“Secret” NDA for Huxley: The Dystopia Leaked!!!

by Alphaville Herald on 09/05/09 at 3:30 pm

Shhhhhh… don't tell anyone

by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk


now being translated for your convenience

Huxley is a long anticipated Korean bloodfog-oriented MMO now accepting signups for a closed beta in north america. The trailers for the game include just barely enough cybergrrrls with guns to make the first person shooter look interesting, and the graphics certainly put Second Life to shame, but what doesn't these days? Still, we have to wonder what IJJI’s legal team was thinking.

Is it standard practice to have a non-disclosure agreement says the existence and terms of the agreement are confidential — then publish the NDA on the front page of your web site where search engines can get at it?

Are IJJI’s lawyers going frag Google for ganking their secret NDA?

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An angry Huxley lawyer plotting revenge on Google

The definition of confidential does seems rather expansive, but you'll have to agree to join the closed beta:

6.1 "Confidential Information" shall mean (a) any and all information relating to, contained in or relayed through the beta software, games, and Program, including, without limitation, information relating to (i) the performance, capabilities and contents of the Program, (ii) your Feedback, (iii) any other beta Program participant's Feedback, and (iv) any NHN USA employee's feedback and comments, (b) the existence and terms of this Agreement, and (c) any and all information relating to the future or proposed games, services or business operations of NHN USA.

Of course, Huxley is not the only game with a "secret" NDA – Google makes it easy to find others:

Google gank 

Huxley, Ultima Online, and the Immortals share secrets courtesy of internet ad agency Google

7 Responses to ““Secret” NDA for Huxley: The Dystopia Leaked!!!”

  1. Alyx Stoklitsky

    May 9th, 2009

    Copypasta’d user agreement is copypasta’d.

  2. Marco Mugnatto

    May 10th, 2009

    “the graphics certainly put Second Life to shame, but what doesn’t these days?”

    Can you build your own sculptie on it?

  3. Just Me

    May 10th, 2009

    Oh boy ! another “wander around ruined buildings and shoot anything that moves” game !

    Can you tell I’m not thrilled ? MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR !

  4. Stephie

    May 11th, 2009

    Wow, generic boring game sure is generic and boring.

  5. Emperor Norton Hears a Who?

    May 11th, 2009

    Oh boy, another bold move into the Resident Evil/ Halo/ Call of Duty/ Metal of Honor/ Doom/ Halflife/ and a dozen other first person shooter games. Except this time I can look like a constipated fashion victim with a car hood strapped to my chest while doing it.

  6. Amanda

    May 12th, 2009

    the graphics certainly put Second Life to shame, but what doesn’t these days?

    Answer: Metaplace

  7. Alyx Stoklitsky

    May 13th, 2009

    >Except this time I can look like a constipated fashion victim with a car hood strapped to my chest while doing it.

    As opposed to looking like an anorexic fashion victim with a 120w lightbulb suspended infront of their face?

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