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Comment Re:A DRM pusher's wet dream (Score 1) 204

I've got a fourth for you. They don't even let you own your save data. If you delete your account, you can say goodbye to everything you've ever done with OnLive.

Granted, they can also suspend your account for 6 months to preserve your data for a while, but the idea behind it is still insane.

Comment Controller Mod? (Score 5, Interesting) 550

What if you were to play around with the frets with your right hand and mod the controller out to replace the strum bar with two foot pedals? (A bit of a roundabout solution, but Its better than the other replies you've gotten...) What I'd really like to see is the content of these letters that he's sent to Sony. Theres another article linked inside of this one about a guy who is blind and helps other blind people play commercial games through screen readers, surround sound, and menu guides. He's even gone so far as to send mail to developers and publishers to suggest how they might better help the blind. That could be the key difference between these two. If this guy just sent a bunch of letters about how "OMGZ UR GAME ISH HARD FUR BLIND PEEPS" and then giggled to himself how they didn't respond to him, then he's just being an idiot trying to get some cash out of this. If Sony's been ignoring valid suggestions on how to help and giving him the silent treatment, then he might have a case.

Comment MMO Piracy? (Score 1) 731

What about private servers? A lot of people download MMO clients and play on homebrew servers for a whole bunch of different MMOs. Not only do they have people stealing the actual game, they're not getting a monthly subscription from 'em. Granted, the client has to deal with laggy and somewhat sparse worlds, but you get my point.
MMO's have just as much as a problem with piracy. ...But the rest of what you said was good. :P

Comment Re:Already there (Score 1) 75

Oh yeah, it's not quite as messy as it sounds. It actually have a pretty solid and professional look to it so I don't think they just whipped it up themselves. I've seen something similar though. This little... Frag Island kiosk or something. It was essentially a little arcade cabinet for 360 games. You put in some money, and it gives you X amount of minutes of play. I think they've gone out of business though, so maybe what they were doing was illegal too.

Honestly I have no idea. Nice catch there. XD

Comment Re:Already there (Score 2, Interesting) 75

Actually, I've seen Guitar Hero in one arcade I've been to not too long ago. It wasn't a real arcade version, (Just a 360 rigged with some timers hooked up to reset buttons and coin mechs) but it's still there. I've always wanted to try Guitar Freaks though. I saw it a really long time ago but the arcade I found that in has long since closed.

Honestly, I'm not quite sure why they are bothering with an arcade version. Nowadays arcades are almost dead unless you're working over in Asia, and as you've said Guitar Freaks already has that covered. ...I'd rather Rockband over Activision's Guitar Hero any day though. :P

Comment I've got a bad feeling about this... (Score 1) 186

If any of you have played The Sims or any of its expansion packs, you know that somebody is going to play this game just to see how much they can screw over a country...

"ROFFLES! LETS NOT SEND WATER!!!"
"ZOMG I CAN DO BETTRR... SEND TSUNAMIS!! LULZ!"

Then of course they'll hop in games with people who are playing it seriously, and much griefing will ensue.

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