Comments on: What’s your take on the death of the Tetris clone? http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: True http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html/comment-page-1#comment-11359 True Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:15:13 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html#comment-11359 <p>That's so true haha.</p> That's so true haha.

]]> By: eh? http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html/comment-page-1#comment-11358 eh? Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:05:06 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html#comment-11358 <p>...? Bob, not to make light of the situation, people are dying here too, but not every story can be about them.</p> <p>It's a rip-off of Tetris, we've all played cheap knock-offs, and if these big companies took the time or the effort to threaten legal action on all of them--well--they might be much bigger companies.</p> <p>The iTunes store now has a full legit copy of Tetris for 8 bucks in the US store. So what's the real rip-off?</p> …? Bob, not to make light of the situation, people are dying here too, but not every story can be about them.

It's a rip-off of Tetris, we've all played cheap knock-offs, and if these big companies took the time or the effort to threaten legal action on all of them–well–they might be much bigger companies.

The iTunes store now has a full legit copy of Tetris for 8 bucks in the US store. So what's the real rip-off?

]]> By: jokersdice http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html/comment-page-1#comment-11357 jokersdice Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:23:20 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html#comment-11357 <p>tetris should be ashamed. leave the college kid alone. what tetris should be doing is going after the money that Apple users have. if you can afford to buy an iphone, mac, or ipod, you definitely can afford buying tetris the game or one of its clones for whatever pocket change they charge on those things. </p> tetris should be ashamed. leave the college kid alone. what tetris should be doing is going after the money that Apple users have. if you can afford to buy an iphone, mac, or ipod, you definitely can afford buying tetris the game or one of its clones for whatever pocket change they charge on those things.

]]> By: Mike http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html/comment-page-1#comment-11356 Mike Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:16:10 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html#comment-11356 <p>A rose by any other name......</p> <p>What kind of fool would think that simply renaming a game designed by another company, and making it available as an iPod game, would therefore make it his?</p> A rose by any other name……

What kind of fool would think that simply renaming a game designed by another company, and making it available as an iPod game, would therefore make it his?

]]> By: Bob http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html/comment-page-1#comment-11355 Bob Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:37:25 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html#comment-11355 <p>People are dying in the middle east so WHO CARES?!!!! Oh man, get a freakin' life! There are so many tetris game clones out there already! If it was not a high profile money maker such as Apple, I do not think we would have even heard anything about this. Ok, Tetris tight wads, go around and do the SAME for all the other clones of your game and THEN at least you would come off as consistant!</p> People are dying in the middle east so WHO CARES?!!!! Oh man, get a freakin' life! There are so many tetris game clones out there already! If it was not a high profile money maker such as Apple, I do not think we would have even heard anything about this. Ok, Tetris tight wads, go around and do the SAME for all the other clones of your game and THEN at least you would come off as consistant!

]]> By: john http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html/comment-page-1#comment-11354 john Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:16:12 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html#comment-11354 <p>i agree it is a ripof by apple they should know better</p> i agree it is a ripof by apple they should know better

]]> By: Amy http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html/comment-page-1#comment-11353 Amy Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:27:06 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html#comment-11353 <p>I think it sounds more petty than anything. I always figured that so long as you weren't making money off of something that was copywrited, or copped a name from some trademarked item or idea, it would be okay.</p> <p>The name's different enough, it's just far too common a game nowadays, in so many different forms, and since the guy wasn't making money from the game, I don't really see a problem.</p> <p>Though I do agree with Apple's decision to pull it, I'm actually very impressed that they handled it diplomatically with the person, instead of all those PR nightmares we've been hearing about lately. It's not as if the guy can't design more games in the future and provide them to others.</p> I think it sounds more petty than anything. I always figured that so long as you weren't making money off of something that was copywrited, or copped a name from some trademarked item or idea, it would be okay.

The name's different enough, it's just far too common a game nowadays, in so many different forms, and since the guy wasn't making money from the game, I don't really see a problem.

Though I do agree with Apple's decision to pull it, I'm actually very impressed that they handled it diplomatically with the person, instead of all those PR nightmares we've been hearing about lately. It's not as if the guy can't design more games in the future and provide them to others.

]]> By: Emm http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html/comment-page-1#comment-11352 Emm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:38:56 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html#comment-11352 <p>Absolutely agree. It's a Tetris ripof, and althrough not as good as the original, it's still a rip. Smart of Apple to discontinue it lest it be the reciepient of a lawsuit.</p> Absolutely agree. It's a Tetris ripof, and althrough not as good as the original, it's still a rip. Smart of Apple to discontinue it lest it be the reciepient of a lawsuit.

]]> By: Sam Laprise http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html/comment-page-1#comment-11351 Sam Laprise Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:21:04 +0000 http://sync.ymbn.net/sync/2008/08/whats-your-take.html#comment-11351 <p>Considering there are already several thousand varieties of tetris games out there, everything from the customary blocks to pills, and at least half of them are free downloads somewhere on the net, I have to think that Tetris is not only trying to close the barn door after the horse has fled but after this horse has lived out a long and comfortable life in someone else's barn and then died of extreme old age. It's all rather silly and unnecessary on Tetris's part.</p> Considering there are already several thousand varieties of tetris games out there, everything from the customary blocks to pills, and at least half of them are free downloads somewhere on the net, I have to think that Tetris is not only trying to close the barn door after the horse has fled but after this horse has lived out a long and comfortable life in someone else's barn and then died of extreme old age. It's all rather silly and unnecessary on Tetris's part.

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