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Comment *elongated siiiiiiigh* (Score 1) 234

by Maxus Atom (#47557673) Attached to: Free Copy of the Sims 2 Contains SecuROM
Come on! I thought we won the DRM wars a long while ago. Most publishers/developers today aren't realizing that Steam is a great form of DRM that effectively keeps away pirates without punishing the user. You're also likely to sell more copies on Steam, what with it being a largest social gaming platform for the PC.

Comment I guess it's reasonable. (Score 1) 207

by Maxus Atom (#46185443) Attached to: Russia Bans Bitcoin
If it's against the law, then sure, go ahead and ban Bitcoin. What they're missing is that anything can be turned into a currency. Take Valve Software's Team Fortress 2 for example. It has an established economy based off one single currency, the Scrap Metal. People invest actual money in this currency in order to buy games off of Valve's Steam service, as well as other Team Fortress 2 items. If you're going to ban a digital currency like Bitcoin, you're going to have to ban the other digital currencies as well. When you get down to it, everything is a barter economy, and people are going to find other standard currencies.
First Person Shooters (Games)

Gears of War 3 Released 69

Posted by Soulskill from the dudes-with-guns dept.
The third installment of Gears of War was released yesterday, ending the story arc that began almost five years ago. Early response to the game has been favorable, and most reviews agree that it's the best of the series. The Guardian's write-up says the story and the voice-acting got some needed attention this time around. Eurogamer praised the improvements to multiplayer and highlighted the intensity of the action sequences, but also mentioned the "annoyance" of being rather rigidly limited when it came to exploring and deviating from scripted events. The Digital Foundry blog examined the tech underpinning Gears of War 3, finding all the advances you'd expect out of a big-budget title, and a few spots where it bumps up against the hardware limitations of the aging Xbox 360.
Games

Submission + - GameStop opening Deus Ex boxes, removing free game (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by DisKurzion
DisKurzion writes: A leaked GameStop memo indicates that employees are to open the regular PC release of Dues Ex: Human Revolution and discard the included OnLive coupon.

From TFA: GameStop spokesperson Beth Sharum confirmed the practice, telling Ars that "Square Enix packed the competitor’s coupon with our DXHR product without our prior knowledge and we did pull these coupons."

If you buy a PC game retail, make sure the box is sealed!!
Desktops (Apple)

Journal Journal: The Competition That Defines The Computer Industry

Journal by Maxus Atom

If you search up "mac vs pc" on youtube, you get more than 10,000,000 results. To me, it is comedic that the controversy has grown this large. You get virtually no viruses with a mac, but you can do so much more with Windows. It makes me sick to read on Slashdot that 53% of the American population have "bit the Apple". Honestly, a. Windows was there first. b. You can do SOOOO much more on Windows, and c. Apple was designed for rebels, but the rebels are becoming conformist.
User Journal

Journal Journal: Freaking Linux

Journal by Maxus Atom

Alright, now I respect all those who are penguins from Sweden, but Linux ticks me off. Funny story: I made a joke, daring my friend to convert his Eee laptop to Ubuntu. Now this was a joke, but he took it seriously. I took this as an opportunity to learn what the crap Linux was. I was introduced to the world of Open Source, Chromium, and penguins. I was still trying to figure it out three days afterwards. Bottom line, if you're going to get a computer, DO NOT GET A LINUX! Go for the best, Win

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