User blog comment:Blood Reaper/Round 2 of Mojang vs Bethesda/@comment-72.220.5.59-20111008071412

As much as I enjoy Minecraft and Bethesda's games I believe getting confused between Scrolls and The Elder Scrolls is as likely getting confused between the following: Mindfreak<--->A Beautiful Mind, Call of Duty<--->Call of Cthulhu, Minecraft<--->Minesweeper, Crysis<--->Time Crisis. Granted, Scrolls and The Elder Scrolls both have similar settings (magic,knights, garb, etc.) but one word does not make them hard to distinguish between the two in name when there's so much media out there that things really can't be defined by name it seems. Also Scrolls is no where near as popular as The Elder Scrolls. If someone is looking for Scrolls or catches wind of it they'll know what they're looking for and The Elder Scrolls is so big and identifiable on its own that you won't mistake it especially if they enjoy games which I'm sure both games won't have casual gamers as the majority playing them. Not to mention that most Elder Scroll titles are referred to by their subtitle: Skyrim, Morrowind, etc.. If a casual gamer stumbles upon the majesty of Skyrim they'll most likely say, "Hey I want that cool Skyrim game." where his buddy will say, "Oh yeah, The Elder Scrolls V?" and he'll reply, "Uhm, Skyrim." and tell the vendor or cashier that that's what he wants since that seems to be the name thrown around not The Elder Scrolls V. It is however a series but a series distinguishable from a simple title nonetheless. The confusion between the games also greatly depends on the platforms they will work on as well. If Scrolls is only for PC much like Minecraft is now then the hardcore fans of The Elder Scrolls that want to play this on pc whether it be simply that that's what they do or if they wish to mod the game they most likely will know the difference. I honestly did not know that there was a game called Scrolls being made even until Zenimax's lawsuit brought it to my attention which if anything opens the small crevice into a window of, even still only possible confusion. If the title of scrolls was something more like The Scrolls I: Skyden or The New Scrolls I: Dragonquest than I believe that'd be course for action in against to that game but until then I believe the games as of now are discernible. I say as of now because Scrolls could be in fact very similar depending on the games content fiction and lore, so if Scrolls was in itself a complete game that can be weighed in similarities against The Elder Scrolls, then it can be clearly seen whether there truly is some infringement going on. I also personally find all this some what catty, but I guess that's how it goes for lawsuits. Only time will tell. To each his own.