• 6Sep 08

  Sporified ; and pirates

  -You know how Gamespot has a strict "don't talk about piracy, cracks, roms, or anything illegial" policy? Go check out the Spore forum. Every other topic is about illegial, with loads of people posting. Some of them have been taken down, but more keep popping up.
  *The game comes out tomorrow, but somebody leaked it onto the net a few days ago.

  What is Spore? From the creators of Sim City, Spore is an evolution game which lets you play as an aemoba, wild animal, hut-dwelling natives, city-builders, and finally space-conquerors. Trust me, it looks awesome.

  What's the problem? In a misguided attempt to stop piracy, EA put some restrictions on Spore:
  -Secure-rom. It's like a big brother snooper and trojan rolled into one program. Auto-installs.
  -Buying Spore guarantees you can install it 3 times. Then you might need to buy it again for another $50.

  So what's this mean? It means that legally owning Spore will give EA the right to spy on you, and then cause a hassle if you need to install it more than 3 times.

  It also means that illegially stealing Spore lets the pirates avoid the anti-piracy software, and install as many times as they want; just like a regular game.

  The only thing the anti-piracy software does is screw the customer, not the pirates! Weird, eh?

  SO, why are there a lot of illegial topics? Gamers are in the same morale dilemna as me: Buy the game, risk your computer and privacy, and 3x. Or pirate the game, computer is safe, privacy intact, infinite installs. That and it's free.

  -This is one time I want to buy a game and legally own it. But now.. .. I might still buy it, AND download it too.

  Why? If I legally purchase it, EA will get my money. And if I download it, I can avoid all the anti-piracy BS. Sounds fair, right? It's really the best way to own Spore without getting f&&&ed over.

  • Posted Sep 6, 2008 11:30 am GMT
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• 24Aug 08

  James Marsters == Piccolo?

  

  -lol. I can't imagine fang-boy playing this green alien. Piccolo is a unick, right?

  -I'm not having a very good week. I hope the next one is better.

  • Posted Aug 24, 2008 9:04 am GMT
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• 10Aug 08

  Introspective

  I don't know how many people remember 2 years ago. Most of you probably do.

  Anyway, I was editor for some TV shows, but I wanted to get my first person editorship. Nine Inch Nails. I wanted that one so badly, because it's my favorite band. I had 36 points, but then.. let's just say "unpleasantness" happened at my house. Violence and what-not. Yelling, fighting, the usual. Add to the fact that I was working 50 hours in a sweaty grease-trap, it took me 4 days to get to a computer.

  And low and behold; while I was busy dealing with life, somebody dropped out of the sky, 0-60 points, and took the NIN. So naturally I was ticked off. Not only that; this person moderated 200 People! I sent this editorship-miracle-worker a message: "Hey dude! I wanted NIN! I was so close!" Anyway, it turned out this "dude" was actually a lady, and a really nice person, and also a huge NIN fan. She took my email and disappointment in stride and decided to be my friend, and then she introduced me to KFC and I got another friend.

  My life was really screwy, and I wanted something, anything positive I could focus on; I still wanted to get a person editorship. If I couldn't get my favourite band, I'd go after a band nobody wanted: Coldplay. Nobody was rushing for that editorship, so I got the 40 and that was that.
  *They're okay, but they're no Nine Inch Nails.

  About a year later, this lady got very sick. And passed away. And it's really not good, because there are a lot of horrible people in this world, and she was nice. A mother and a wife, and a really sweet person. I remember the last time I talked to her; I'd just lost a chance at a really good appartment, and she asked what happened. Even though I was a complete stranger, and she was sick, she wanted to know what was wrong. It's not fair and I don't understand.

  "We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief?"
  "There's love. There's hope, for some; there's hope that you'll find something worthy. That your life will lead you to some joy. That after everything, you can still be surprised."
  "Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?"

  Like most people, I was holding onto stuff from the past, because it helps keep people alive that have passed on. I was being selfish, and I'm sorry.

  • Posted Aug 10, 2008 6:15 pm GMT
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