mesamune@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoNintendo Issues Multiple DMCAs On The Modding Site 'GameBanana'www.nintendolife.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaremihnt@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoA lot of that seemingly came from when modder = cheater in GTAV. Saw a huge swing to that at the height of that game’s popularity.
minus-squareCrikeste@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-224 days agoI wouldn’t even call that ‘modding’. It’s counterfeiting.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoI mean if the way you get there is by modifying the thing, then it’s a mod. Modding is to speciation as counterfitting is to convergent evolution.
A lot of that seemingly came from when modder = cheater in GTAV. Saw a huge swing to that at the height of that game’s popularity.
I wouldn’t even call that ‘modding’. It’s counterfeiting.
I mean if the way you get there is by modifying the thing, then it’s a mod.
Modding is to speciation as counterfitting is to convergent evolution.