Brit Gardner ::: Web Developer ::: Dallas, TX » gaming http://britg.com The big yellow one's the sun. Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:25:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Revolt Against Spore’s DRM On Amazon – I Love It! http://britg.com/2008/09/09/revolt-against-spores-drm-on-amazon-i-love-it/ http://britg.com/2008/09/09/revolt-against-spores-drm-on-amazon-i-love-it/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:15:46 +0000 britg http://britg.com/?p=447 Right now there is a revolt going on in the gaming world.  Literally thousands of people have given Spore a 1 star rating on Amazon because of the DRM it carries.  I love it!  

But, I also hate it.  Spore is the type of game the industry needs – innovative, fresh, and well polished.  It’s a damn shame that publishers care more about pirating software than the fidelity of the gaming experience.

I hope this revolt affects EA’s bottom dollar so much that they realize that pissing off your customers with computer-destroying DRM is much, much more damaging than underground software pirating.  I personally will never install this game on my computer – I can’t stand hidden processes, can’t stand spyware, and can’t stand the audacity of some publisher who thinks they can get away with this trash on my computer.

Sorry to all the people who poured their creative effort into what appears to be an amazing game.

]]> http://britg.com/2008/09/09/revolt-against-spores-drm-on-amazon-i-love-it/feed/ 7 On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness http://britg.com/2008/05/21/on-the-rain-slick-precipice-of-evil/ http://britg.com/2008/05/21/on-the-rain-slick-precipice-of-evil/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 02:13:54 +0000 britg http://britg.com/?p=3 Just grabbed the new Penny Arcade game off xbox live and I have to say that it’s a lot better than I though it would be. The animation and asthetics are great, the dialog is witty, just as you’d expect from PA, and the pacing seems nice a quick so far. I look forward to playing the rest of it.

If you’re not an xbox live-er, you go grab the game at greenhouse games. I want to say they have it available for PC, Mac, and Linux but I’m not sure and too lazy to follow my own link.

I highly recommend checking this out. On XBLA it’s 1600 points but well worth it.

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