When PC games first started doing this sort of thing many years ago, I knew that it was only a matter of time before the secondary market for all media (console games, movies, and music too) would be killed. People in the past have laughed when I've said that. But now the used PC game market is dead and they're moving on to console games. It's only a matter or time before all music and movies come with some sort of DRM or registration requirements too (preventing you from reselling). The fact that internet connections for blu-ray players are now the norm should tell you something. Today it's just for bonus material on the blu-ray, tomorrow it will be for registration (before it will play).
You know, I just can't believe that such a friendly company like Sony would engage in such control-freak, greedy behavior. What the hell has the media world come to?
If your company's business plan focuses exclusively (or even primarily) on gaming Google search results, then anyone dumb enough to invest in you *deserves* to be screwed.
They refuse to open up their Live network to MMO's, Steam, or anyone else. And they have the audacity to charge their users $60 a year for the privilege. So PS3 users get DC Universe online and a Steam enabled Portal 2. Xbox users just get a bill for $5 a month--and jackshit to show for it.
Between shit like this and all the exclusives that they've lost in the last two years, sometimes I wonder if MS even has anyone working in their Xbox division anymore. If there is anyone, it doesn't look like they're doing anything.
He sounds like my old college roommate, rambling on at 2 am after he'd smoked a bunch of weed. He thought he was being profound and insightful, but in reality he was just spouting a bunch of pseudo-philosophical gibberish. "You see, we're all BEING, man...that's what it's all about...BEING. That's you, that's me...we're all just BEING."
Every release of Blender claims it has a great new UI, that *this time* the UI doesn't suck balls. Blender is like the abusive boyfriend who keeps promising you that this time he won't hit you, that he's really changed this time--only to go right back to the same old abuse as soon as you take him back.
It's the same with movies. Weird international distribution agreements give us fun stuff like region coding, DRM restrictions based on ISP location, etc.
It may be the 21st century, but international media distribution is still stuck firmly in the 20th. Most licensing agreements are still based on conventions from the days when all media was sold via a physical copy in a brick-and-mortar local store.
Because there is no infrastructure in place right now for the ISP's to *automatically* provide all that info to the government, or any way to cross-reference it across multiple ISP's/hotspots. And IP addresses can't conclusively prove that a specific individual was accessing given material. An internet ID issued to each individual would be much more specific and allow the government to easily cross-reference all your surfing across multiple ISP's--and presumably compel each ISP to automatically upload this data to them periodically. The government would have a huge database of the internet usage of Americans, indexed by individual citizen.
I've often wondered why I never hear that mentioned when people talk about clean energy. How much energy and resources go into making a single solar panel or wind turbine? Anyone?
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As a console gamer, I'd call The Orange Box the best gaming value I've ever seen. So I can't fault Valve for overpricing stuff on my end (PC fans may differ).
As I understand it, Dukeitis is actually caused by a nasty virus that keeps wanting to add more and more new features to its host, forcing its cells to constantly spin their wheels in vain, getting no closer to final success.
I just hope this doesn't give Washington any ideas. With all this budget cutting, I would hate to think of it occurring to someone that the Smithsonian's collection would do really well at auction.
Certain missions in Fallout New Vegas would glitch on a downloadable content DRM check, causing the saves to be corrupted if the software couldn't find some non-existent DLC. It took them months to fix it. AFAIK, it happened across all versions of the game. It would seem that this sort of glitching is becoming more common, even on consoles.
Since moving into my new home, I've noticed a significant reduction in secret CIA messages being injected into my brainwaves. Goodbye ugly tinfoil hat!
Right now the U.S. can barely afford to maintain the infrastructure it already has, much less add the kind of construction and maintenance you would need to add high speed rail across long distances. I hate to say it, but we're kind of stuck with what we've got.
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When PC games first started doing this sort of thing many years ago, I knew that it was only a matter of time before the secondary market for all media (console games, movies, and music too) would be killed. People in the past have laughed when I've said that. But now the used PC game market is dead and they're moving on to console games. It's only a matter or time before all music and movies come with some sort of DRM or registration requirements too (preventing you from reselling). The fact that internet connections for blu-ray players are now the norm should tell you something. Today it's just for bonus material on the blu-ray, tomorrow it will be for registration (before it will play).
You know, I just can't believe that such a friendly company like Sony would engage in such control-freak, greedy behavior. What the hell has the media world come to?
