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MGS3 Demo Nabbed From Sony E3 Stand?
Ant writes "GamesRadar.com is reporting that a Metal Gear Solid 3 demo was stolen from the E3 videogames expo by nefarious exhibition attendees, as, allegedly: 'L.A. Convention Center security staff were left flat-footed and red-faced yesterday as two unknown perps had it away with a copy of the MGS3: Snake Eater demo... The code snatchers were able to gain access to the PS2 demoing Snake's hotly anticipated jungle rumble by cracking the perspex case on one of the pods on the Sony stand."
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A representative of the LAPD was quoted as saying, "!" before running after some footprints.
Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade fame ended their time at the Ubisoft booth early today.
The LAPD are investigating the incident and are looking for two 19-20 year old males.
In other news, everyone attending E3 was held for questioning by the LAPD.
The thieves were chased for hours by a one-handed police officer named Magnum, the half-brother of the thief's cousin's ex-roommate. Little did they know they were actually trapped in a twisted game masterminded by a group only known as KCET... And KCET was happy...
Right, Mr. President?
The ______ Agenda
To be totally serious, doesn't anyone else think this may up the security and tighten who they'll let in E3?
"Not a publicity stunt that's worked successfully for genuine cases in the past, nosiree"...
First sea pirates, then computer pirates, now shoplifting pirates...
Wait...this is Metal Gear? In that case, never mind...
Goo goo g'joob.
I heard they called in the US Army to find it.
Yeah, but then honestly how many of us are in any danger of getting to go anyway? I mean oh no, I won't be allowed into a conference that I will never attend anyway.
Now for those of you that are in positions in which you might have gotten to go but now won't because of this, my condolences. I have a cardboard box you might be able to use to sneak in with if you still want it.
On Wall Street they say "buy low, sell high" On the pad we say, "buy high, sell high" Isn't that somehow better?
I doubt that the demo discs had the actual game code sitting there in a readable format. It was probably just the game binaries and media. Sure, you could say they stole the "code" because they can use a disassembler to read the assembly code, but that applies to any program. Stealing the code and stealing the game itself are two completely different things. Which is why Valve got into such a hissy fit because their actual code was stolen and not just a beta release.
Something tells me that we could be seeing a lot more game companies investing in source code insurance....it does exist, right?
Seriously, when a previous company I worked for went to E3, they made a point of ensuring that no developer computers were used for front-line demonstrations. It's just common sense not to have your source code, much less any of your company's development intellectual property, sitting there on the same computer you and your highly-fatigued coworkers are showing to the masses.
It was copyright infringement...oh wait
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by cracking the perspex case on one of the pods on the Sony stand.
You see! Now those are crackers. Leave the hackers alone.
Why does the slashdot logo for the games section have a dot next to "stuff that matters"?
Is it trademarked?
But only for games?
What gives?
Oh boy, can't wait to leech this one!
The Ombudsman doesn't like the usage of 'Expo' after 'E3', as that is redundant. So is 'ATM machine'. But it's really too late to make any style changes because E3 itself cemented the usage with its e3expo.com
This comment itself is probably redundant as well as off-topic. But it's really too late to make any content changes because my backspace, delete, ctrl, right mouse button, that menu key next to the windows key, and any keys capable of producing whitespace stopped working as soon as I finished typing this sentence, and I can't close this browser or shut off my system because of some kind of virus or God (also, I'm psychic).xxz=
...security on the game itself would have been better. Like, modchip that PS2 such that the chip provides a code in ROM that allows that DVD to read only in a PS2 with THAT chip. I dunno, just a thought, not that it matters _now_.
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I have some friends that work retail and while most of them are fairly tolerable, I know the types of people that work in game stores and most of them fit your description right up to your little off topic stab at Nintendo there, Old hat I know but there does seem to be an audacious echo in the room doesn't there?
I always assumed that the clerk passes are not given out as such as much as EB or Gamestop get a certain number of passes to attend the show which they distribute amongst their sales districts with the intent of ending up with managers and possibly highly effective clerks that are in a better position of knowledge to sell pre-sales for upcoming products (stores are all about pre-sales these days) What happens though, is most of the managers could give a rat's ass about video games (it's just a job) and they just toss them to the wolves, only the jackals are the first ones to the passes.
I don't think clerks have no business being there, I think this is more a case of certain people have no business being there. All of these ass-clowns just make the companies they work for look bad; in fact any ass-clown at the show reflects badly on the company they work for, but obviously a lot of people don't seem to he worried with PR these days are they or they would leave the idiots at home.
On Wall Street they say "buy low, sell high" On the pad we say, "buy high, sell high" Isn't that somehow better?