... with more and more people being forced to use their real names on the Internet, you'll see a lot less flaming, trolling, and defacing. People I believe will be less quick to turn a discussion into an argument and more interested in understanding one another.
However, I do not personally like the idea of my first and last name being made public everywhere, which is why I have generally shunned Facebook and would not use this feature even if I wanted to.
So in other words, chilling effects on free speech are a good idea, but only if they're placed on other people?
Apple and Gizmodo really are playing this publicity stunt to the hilt. It's almost like notoriously anal-retentive Apple really was stupid enough to allow a top-secret prototype to be taken to a bar by some junior employee, and almost like Gizmodo really was stupid enough to purchase stolen property, report on it, and then tell everyone exactly how they got it. But everyone knows that could never have actually happened.
You can't use a game like WoW to counter my argument since Blizzard obviously cares whether or not its old customers can continue to play the game--it still gets a monthly fee from them. Once Assassin's Creed II becomes a bargain-bin game and Ubisoft doesn't make any more money from it, what makes you think it'll bother patching it, especially when that might tip its hand regarding the DRM on all of its other games? Keep in mind that Ubisoft has already proven itself not to care about PC gamers; it never releases DLC on the PC, even if that DLC contains important parts of the game (e.g. Prince of Persia).
This whole story is about how and why the DRM will work.
Yes, and I don't agree with Vogel's premise. It's not going to be more difficult to crack this than it was to crack, say, StarForce; it's just going to be different. And once it's been cracked, how much can Ubisoft possibly change the method for all of their future games? This new DRM is just a complete non-starter.
I'm just waiting them to take this one little step further - stream parts of the game code, textures or other data from server (something not used often).
Yes, I'm waiting for them to finally come out and admit that they don't want any of the PC market as well.
Which DRM has slowed down copying more than it's pissed off consumers? I don't consider CD keys DRM, BTW. DRM in my mind is screwing up a game's code for no reason other than to obstruct pirates.
Ubisoft has been ridiculously hostile to PC gamers in the fairly recent past. You can't even play the ending to one of their games on the PC because of the piracy bogeyman. It's well within the realm of possibility that Ubisoft would take it one step further. Maybe this will encourage them to start releasing DLC for their PC games. But I doubt it.
Kasumi, also known as A5/3, is the standard cipher used to encrypt communications on 3G GSM networks, and it's a modified version of an older algorithm called Misty.
Yes for the same price you can get the game on disk, but with the disk version do you get free updates forever?
Yes. Of course, you got free updates forever on PC games even before Steam existed, but you do realize that you can register retail CD keys on Steam, right? Upon doing so you get the exact same functionality as with the digitally distributed version, but with the bonus of an official hard-copy of the game. There's no reason for games to be the same price on Steam as they are at retail besides the fact that the publishers can get away with it.
AFAIK, the console manufacturers cannot dictate anything but the quality and content of the game through the licensing process. They could dictate everything else including retail price if they had control of the only means of distribution, however.
Or, in an even scarier scenario for consumers, what if there is no physical media drive at all, and everything goes through Xbox Live? Sony's marriage to the Blu-ray format ensures its continued support of game discs, but Microsoft has no such restrictions.
That "something" being the handheld market. Sony is going to do pretty much exactly as this describes with the PSP (despite their "marriage" to UMD), so there's no need to make hypothetical arguments; we can simply see what happens there in a few years.
Conviction is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal, so I don't know why you're avoiding it. Montreal also made the last-gen version of Double Agent so you might want to get a copy for the PS2 and try it.
After looking at his website, I retract my statement. It's pretty obvious that he's actually a big fan of FF8. The best satire comes from those who like what they satire.
You know who else destroyed civil liberties by taking advantage of the paranoid fears of the citizenry?
I'm referring to the Bush Administration, of course.
Rob
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Wild Wild West (I'm not too sure about the name) - I think this is one of the first games with dialog and characters, which idea made it's way into future adventure games like Monkey Island. Depending on how you interact with the "npc", you would either satisfy it, scare it, or be drawn into a gunfight.
I believe you're referring to Law of the West. Pretty nifty game, though I've never gotten around to playing through it.
We may find ourselves gradually drifting towards the genetic engineering of human beings
And eradicating genetic disease and improving humanity to the peak of its potential would be bad why, again? Here's a hint: The reason why the world of Gattaca is dystopic isn't because of genetic engineering.
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I never once said that the bundle wasn't successful financially, I said that the bundle wasn't successful at keeping pirates away.
So you're saying that you know for a fact that none of the people who bought the bundle would have pirated the games if the bundle hadn't existed?
That's a nice crystal ball you have there; can I borrow it?
Rob
... with more and more people being forced to use their real names on the Internet, you'll see a lot less flaming, trolling, and defacing. People I believe will be less quick to turn a discussion into an argument and more interested in understanding one another.
However, I do not personally like the idea of my first and last name being made public everywhere, which is why I have generally shunned Facebook and would not use this feature even if I wanted to.
So in other words, chilling effects on free speech are a good idea, but only if they're placed on other people?
