A Good, Long Look At The God Of War Copyright Claims

To recap: a couple of people are suing both David Jaffe and SCEA over God of War, claiming the game's storyline is, in several places, a little too close to their movie script for comfort. How close? Boing Boing Gadget's Rob Bechizza takes a good look at the individual claims, which range from similarities between God of War's map and that drawn up for the Olympiad screenplay to the difference between a Bottomless Chasm and a Bottomless Valley. Basically, some of the points look valid, some complete garbage, you can make up your own mind by checking out the full breakdown at the link below. Is God of War a swipe of 2002 screenplay? Let's look at the complaint in depth [Boing Boing Gadgets]