originally Posted by gamesindustry.biz
I love a good games industry lawsuit.

The games industry is an absurd place, and nothing shows this off more than a legal battle.

Without lawsuits, we never would have found about Rockstar Games co-founder Sam Houser begging Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies to help fix the troubled development of Red Dead Redemption by proclaiming, "I need The Benz!"

Who could have guessed that before Activision fired Infinity Ward co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella, they were the type to sign off emails with "Boom boom pow. Away."?

How else would we know about Gearbox's Randy Pitchford leaving a USB drive of company information and pornography at a Medieval Times in Dallas? (I mean, other than him talking about it on a podcast.)

If you can get past the idea of people weaponizing the legal system not just to establish wrongdoing but to invade privacy and subject their rivals to public embarrassment, there's some fun to be had here.

And this week's Epic v. Apple trial has had it all. Embarrassing and incriminating emails entered into evidence, people forced to take absurd positions rather than concede the mildest of points, people struggling to establish legal definitions for what and a judge who seems frequently exasperated by having to deal with all of our gaming nonsense.

We've even had accidental disclosures of sealed documents, as the publicly accessible site of exhibits in the case has on multiple occasions posted emails and documents it shouldn't have and then removed them, but not before the secrets had been spilled.

Let's dig in.
Epic v. Apple shows games industry at its most absurd: Minecraft isn't a game, Sony is tearing friendships apart, Apple taking 30% makes the world a better place, and other dubious claims aired in court