Rob
Apple and Gizmodo really are playing this publicity stunt to the hilt. It's almost like notoriously anal-retentive Apple really was stupid enough to allow a top-secret prototype to be taken to a bar by some junior employee, and almost like Gizmodo really was stupid enough to purchase stolen property, report on it, and then tell everyone exactly how they got it. But everyone knows that could never have actually happened.
Right?
Rob
I can think of a certain "Internet hate machine" that will very likely do this as soon as AC2 comes out.
Rob
You can't use a game like WoW to counter my argument since Blizzard obviously cares whether or not its old customers can continue to play the game--it still gets a monthly fee from them. Once Assassin's Creed II becomes a bargain-bin game and Ubisoft doesn't make any more money from it, what makes you think it'll bother patching it, especially when that might tip its hand regarding the DRM on all of its other games? Keep in mind that Ubisoft has already proven itself not to care about PC gamers; it never releases DLC on the PC, even if that DLC contains important parts of the game (e.g. Prince of Persia).
Rob
This whole story is about how and why the DRM will work.
Yes, and I don't agree with Vogel's premise. It's not going to be more difficult to crack this than it was to crack, say, StarForce; it's just going to be different. And once it's been cracked, how much can Ubisoft possibly change the method for all of their future games? This new DRM is just a complete non-starter.
I'm just waiting them to take this one little step further - stream parts of the game code, textures or other data from server (something not used often).
Yes, I'm waiting for them to finally come out and admit that they don't want any of the PC market as well.
Rob
Which DRM has slowed down copying more than it's pissed off consumers? I don't consider CD keys DRM, BTW. DRM in my mind is screwing up a game's code for no reason other than to obstruct pirates.
Rob
Considering that DRM never works yet always pisses off some consumers, wouldn't the sweet spot then be no DRM?
Rob
Ubisoft has been ridiculously hostile to PC gamers in the fairly recent past. You can't even play the ending to one of their games on the PC because of the piracy bogeyman. It's well within the realm of possibility that Ubisoft would take it one step further. Maybe this will encourage them to start releasing DLC for their PC games. But I doubt it.
Rob
Kasumi, also known as A5/3, is the standard cipher used to encrypt communications on 3G GSM networks, and it's a modified version of an older algorithm called Misty.
OK, who's the dork who named these?
Rob
They'll want their teachers and professors to respond to them immediately, and they will expect instantaneous access to everyone
And they're going to be quickly disappointed.
Rob
One thing I never got: Why hasn't Brian Clevinger been sued off of his ass yet?
Rob
Um, GP was the one who made a very broad, unsupported claim: "Epic is not evil".
Yes, expecting someone to prove a negative is entirely reasonable.
Rob
All of these Slashdotters talking about new-fangled games like Braid and Chronotron, but not one mention of the game which did it 25 years ago.
Rob
Yes for the same price you can get the game on disk, but with the disk version do you get free updates forever?
Yes. Of course, you got free updates forever on PC games even before Steam existed, but you do realize that you can register retail CD keys on Steam, right? Upon doing so you get the exact same functionality as with the digitally distributed version, but with the bonus of an official hard-copy of the game. There's no reason for games to be the same price on Steam as they are at retail besides the fact that the publishers can get away with it.
Rob
The restart will begin with tests at half power, a mere 7 trillion electron volts (TeV), and ramp up slowly to the designed goal of 14 TeV.
So I guess you could say that the Large Hadron Collider is being treated for electron dysfunction.
Rob
Do you know what the word "or" means?
Rob
AFAIK, the console manufacturers cannot dictate anything but the quality and content of the game through the licensing process. They could dictate everything else including retail price if they had control of the only means of distribution, however.
Rob
Or, in an even scarier scenario for consumers, what if there is no physical media drive at all, and everything goes through Xbox Live? Sony's marriage to the Blu-ray format ensures its continued support of game discs, but Microsoft has no such restrictions.
That "something" being the handheld market. Sony is going to do pretty much exactly as this describes with the PSP (despite their "marriage" to UMD), so there's no need to make hypothetical arguments; we can simply see what happens there in a few years.
Conviction is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal, so I don't know why you're avoiding it. Montreal also made the last-gen version of Double Agent so you might want to get a copy for the PS2 and try it.
Rob
After looking at his website, I retract my statement. It's pretty obvious that he's actually a big fan of FF8. The best satire comes from those who like what they satire.
Rob
Makes sense that that sentiment is coming from a guy named Spoony, who is obviously a fan of one of the most pablumlike RPGs in gaming history.
Rob
You know who else destroyed civil liberties by taking advantage of the paranoid fears of the citizenry?
I'm referring to the Bush Administration, of course.
Rob
Wild Wild West (I'm not too sure about the name) - I think this is one of the first games with dialog and characters, which idea made it's way into future adventure games like Monkey Island. Depending on how you interact with the "npc", you would either satisfy it, scare it, or be drawn into a gunfight.
I believe you're referring to Law of the West. Pretty nifty game, though I've never gotten around to playing through it.
Rob
We may find ourselves gradually drifting towards the genetic engineering of human beings
And eradicating genetic disease and improving humanity to the peak of its potential would be bad why, again? Here's a hint: The reason why the world of Gattaca is dystopic isn't because of genetic engineering.
Rob