James Pond or Bond
It’s like looking in a mirror
Can you tell the difference between the two characters in the imaged above? I can. I think most people can, but James Bond owners Danjaq might not be so sure. The owner of the James Bond intellectual property has contested a trademark attempt by veteran videogame studio System 3 for James Pond and the push they are making for more James Pond.
The aquatic agent Pond has been around for decades at this point, with light-hearted and silly satiricalskewers of James Bond and Robocop being things that Pond is remembered fondly for. But for some reason (we haven’t had a statement as of writing) Danjaq thinks the trademark for James Pond is in some manner harmful to their product.
Playing videogames, writing about videogames, considering videogames—that about sums it up. Videogames are the one hobby that I’ve kept since I was only little, zapping ducks on the NES or knocking out MR. X. And when I’m not enjoying classics from the bit generation of games or checking out those earliest of polygons, I’m probably playing something from today’s age of modern gaming: if I’m not complaining about it. Something I’m doing at the moment? Taking the Multisystem 2 for a spin.
