Square Enix's cancelled Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun 'not the right game'
Joe Danger PC includes TF2 characters, Minecraft levels
Humble Bundle with Android 6 launches
Company of Heroes 2 open beta extended through Sunday
Aban Hawkins & the 1,001 Spikes pokes its way onto Vita
Taking Stock: The Gibson-Goldstein Index
by Chris Faylor, Jun 20, 2008 3:29pm PDTThere's some blood in the water this week.
Spore
The free Spore Creature Creator arrives, flooding the virtual universe with monsters like twinkies and ding-dongs.
DRM
The dreaded tendrils of SecuROM ensnare Mass Effect and Alone in the Dark on PC. BioShock keeps struggling, but can't get away entirely.
Valve
The latest Team Fortress 2 update makes the Pyro blow, in a good way. Oh, and the Sniper pees in bottles.
Artistic Integrity
ZootFly's Ghostbusters prototype helps another developer get the license, and a game composer gets upset when McCain uses his work.
Lightsabers
That Wii lightsaber game we've always wanted is finally coming, but sounds much lamer than we'd hoped.
Tecmo
Sued on behalf of every employee for avoiding overtime payments, and the evidence affirms that something just isn't right.
Atari
Sues over negative Alone in the Dark review, alleging writer of piracy.
Intellisponse
A marketing firm leaves its backend open, exposes tons of concepts from soon to be ex-clients Activision and Microsoft.
"he is pony."
QQ user Pippo, who may be contributing to the decline of the Chinese currency.
"Awesomeball didn't make the cut. Sorry."
Valve marketing VP Doug Lombardi on the community-created maps in the latest Team Fortress 2 update.
"We think that this is certainly going to be the best control scheme for RTS games coming out next week."
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath lead producer Jim Vessella on fixing an Xbox 360 control scheme "lauded by critics."
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I know the odds are extremely low, and the cracks are already there, ready for picking, but if these companies fold, no one can guarantee you that patch which removes DRM. Technically, the company is no longer there, no one owes you anything. Only good faith from the developers will allow the games to endure, and in any other industry, telling you my product doesn't work if you buy it, will only work if I deem you've been good, and I promise *PROMISE* i will unlock it in case I'm no longer here...well, it's ridiculous.
We're dropping the concept of a product for that of a service, with no fee reduction, with no flexibility regarding the outcome of your payment, agreeing to monstrous, absurd EULAs. We're getting ads shoved up our ass, DRM platforms that invariably fuck up a group of users, being forced to exclude our games from firewalls simply for activation, and all around just a demeaning, pushy attitude from publishers.
Treating every PC user as a pirate may be correct, in one degree or another, considering illegal content of any kind must be present in 99% of the personal computers, but treating potential customers like lowly shit doesn't fly anywhere, for obvious reasons.
It is precisely the audience within PC users you must not give any reasons to pirate your game. Treat me like a customer, do your own thing right, and I will buy.
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