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Adware Companies Buying Game Developers

Posted by Zonk on from the no!-anything-but-that! dept.

miller60 writes "At least one Adware company has purchased a game developer, hoping to use game downloads to install advertising software on gamers' computers. 180solutions, which recently received $40 million in venture capital funding, says its purchase of Full Armor Studios is the "first of many gaming relationships the company will forge over the coming months.""

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  1. The real question... by Chrontius · · Score: 4, Interesting

    is whether the game will still work when you strip out the spyware.

    Also, will using AdAware be enough to get these slimes to invoke the DMCA? "Circumventing access controls" and all that?

    And if they do, could they succeed?

  2. religous angle by kisrael · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Huh. Actually, it looks like "Full Armor" is one of those "sneak in bible lessons" kind of places..."Full Armor" is probably a biblical reference to the "Full Armor of God": Ephesians 6:10-18, "Manna" is a biblical miracle food, etc. I'm not going to download anythin further to confirm that.

    Most ironic, from their Company Info Page:
    Our beliefs? They're simple!: quality, trust, respect, integrity and the golden rule.

    I'd say they're about 0 for 5 there.

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    SO YOU'RE GOING TO DIE: The Comic for Dealing with Death