Edge Games: My halfhearted investigation

Ay. I meant to put more work into this investigation, but writing and getting ready for my portfolio shoots means I had to cut this weird attempt of investigate journalism early

Edge Games is a small games company, known for trademark trolling over the word “Edge” in video games. Multiple disputes have come out in which the company, headed by Tim Langdell, have attacked everything from EA to small iPhone developers at even the slightest mention of the word “Edge” in video games. Eurogamer has great coverage of the events that have transpired so far.

One of the more recent events to have transpired was EA petitioning to have the trademark dissolved. I had been following the story with great earnest, and when reading the legal documents that have come out, I realized that the company listing for Edge games was locally, in the Pasadena area. I knew the street it was located on- South Lake Ave, a street with a small shopping area with a couple office buildings littering the street. It was my hope to try and find the offices of Edge Games.

So two months ago, I brought my camera down to the South lake buisness district and tried to find the offices of Edge Games. I didn’t know what I was hoping to find, to be honest, but I came across… well, slightly disappointed. If anything, I hoped to find some sort of small cramped office behind the Japanese fast food place I like to frequent. Turns out, I was dead wrong.

Say hello to the Edge games office. It’s a shipping/mailbox store. Want to see the office?

That’s it. Number 171. Kind of cramped, I think. On a second viewing of the google maps street view, I should have guessed as much. Look at all the businesses Edge Games shares it’s building with! It’s fantastic.

Well, I’m a dope. But I was vaugely attracted to the idea to doing writing for video games for once. Who knows. I may do a small op ed essay when time permits.