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The Gamer's Bill of Rights

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-as-catchy-as-a-gamer's-magna-carta dept.

Edge Magazine is running a piece by Brad Wardell, CEO of game developer Stardock, in which he presents a "Gamer's Bill of Rights." Stardock teamed up with Gas Powered Games to develop a list of ideals they think all game publishers should follow. Some are rather basic operational guidelines (not requiring a disc to play, minimum requirements that make sense), and some are aimed at repairing the damaged relationship between game companies and customers ("Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers"). Wishful thinking or not, it will be interesting to see if they manage to get other publishers to sign on.

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  1. Gamers shall... by mactard · · Score: 5, Funny

    not have to pay fo...wait what?

  2. That's Just The Tip Of The Iceberg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Brad Wardell is also calling for:

    * Ponies for everyone

    * Sunshine and rainbows, everyday

    * World peace out of the power of love

    And in his most daring position of them all:

    * He's AGAINST kicking puppies

    1. Re:That's Just The Tip Of The Iceberg by Monsuco · · Score: 5, Funny

      Brad Wardell is also calling for:

      * Ponies for everyone

      OMG Ponies

      --
      The Gospel according to lolcat
  3. Re:At the very least ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Copy protection will not stop piracy in general, but it will stop ordinary people from sharing their newly bought game with their friend.

    People who play games like Galactic Civilizations have no friend so copy protection is useless.

    (Hint to clueless moderators : that's a joke)