Legal Niches

Hello, I'm Erik Estavillo and I've Been in the News Lately

By pete_gallagher

With these words, litigious gamer Erik Estavillo introduces you, the reader, to his new website.

Estavillo is known in our community, of course, for suing Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo and Activision Blizzard, in addition to subpoenaing Bill Gates, Winona Ryder, Depeche Mode's Martin Lee Gore, Lady Sovereign and Krayzie Bone.

The site features a game review section, message board, a poll for game of the year, a virtual valentine to The Guild's Felicia Day (pictured) and—coming soon—an advice column, in which Estavillo encourages gamers to 'ask him anything.'

Estavillo also outlines his lawsuits and reiterates that he is done suing game companies, introducing his World of Warcraft suit with the preface: 'The last lawsuit I filed and ever will.'

Estavillo claims that his health problems— OCD, Agoraphobia, Panic Disorder, major depression and Crohn's Disease—cause him to rely heavily on videogames for a sense of happiness.

Please keep Estavillo's afflictions in mind when commenting and keep things civil.

Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).