Honored – “Real Rewards for Digital [Gaming] Achievements”

If you’re a gamer like me, you’re proud of your achievements. You’ve probably spent hours upon hours leveling up, training, collecting, and fighting to get your achievements. These achievements are saved onto your consoles & gaming networks, but what happens when you upgrade? What if you want to show off your achievements from multiple networks?

This is where Honored comes in. Honored allows you collect data across various platforms such as Xbox Live, Playstation Network, Steam, etc and share them all in one location.

Based on gaming achievements, you will be rewarded badges, which can then be purchased for real swag.

Ok, and let’s be honest, these awesome badges look like Pokemon badges.



 

 

 

 

Take a look at the campaign video below.



Click here to contribute via Indiegogo. (You’ll even get perks like being one of the first beta testers, swag, and badges!)



 

 

Let’s make this happen, please?

As of Monday, November 18, Honored has received $3,534 out of their $25,000 goal with 20 days remaining.

'Tube-y Thursdays (Belated): Happy Halloween!

Happy (belated) Halloween! 

Yes, the video isn't related to tech, but you have to admit that this is pretty amazing. Can you imagine how difficult it must have been to record this?

Anyways, enjoy! :)

Silly Wild Games Studio, Trying to Censor the Internet

via @TheDailyDot.

What happens when a video game studio attempts to take down TotalBiscuit, a popular video game critic's, Youtube video? The Internet takes up arms against the studio, of course.

According to The Daily Dot, Wild Games Studio, creator of Day One: Garry's Incident, claimed that the reason why they filed to take down TotalBiscuit's video was because "Total Biscuit has no right to make advertising revenues with our license."

I don't know about you, but this sounds like crap! Fair Use, anyone? Section 17 U.S.C. 107,  contains a list of various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as CRITICISM, COMMENT, news reporting...." TotalBiscuit's video would probably be classified as criticism, and even may fall into the comment category.

According to Kotaku, Wild Games, has since, withdrawn its complaint from Youtube.

Here is TotalBiscuit's original video:



And for those of you who are curious about Wild Games Studio's "Day One: Garry's Incident":

Alec Baldwin Could Have Been in GTA V!

via @Gamespot.

For those of you who do not know what GTA V, or Grand Theft Auto Five, is, it Take-Two's wildly successful video game that was recently released. This game was the first entertainment to reach sales of a billion dollars within three days!

According to Gamespot, who reported it from IndieWire, Baldwin stated in his character would have been a cop-killer and "And I turned them down because [the character] was a cop killer... And I didn't want to get near that [because] of my reputation; I have enough problems with the press as it is. I said no." I think it's pretty interesting that Baldwin believes in the power and reach of this video game- enough to believe that the game would affect his reputation.

I wonder if Baldwin is having regrets based on the explosive success of this game now, with what could have been a lucrative contract with possibly royalties. Baldwin could have joined the ranks of celebrities such as Samuel Jackson.

Do you think he missed out?

Square Enix Files for Trademark in Japan

via @ Siliconera.

Square Enix, the parent company of the wildly successful final fantasy franchise has filed for a trademark "ロスとクルセイド(rosuto kuruseido)," or "Lost Crusade."

Wonder what it will be, some are speculating that Lost Crusade may be a mobile game.

More news to come!

Kingdom Hearts 2.5 Remix out 2014

Kingdom Hearts 2.5 has been unveiled by Square Enix due in 2014 for PS3.

This game will include Kingdom Hearts II, Birth by Sleep, and Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded (cinema only).

Who would want to take on Floyd Mayweather Jr.?

Apparently Dash does. Who is Dash? Dash is a composer that composed a piece called "Tony Gunz Beat" (TGB), allegedly in 2005. In 2008, Mayweather's manager provided Mayweather with a CD containing a song called "Yep." Mayweather was informed that Mayweather owned all the rights to the song, however Dash claimed that "Yep" combined lyrics from his music, TGB.

While Dash claimed he created TGB in 2005, he did not file a copyright application until 2009.

The district court held that Dash was not entitled to claim profit damages or actual damages because there was no evidence establishing the connection between the alleged infringement and the claimed revenues. In order to recover actual damages, Dash must demonstrate an actual value to Dash's TGB. In addition, Mayweather's attorney was able to prove that Dash could not claim profit damages because TGB was not making any profit, it was not even claimed on his tax returns!

What do you think of the claim? I can't seem to find Dash's TGB song, but here is Mayweather's.