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EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely 341

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @07:42AM from the sixty-dollar-yearly-fee dept.

Spacezilla writes "EA is dropping the bomb on a number of their video game servers, shutting down the online fun for many of their Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 games. Not only is the inclusion of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles odd, the date the games were released is even more surprising. Yes, Madden 07 and 08 are included in the shutdown... but Madden 09 on all consoles as well?"

Therapists Log On To WoW To Counsel Addicts 187

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday July 29, 2009 @08:31AM from the sometimes-an-elf-is-just-an-elf dept.

eldavojohn writes "So, you can't find the time to leave the World of Warcraft to seek help for your World of Warcraft addiction? Sounds reasonable. Well, addiction therapists are coming to meet you so you don't have to quit playing as they counsel you and your addiction. From the leader of this initiative, Dr. Graham: 'We will be launching this project by the end of the year. I think it's already clear that psychiatrists will have to stay within the parameters of the game. They certainly wouldn't be wandering around the game in white coats and would have to use the same characters available to other players. Of course one problem we're going to have to overcome is that while a psychiatrist may excel in what they do in the real world, they're probably not going to be very good at playing World of Warcraft.' Send in the level 5 counselor and let the games begin!" What happens when the therapists become addicted?

Comment Re:It's a blend (Score 5, Insightful) 308

by Chrondeath on Thursday May 28, 2009 @09:02AM (#28122365) Attached to: Understanding Addiction-Based Game Design

From that analysis, it almost sounds like it's the real world that's doing it wrong, not WoW.

Comment Re:I did the same thing at Office Max (Score 1) 417

by Chrondeath on Wednesday March 11, 2009 @11:01PM (#27161501) Attached to: How Office Depot Pushes Service Plans On Customers

Wait, so....they gave you an extra $12 for selling someone a $5.99 warranty? How's that work? Did you start offering to pay for the $6 plan yourself and pocket the extra $6?

Comment Re:Retarded (Score 1) 874

by Chrondeath on Thursday February 19, 2009 @12:21AM (#26912467) Attached to: Don't Like EULAs? Get Your Cat To Agree To Them

With a EULA you gain the right to run the software.

What is the theory under which you _don't_ have the right to run the software you've legally purchased, absent any EULA?

If you don't have such a right without a EULA, then presumably, you could distribute (for free, with no EULA) some useful utility you wrote, then turn around and sue anyone who runs it for copyright infringement?

Comment Re:Not a robot conspiracy (Score 5, Funny) 235

by Chrondeath on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @10:00AM (#26222599) Attached to: Software-Generated Paper Accepted At IEEE Conference

How does presenting the liver help?

It lets you see whether the author was a career alcoholic, or just drunk for that one paper.

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