Sure. Then you've got those real-world advertisers telling you what sort of content your game can feature, and the ones who actually want their logo anywhere near any simulated "grit" may suddenly be more difficult to find than initially anticipated.
When one speaks of "poisoning content with advertising", it's not just the eyesore potential that looms large. It's also very much the opening of the the flood-gates to advertisers using their financial leverage to poison the creative process that seeks their financial support.
It should be noted that upon installing the iPhone 3.0 update, one must once again agree to the iTunes Store Terms of Service. Careful examination reveals this contract to be sixty-seven pages in length. I shit you not.
I'll pass on this and future installments of the GTA franchise. Don't get me wrong, it used to be a wonderful game. But then, Rockstar got in bed with Microsoft.
No, I do NOT want to have to log into Games For Windows Live just to save my game progress. No, I do NOT want to buy a game whose developers have no patience for game modding, single-player cheating, and other such tinkering. That's like buying a sandbox on rails.
Developers who charge $50+ for a game, then require you to login to two or three different "services" (dubious terminology when they are designed to "serve" entities other than the customer - Windows Genuine Advantage anyone?), drown the product in crippling and invasive DRM, and then strictly dictate how you're allowed to enjoy the product you bought...can clearly do without my patronage henceforth.
I won't touch another product with Games For Windows Live on it, and my 360 red-ringed long, long ago.
Only Microsoft could stick its arrogant cock into something as vibrant as PC gaming and manage to ruin it.
No, closing the popup window only causes it to open again before you can do anything else. Killing the browser from the task manager is the only safe way I've found to put a stop to it.
This exact thing just tried to nail me 10 minutes ago, while editing a myspace profile. I didn't see them in the affected domain list, but sure enough myspace is hosting these criminal ads also.
I've seen shit as brazen as this for decades. Most notably the sort of poorly-constructed pop-ups that leave me thinking, "That would fool my mom. I need to warn her."
When confronted by this sort of criminal code, I open the task manager and dump the browser entirely. Sure, I lose every tab I have open, and everything I was doing up until that point, but oh well.
NEVER click OK if it's NOT OK.
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How about games that adapt to your skill level in obtaining the cash to purchase them. Many of us seem to be getting a bit rusty in that department.
Sure. Then you've got those real-world advertisers telling you what sort of content your game can feature, and the ones who actually want their logo anywhere near any simulated "grit" may suddenly be more difficult to find than initially anticipated.
When one speaks of "poisoning content with advertising", it's not just the eyesore potential that looms large. It's also very much the opening of the the flood-gates to advertisers using their financial leverage to poison the creative process that seeks their financial support.
What if the artificial brain is gay? What happens to its "rights" then?
It should be noted that upon installing the iPhone 3.0 update, one must once again agree to the iTunes Store Terms of Service. Careful examination reveals this contract to be sixty-seven pages in length. I shit you not.
This water is terrible! I want my free back!
(Okay, that was funnier when I was a kid and water was free.)
I'll pass on this and future installments of the GTA franchise. Don't get me wrong, it used to be a wonderful game. But then, Rockstar got in bed with Microsoft. No, I do NOT want to have to log into Games For Windows Live just to save my game progress. No, I do NOT want to buy a game whose developers have no patience for game modding, single-player cheating, and other such tinkering. That's like buying a sandbox on rails. Developers who charge $50+ for a game, then require you to login to two or three different "services" (dubious terminology when they are designed to "serve" entities other than the customer - Windows Genuine Advantage anyone?), drown the product in crippling and invasive DRM, and then strictly dictate how you're allowed to enjoy the product you bought...can clearly do without my patronage henceforth. I won't touch another product with Games For Windows Live on it, and my 360 red-ringed long, long ago. Only Microsoft could stick its arrogant cock into something as vibrant as PC gaming and manage to ruin it.
I thought the magic of The Sims was the user-created content. Pay what to the who-now?
No, closing the popup window only causes it to open again before you can do anything else. Killing the browser from the task manager is the only safe way I've found to put a stop to it. This exact thing just tried to nail me 10 minutes ago, while editing a myspace profile. I didn't see them in the affected domain list, but sure enough myspace is hosting these criminal ads also.
I've seen shit as brazen as this for decades. Most notably the sort of poorly-constructed pop-ups that leave me thinking, "That would fool my mom. I need to warn her." When confronted by this sort of criminal code, I open the task manager and dump the browser entirely. Sure, I lose every tab I have open, and everything I was doing up until that point, but oh well. NEVER click OK if it's NOT OK.