Tag archive: Pirates

Introduced within the House of Representatives today, a bill that would give the U.S. Attorney General power to order search engines and Internet service providers to block sites with pirated content was announced by a group of U.S. Representatives. Titled the Stop Online Piracy Act, the bill also gives copyright holders the ability to issue notifications to payment providers like Paypal when a site is selling copyrighted material. They will… Read More

Typically, despite all my own personal feelings, I would be almost unable to prevent myself from littering in lines like “the franchise sets sail”, or “this installment is in stilled waters”. I know, it's horrible and I would feel bad about it later.  There is just something about the Pirates of the Caribbean films that taps into a collective love of all things pirate-like. Which is odd, because in truth, pirates were a bit on the… Read More

Remember The Last Starfighter, where aliens recruit some schmoe to fight in their space war because of his video game skills? Well, the Navy is sort of stealing that concept, except with boats instead of spaceships. On May 16, the Office of Naval Research is planning to launch the first pilot of its Massively Multiplayer Online War Game Levering the Internet (MMOWGLI). Together with Silicon Valley's Institute for the Future and the Naval… Read More

Disney Interactive Studios has announced it plans a series of video games for launch this summer intended to capitalize on the release of its third (and, hopefully, final) Pirates of the Caribbean film. The Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End video games will let player play both within and beyond the scope of the At World's End film, as well as play off events and characters which appeared in last year's Pirates film,… Read More

Atari has found a way to pry open a Depp-driven treasure chest, by announcing it will be distributing Playlogic'sAge of Pirates: Caribbean Tales for Windows PCs beginning in September. Catch all the keywords in that title? “Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales is an exciting title to add to our PC line-up,” said Rick Mehler, Director of Marketing, Atari, Inc. “Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales provides a deep role playing… Read More