Game | Life diligently peeled the lid off of the surprisingly sordid circumstances surrounding controversial gold farming firm IGE, looking into a recently-revealed legal complaint against IGE founder Brock Pierce and finding details at Virtually Blind.
The plaintiff in the case is Pierce's co-founder, Alan Debonneville, who's suing his former business partner for "numerous breaches of fiduciary duty, breaches of contract and fraud." Pierce also has a bit of a rap, charged with involvement in illegal drugs, child molestation and transporting minors across state lines, among other things. Game | Life also points out that Pierce was the actor who played a young Emilio Estevez in the Disney film The Mighty Ducks, oddly enough.
IGE already has a tough hill to climb in terms of gaining credibility in the MMO industry, and this surprising drama is unlikely to assist.
[Game | Life Via Virtually Blind]
Comments (1)
Hi. I don't mind you linking to the .pdf posted at VB at all, but thought I'd also drop off the link to the story, cited to as the source of the Game | Life piece.
http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/01/30/ige-pierce-debonneville-complaint/
In case you don't activate links, I'll also link it to my name below...
Posted by Benjamin Duranske | January 31, 2008 9:54 PM
Posted on January 31, 2008 21:54