Lindsay Lohan will be allowed to sue Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive over a character from Grand Theft Auto V, which she believes was modeled off of her likeness and used without her permission, a New York State Supreme Court justice ruled Friday.
Lohan sued Take-Two in 2014 over Grand Theft Auto V character Lacey Jonas, the blonde woman prominently featured in the game’s box art and marketing materials. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lohan’s lawsuit claimed that the character is based off a photograph of her taken in 2007. Despite her prominent placement in the game’s marketing, Jonas is a fairly minor character — players meet the famous actress during a mission where they are tasked with helping her escape paparazzi.
Take-Two Interactive initially responded to the lawsuit by accusing Lohan as a “legally meritless” publicity stunt. The publisher also noted that Lohan has filed frivolous lawsuits in the past, such as when she attempted to sue rapper Pitbull over his lyrics. Lohan followed up by filing a much larger, more detailed version of the lawsuit.
In her decision, Judge Joan Kennedy said that Lohan’s statement showed enough evidence that to allow the lawsuit to move forward, and that Rockstar did not provide sufficient evidence to prove that the character was not based on Lohan. Kennedy also rejected the argument that Lohan should not be allowed to sue because the lawsuit was filed more than a year after the artwork was publicly released.
Since the decision was released, Grand Theft Auto V fans did not respond well to hearing that the lawsuit was not rejected out of hand, with reactions on Twitter calling the lawsuit “stupid” and referring to the actress as a “bimbo.” Voice actor Ned Luke, who played GTA V protagonist Michael, reacted to the news with a tweet comparing Lohan to a cow.
It's a stretch but MAYBE there's a resemblance. #LindsayIsNuts https://t.co/x3IQppzXSK pic.twitter.com/GfUi5gMlMf
— Ned Luke (@ned_luke) March 14, 2016
Despite not having the public — at least not the gaming public — on her side, it appears Lohan will have her day in court.
Acer’s Predator Atlas 8 finally has a US release date and price, several months after the company first showed off the handheld in May. The highlight is the Intel Arc G3 Extreme chip inside, which has been adopted by only a couple of other consoles besides the Atlas 8. This version will go on sale exclusively at Best Buy on November 1 for $1,299.99.
Acer originally said the Atlas 8 would arrive in North America in October, but left pricing open at the time. The launch came amid the ongoing DRAM crunch, which has made memory more expensive across the PC industry and complicated pricing for hardware makers.
Gaming laptops and I have a complicated relationship. One of my first gaming rigs was an Acer Predator that was already outdated when I bought it. I was a broke college kid, and that was the best I could afford. So trying out high-end gaming laptops is always fun. But ASUS' ROG Zephyrus G14 is a lot more than a laptop that can run AAA games. It is portable, so you're not lugging around a 2.5kg machine everywhere you go. It is built well, none of that plastic chassis, and can even function as a normal laptop outside of just gaming.
Google Play is borrowing one of the Nintendo Switch’s most useful little tricks. A new Sidekick tool called Playbacks captures a short clip after something interesting has already happened, sparing players from running a screen recorder throughout an entire game.
Playbacks is part of Google Play Store v53.8 and keeps saved clips on the phone. Google first announced it earlier this month, but the new Play Store update marks its arrival for players. Anyone who has watched a perfect win vanish because the record button came too late already understands the appeal.