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I think there's some major differences with the ID analogy overall. This isn't drinking. I'm not handling controlled substances that are illegal to distribute to minors. I'm playing a video game. It's closer to being put on parole. For being a customer. I'm come to accept CD-keys easily. I could probably come up with a ridiculous analogy there. But I don't feel the need to. What I do feel the need to be offended by is the potential lack of control we're allowed over things we purchase. In the US, if they shut down their authentication servers, I no longer have a legal right to play the game I purchased. It's essentially saying that we no longer have right to the media that contributes to our culture. It's like, at Disney's whim, you can no longer tell your children about Snow White, Cinderella, or Peter Pan. You could never show them that movie. They our elements of our culture. What if nobody was allowed to listen to The Beatles again. Or an Elvis album. Legally, anyway. That's quite literally what that is. Music, movies, books, and TV shows have defined generations and culture. Games can do so, too. The Library of Congress recognizes this. They want to start cataloging games. Forcing us to check-in with the publisher for approval to operate these games will prevent that chance of passing on and preserving these things. That's more my contempt for the DMCA combined with this, of course. I can only hope that one day a "culture-preservation" law will be enacted. Something that ensures we can preserve these things indefinitely.

Man, I'd love to play a loose cannon cop. Full of cheezy 1990s dialog. Captain: You destroyed over 3 million dollars in city property in your little stunt! You're out of control! I want your gun and your badge, right now! *receives phone call* Captain Pick your badge and gun back up, I need you on a case. Player: I'll get on your case... if you get off mine.

At Bio boards someone claimed Bioshock was hacked within 24h. Bunk. It took a while, I can't tell you if it took more than a week, but it took more than two days. Of course, one of the Splinter Cell games took over a year.

My cat is sick. He came in yesterday morning, seemed fine. Got home from work and he was laying on the floor. Normally he likes to lay in a chair or on a bed. He was kind of mewing excessively. Picked him up, he threw a fit. He later went to lay on a bed. Didn't get out at all. Not to ask to go outside, not to hang out in the living room, nothing. Picking him up today, another fit, put him down and we notice he's limping. Took him to the vet. 104 temperature. They think he might have gotten into a fight and got an infection. We'll know more later.

Which is the part I think to be fascinating. The notion that the PC gaming is hurting is leading to things that hurt PC gaming.

I miss my bike. I like to run. But I also like to hurt myself. These things are often at odds and I haven't been able to run for a few weeks because I think I might have pulled something.

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I think it's fascinating how often Securom is confused for Starforce.

Looking at those screenshots again, it's like a lifetime ago.

Doubtful. On both the topics of it being on Steam and it losing the Securom if it were. Though, I wish it would. I now have to debate between entertainment and politics. Whether I want to purchase Mass Effect or show my contempt for this retarded protection scheme. I certainly don't want to see it become standard practice. But, even if I don't purchase it, they may likely miss the point altogether and take it as meaning PC games simply don't sell at all.

He knew about skinjobs because he met Leoben on the space station in the mini and Adama noticed how vulnerable Leoben was to the radiation, which was harmless to humans. He knew about the twelve models because of a paper that was left on his desk in one episode. Welcome to only presenting the very scenes that bring up the questions and pretending that's somehow an answer. Leoben getting sick is not sufficient for making the jump to HE'S A ROBOT! It was a conclusion he came to because he already knew of the possibility. Edit: Actually, Razer can answer this question. Adama sees the first hybrid. And there's no explanation for how he got that piece of paper. Who gave it to him? Nobody who even knew about the 12 models had any reason to do that.

They really need to clear up with Adama from the fracking miniseries. How he knew about skinjobs and where he got a report that there are 12 models. It's those two things that have me thinking he might be the final cylon. They had something going on with him in the beginning.

More Persona 3 FES. Though Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne arrived Saturday and I gave that a whirl.

The big highlight of Shaak Ti's career is the near miss with death she had that she was only saved from by the editting room.

Sounds like a challenge!