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Lucas Confuses ScummVM With Abandonware

Posted by timothy on from the boilerplate-madness dept.

Anonymous Coward writes: "Seems LucasArts finally noticed ScummVm although they seem to be confused about what it is. ScummVM is a 'virtual machine'(yes like Java) that allows you to play scumm games (Monkey Island, for example) in modern OS (Linux, BSD, err Windows XP) and weird machines like PDAs and the Dreamcast, but Lucas have confused them with an abandonware site."

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  1. Perhaps LucasArts should... by zenintrude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ask me about LOOM(TM)

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  2. we geeks might make a better impression... by anonymous+loser · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    If we learned how to spell and use grammar properly. There are 4 heinous spelling and grammatical errors in the first 2 paragraphs alone:

    We appretiate your concerns expressed in the e-mail below regarding protecting the intellectual intellectual property of LucasArts 'SPU'(tm) engine - (please note that we do not believe this engine was never called 'SCUMM' inside of LucasArts itself, check with your programmers). ScummVM is NOT the SPU engine as used internally by LEC. ScummVM is a valid clone of the SPU engine, designed to facitiate the playing of LucasArts adventures on modern machines and operating systems. ScummVM allows the data from LEC adventures to be played on many platforms (Intel, PocketPC, etc) and operating systems (Linux, Windows 2000, etc) which qare not supported by your own SPU(tm) engine.

    How hard is it to proofread a reply to an official legal request before clicking the "send" button? Remember that this reply could easily show up in court, where the judge could (even subconciously) use your mispellings and grammatical mistakes to bias the case against you. Same goes with CmdrTaco and Hemos and their constant misuse of "then" vs. "than" and "their" vs. "they're". You're supposed to be professional journalists, for crying out loud! Professional journalists have EDITORS!

    1. Re:we geeks might make a better impression... by tswinzig · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      You're supposed to be professional journalists, for crying out loud!

      Since when?

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