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Follow-up on EVE's Boot.ini Issue

Posted by Zonk on from the that-bootini-to-you dept.

Krinsath writes "CCP, publishers of Eve Online, have posted a Dev Blog detailing the circumstances leading up to the deletion of XP's boot.ini file, which was earlier discussed on Slashdot. The blog post has intimate details about how the mistake occurred (a new installer from their normal one), how they responded and what CCP has learned from it. While fairly dry, it is to the company's credit that they're being open about one of the more serious bugs to crop up in gaming's recent history."

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  1. Re:How is that even possible by fat_mike · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    YES, THIS IS WINDOWS/BILL GATES FAULT!!!!!

    What is up with the whole Linux thing lately here. Anyhow...

    You'd think that they would have caught this during, I don't know, quality control, testing, beta's, simple common sense. This is a prime example of get it out the door or I won't get my bonus. The gaming industry is heading towards the shithole that every other entertainment industry eats from.

    Games have producers. Why the hell does a game need a producer?

    Oh, that's right...most game companies are owned by entertainment companies who saw "Video Game Industry Worth Billions" headlines.

    And what do we get, 800,000,000 first person shooters. Hell, GQ, Esquire have almost as many FPS ads as "insert magazine name here" does. Playboy even does a yearly spread on characters from games.

    The aliens will attack and a whole generation will think "Laser to the leg, fuck that I'll regenerate it and fuck that noob up"