If your company's business plan focuses exclusively (or even primarily) on gaming Google search results, then anyone dumb enough to invest in you *deserves* to be screwed.
They refuse to open up their Live network to MMO's, Steam, or anyone else. And they have the audacity to charge their users $60 a year for the privilege. So PS3 users get DC Universe online and a Steam enabled Portal 2. Xbox users just get a bill for $5 a month--and jackshit to show for it.
Between shit like this and all the exclusives that they've lost in the last two years, sometimes I wonder if MS even has anyone working in their Xbox division anymore. If there is anyone, it doesn't look like they're doing anything.
He sounds like my old college roommate, rambling on at 2 am after he'd smoked a bunch of weed. He thought he was being profound and insightful, but in reality he was just spouting a bunch of pseudo-philosophical gibberish. "You see, we're all BEING, man...that's what it's all about...BEING. That's you, that's me...we're all just BEING."
Every release of Blender claims it has a great new UI, that *this time* the UI doesn't suck balls. Blender is like the abusive boyfriend who keeps promising you that this time he won't hit you, that he's really changed this time--only to go right back to the same old abuse as soon as you take him back.
Anytime anyone says "You just have to completely rethink the way you've done everything in the past," I know I'm in for a *FUCKING TERRIBLE* UI.
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It's the same with movies. Weird international distribution agreements give us fun stuff like region coding, DRM restrictions based on ISP location, etc.
It may be the 21st century, but international media distribution is still stuck firmly in the 20th. Most licensing agreements are still based on conventions from the days when all media was sold via a physical copy in a brick-and-mortar local store.
Because there is no infrastructure in place right now for the ISP's to *automatically* provide all that info to the government, or any way to cross-reference it across multiple ISP's/hotspots. And IP addresses can't conclusively prove that a specific individual was accessing given material. An internet ID issued to each individual would be much more specific and allow the government to easily cross-reference all your surfing across multiple ISP's--and presumably compel each ISP to automatically upload this data to them periodically. The government would have a huge database of the internet usage of Americans, indexed by individual citizen.
I've often wondered why I never hear that mentioned when people talk about clean energy. How much energy and resources go into making a single solar panel or wind turbine? Anyone?
Sorry citizen, in compliance with U.S. law, Comcast Cable Broadband now requires that all subscribers identify themselves by their U.S. Internet Identification Number before accessing internet content. Please contact your local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for more information on how to obtain your U.S. Internet Identification Number. And thank you for choosing Comcast as your broadband provider!
I wonder if the same attitude took hold in Britain after WWI. Does an empire in decline *realize* it's in decline?
It's hard to find anyone willing to sign the Waiver for Physical Harm, Death, and/or Dismemberment.
As a console gamer, I'd call The Orange Box the best gaming value I've ever seen. So I can't fault Valve for overpricing stuff on my end (PC fans may differ).
As I understand it, Dukeitis is actually caused by a nasty virus that keeps wanting to add more and more new features to its host, forcing its cells to constantly spin their wheels in vain, getting no closer to final success.
I just hope this doesn't give Washington any ideas. With all this budget cutting, I would hate to think of it occurring to someone that the Smithsonian's collection would do really well at auction.
first person shooters are some of the easiest games to make, provided you're using an existant engine
That's sort of like saying "Great writing is easy. After all, you already have words and phrases."
Only to the faithful. If you don't receive a copy, it means you didn't truly give your heart to Valve.
Your post just made me shudder at the thought of a world with "Half-Life 2008," "Half-Life 2010," and "Half-Life 2011."
Do you mind if I put that on my christmas cards this year?
Certain missions in Fallout New Vegas would glitch on a downloadable content DRM check, causing the saves to be corrupted if the software couldn't find some non-existent DLC. It took them months to fix it. AFAIK, it happened across all versions of the game. It would seem that this sort of glitching is becoming more common, even on consoles.
Since moving into my new home, I've noticed a significant reduction in secret CIA messages being injected into my brainwaves. Goodbye ugly tinfoil hat!
Right now the U.S. can barely afford to maintain the infrastructure it already has, much less add the kind of construction and maintenance you would need to add high speed rail across long distances. I hate to say it, but we're kind of stuck with what we've got.
Anyone still using IE probably needs a "Do Not Use Crack" button more.