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EA Recommends Hilarious Work-Around For RA3 CD-Key 301

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 05, 2008 @10:58AM from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

sunderbear noted that EAs Command & Conquer 3 shipped missing the last digit of the CD Key. He writes "EA's brightest minds have put their synapses into overdrive in order to whip up a comical work-around. 'There is currently a work-around that may allow you to bypass this issue. Since you have the first 19 characters of the code already, you can basically try guessing the last character,' said a note on EA's customer support site. Yes, they're serious. 'To do this, simply enter your existing code, and then for the last character, try the letters A-Z, and then the numbers 0-9. You should eventually get the right combination, and be able to play the game.'" It appears that the helpful hint has been purged.

Games Come To the Colbert Nation 50

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday November 29, 2006 @07:41PM from the you-may-or-may-not-already-be-on-report dept.

Stephen Colbert's hit Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" has already seen some game-related activities. You may recall the day he retired his dice because of Dungeons and Dragons Online's launch, or "Everything Bad is Good For You" author Steven Johnson's appearance on the show. Last week, though, with the release of the Wii, Colbert had to "get his Wii on", and demonstrated Wii Boxing vs. a virtual Nancy Pelosi. Next Monday will see veteran game designer Will Wright on the show.

Comment Re:What to do about it? (Score 1) 593

by DrLazer on Tuesday November 28, 2006 @04:51PM (#17023586) Attached to: RIAA Subpoenas Neighbor's Son, Calls His Employer

At the risk of encouraging this line of discussion, you do realize the only feasible way to never let music into your life again (even by accident) is either to live as a hermit cut off from all human contact or to puncture your own eardrums? I suppose you could also join the Taliban, but you'd have to find them first...

Sounds like a grim life you've got lined up for yourself, but good luck with that, and let us know how it turns out for you. Or you could just learn to play the guitar or piano instead, the way regular people used to before the recording industry was invented. It's not as dramatic, but at least it gives you something to do.

(Footnote: If you were trying to be ironic, kindly disregard this message.)

Viral Videos That Really Are Viral 157

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @12:36PM from the click-wisely dept.

davidwr writes to mention a BBC article looking at booby-trapped Windows codecs. While some codecs required for online videos actually let you watch your content, others are just excuses to infect your system with spyware or adware. As davidwr says: "Now virtual sex can make your computer sick." From the article: "Mr Robinson said many security firms were now logging instances in which spyware and adware firms are turning out software bundles that claim to roll together many popular codecs or just have the one needed to play a particular clip. Some of the codecs do help to play clips, but others are disguised as a variety of nuisance or malicious programs. Some rogue codecs plague users with pop-up adverts, while others invisibly install keyloggers that try to grab confidential data. "

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