And I liked Kung Fu Panda (and its sequel) rather a lot. It just seems that they've based a whole chunk of WoW on a major existing property without, well, licensing it, or anything like that.
Oh yes, good point, I'd forgotten that would be a problem (I'm so used to parodies :)). Even with (apparently) a history in WoW, I'm surprised. I mean, I think they're probably on the right side of the law -- I don't think "martial art Panda people" is specific enough to directly break trademark or copyright, so if they don't "borrow" any more items of plot or character (?) it ought to be technically allowed, but most big companies are a lot, lot more cautious than that because they don't want to be sued even if they win.
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andrewducker) wrote2011-10-21 09:05 pm
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And I liked Kung Fu Panda (and its sequel) rather a lot. It just seems that they've based a whole chunk of WoW on a major existing property without, well, licensing it, or anything like that.
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It is hilarious, though, that they are ACTUALLY doing panda people, having used them as a running joke for April Fools announcements...
(I don't play WoW, I've just been amused by my gaming bloglist imploding with WTF this evening)
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They've been detailed to a reasonable degree in some of the extended stuff; the D20 RPG version, for instance.
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