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Re: Show HN: Lego Island Playable in the Browser

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Post by tempaway43563 »

WA wrote: post #13
ktkaufman wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TL;DR: it's in a gray area, but nobody with power actually cares (at least for now), so it's effectively fine. As I understand it, Lego is aware of the project (there's been a significant increase in interest in Lego Island in the past few years, with attempts to obtain the original source code) and simply does not care. It's an ancient IP and can't realistically compete with anything new, at least not in a way that…

Nintendo and Lego are on the same level when it comes to sue people for trademark violations. There are several cease-and-desist orders against YouTubers for calling no-name bricks legos .

Absolutely nothing should be getting called "legos", dear god, its "lego" or "lego bricks"

Re: Show HN: Lego Island Playable in the Browser

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Post by tempaway43563 »

I remember watching my young nephew play Lego Island and the introductory video where the camera flies around the island is amazing. But then he was totally baffled by the 'main menu' when some excited lego guy babbles instructions at you in flowery hard-to-follow language, and you had to do abtract things like write in a book or drag icons onto the map before you got to do anything fun like racing cars. I think he could have clicked around that screen for hours and never realised he had to drag the people onto the map.

Great game but they wouldn't make it like that now. Its like a grown ups idea of an interface that a young child would like, rather than something actually tested.

Re: Show HN: Lego Island Playable in the Browser

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Post by [deleted] »

ktkaufman wrote: post #9
ranger_danger wrote: post #4

How is this legal? Specifically, distributing copyrighted assets and using their name/logo without permission.

TL;DR: it's in a gray area, but nobody with power actually cares (at least for now), so it's effectively fine. As I understand it, Lego is aware of the project (there's been a significant increase in interest in Lego Island in the past few years, with attempts to obtain the original source code) and simply does not care. It's an ancient IP and can't realistically compete with anything new, at least not in a way that…

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Re: Show HN: Lego Island Playable in the Browser

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Post by perching_aix »

stuaxo wrote: post #20
WA wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nintendo and Lego are on the same level when it comes to sue people for trademark violations. There are several cease-and-desist orders against YouTubers for calling no-name bricks legos .

I don't know why, but the US invention "legos" is incredibly grating. Its like a whole country called spaghetti "basgetti" as kids and just went with it.

Not really a US invention, pretty sure countless other languages will transform the word the same way. I know mine does, being an agglutinative one.

Re: Show HN: Lego Island Playable in the Browser

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Post by al_borland »

stuaxo wrote: post #20
WA wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nintendo and Lego are on the same level when it comes to sue people for trademark violations. There are several cease-and-desist orders against YouTubers for calling no-name bricks legos .

I don't know why, but the US invention "legos" is incredibly grating. Its like a whole country called spaghetti "basgetti" as kids and just went with it.

This is how I feel when I hear or see people use the word “maths”, but I simply accept the cultural differences in language.

Though I don’t think throwing an “s” on a word to make it plural, even if technically incorrect, is on the same level as “basgetti”. Adding an “s” to words to make them plural, is generally a good rule, there are just some exceptions, and not that many people are deep enough into Lego to know it’s one of those exceptions.

Re: Show HN: Lego Island Playable in the Browser

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Post by brettermeier »

tempaway43563 wrote: post #23

I remember watching my young nephew play Lego Island and the introductory video where the camera flies around the island is amazing. But then he was totally baffled by the 'main menu' when some excited lego guy babbles instructions at you in flowery hard-to-follow language, and you had to do abtract things like write in a book or drag icons onto the map before you got to do anything fun like racing cars. I think he c…

I also struggled and quit after 10 seconds or something not getting onto the island ^^

Re: Show HN: Lego Island Playable in the Browser

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Post by Y_Y »

voidUpdate wrote: post #19
WA wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nintendo and Lego are on the same level when it comes to sue people for trademark violations. There are several cease-and-desist orders against YouTubers for calling no-name bricks legos .

Probably because they are "lego bricks", not "legos", in the same way that you don't call a bag of rice "rices"

> you don't call a bag of rice "rices"

Well I didn't until now

Re: Show HN: Lego Island Playable in the Browser

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Post by themaninthedark »

stuaxo wrote: post #20
WA wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nintendo and Lego are on the same level when it comes to sue people for trademark violations. There are several cease-and-desist orders against YouTubers for calling no-name bricks legos .

I don't know why, but the US invention "legos" is incredibly grating. Its like a whole country called spaghetti "basgetti" as kids and just went with it.

Don't worry, at least we don't call them legi
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