Last Updated: August 24, 2022
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The Game Knot uses copyrighted material under fair use. Copyrighted material that is Reviewed will be credited properly at the beginning of Reviews with the companies or people that made the copyrighted material(s). Pictures of copyrighted material will be credited in the photo caption, underneath the photo, or linked back to the origin of the photo for credit, unless credit has already been provided earlier in the Review. Photo Credit will only be provided for myself, Matthew McCarthy, if a photo is taken of the copyright material (ex. taking a photo of my 3DS screen with copyright characters) or if I, Matthew McCarthy, screenshotted the copyrighted material myself from the product. This credit does not mean I own the copyright material in the photo(s) taken or screenshotted, it only means I took the photo from a camera, phone, or a device that takes photos or took a screenshot of the copyrighted material. Any gallery of photos with no credit are either photographed or screenshotted by me, Matthew McCarthy.