That's nobody's business but the Turk's.

Consumers or the government? Why not have the companies just pay to have their contract certified...?

They could establish their own regulatory systems. If people want certified and tested products, then an independent agency would arise to do that. Heck, if you want an example of voluntary regulation that works better than the government's regulations, you need look no further than Kosher certifications. You know anything labeled Kosher isn't full of rats.

I've always been miffed that I couldn't get some video games from European Amazon... I wonder if there would be a market for a mail-forwarding service from the EU to the US and vice versa. I know I've seen such services for a few other countries before.

Those stats are only for xfire, which I imagine most Left 4 Dead players are not using considering Steam already includes its own game overlay and social networking functions.

These achievements are a pain...

Google Necrovision, its made by some obscure Ukraine company.

You play as an American who went to World War One because he is a badass, and you spout cheesy one liners all over the place as you impale zombies on your bayonet.

I already think it will be better than Wolfenstein.

Yes, thanks to the new javascript a-

Well, crap.

I thought we didn't have titles of nobility or royalty in America. FYI "Tsar/Czar" comes from "Caesar".

Or maybe it is appropriate these days...

Fallout 3 is on Steam, why isn't the DLC on it?

Simple. Spec MP4 (the standard container) doesn't support AC3. You have to recode it to AAC 5.1 which is lossy and a pain in the ass.

Plus the authoring tools for MKV are better. Not to mention the subtitle support if you are a fan of foreign films.

You'll just get a letter from your ISP telling you to stop. Much better then a letter from a lawyer telling you to pay up.

Besides, if you get caught you can always just start encrypting your traffic or such.

If they remove it for Crysis Warhead I will buy it immediately.

...make buying the game easier then pirating it.

Look at Steam for example. You can preload the game and have it the minute it releases instead of messing around with cracks, and if you ever want to play the game in the future you can redownload it with a click. With the new "Steam Cloud" feature you will even still have your savegames available.

Or you can go with a 0 drm system but many companies are not willing to do that. Still, Steam is better then Securom with its limited activations.