'Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!'

What I'd like to be able to do is connect to the net from my Touch 2.0, using Bluetooth to access my cellphone. That way I can get online even when there is no Wi-Fi available.

I was also looking forward to the release of Spore, until I heard that they were using SecureRom.

I'm not installing an app that causes that much headache just for one game. I might look at it when it releases on the 360, but the bad reviews I'm seeing are making it less likely. And if they hadn't used SecureRom, I'd have bought it on release day, without waiting for reviews.

I don't know how long it's going to take for publishers to understand this simple truth:

Copy protection pisses off the paying customer, and makes the pirate laugh.

Let me make that clear for MBA's - the only people inconvenienced by your protection are the people who paid for the game!

From a gamer who buys all his games, and is old enough to remember when Electronic Arts was a great company. "Can a computer make you cry?", indeed.