Malcador

Necro-mancrush!

I gave up on HL after the Tentacle level. Spent $60 for a mod platform (which considering the mods was sort of worth it, Opera, FA, CS, DoD, ESF).

Hm ok, coffee taken now let's try again, third time's the charm! Thing is, even counting that success which is rare as you say (and I don't think the stories about Starforce's interaction with the OS are just pro-pirate propaganda as you seem to insinuate), the approach (stick) they have taken isn't working. BIS used FADE for their games, which was a neat idea but ultimately cracked relatively quickly (although the process is pretty lengthy). You can check the release log and see how soon the groups put out big name games, patches and DLCs. I had thought they could try to entice people (as weird as it is to provide an incentive to not pirate heh) with features like MP or some other kind of goodie. Problem is, I guess, that any DRM that will work, is DRM that no customer (hopefully) will want on their PC.

Interesting example, given what DRM was used for that, heh. But that one example aside, DRM in that style is hardly close to effective, as it's quite easy to get the cracked copy once its out within 2 weeks or so (and seeds are out, etc). You might push some to buy it if they're really, really impatient I suppose. I wonder if the increasingly large sizes of the images will help diminish downloading any

Zero Hour was pretty good, by itself. Red Alert 3...was so very poor. I mean Gemma Atkinson IS cute, but eh

What's the big deal about the counter anyway ? All the customers get some token or something ?

Not quite the same though, as the professionals just hand it out to everyone indirectly. At least for big releases, lesser known ones take a bit before they get out. And well, the ones where they crow about the DRM, SKIDROW and Razor showed Ubi about that

I thought we were on to DRM's true purpose

Hm, a bit harder to be negative about it.

I think it's just that the crap they put on as "protection" is not only useless, what it aims to fight isn't actually the cause. Now to go download GIMP without paying! Mwuahahahaha.

Performance anxiety I suppose.

True, DRM's like locking an open door. Also, you are undoubtedly criminal scum

Why use a 100% ineffective lock ?

It's annoying waiting on the documentation you need to file your return. Here they always seem to wait until March, annoying as all hell.

I usually replay games often, but the only block I have is some sort of prescient fatigue half way through a replay. Happened on my third run through DA

Looking at updates about Mrs Vos, it's funny the effect a name and a photo can have. Apparently they got her and others in her building out, so that's good.

Ahhh so true.

Torrents were made for this kind of thing. Hm, then again will probably be up on them anyway.

Got into a long tizzy with a coworker after suggesting they fight Somali piracy by using it as a training ground for special forces people

Just as long as they don't have angry sex at the end of it.

Well that's fine. You like it, I don't like it as much. I had heard a rumour they were making another movie about it. With the dude from Twilight as Paul. Then I found out it was a joke and was happy.

Well they both suck, but the 84 version has Patrick Stewart. So that gives it a marginal victory.

Yes, you're one cut above, etc. I did mention it's typical for a game, are some games that are released without any checks at all. I've never checked those PCG CDs, but wonder if they have some TOS that forbids this sort of thing. Not aware of such a bandwagon, sure it's not just people being negative across the board, and it's just you ?

Finished off Castles, that bit of nostalgia's done. Now on to Castles II, or maybe Shogo.

Dune. Overall....yeah ok, it's pretty bad, flows terribly and the weirding modules. It's better than the Sci-Fi (or is it SyFy now) miniseries from 2000.