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Reply to DRM Stops Piracy for Now, Preservation for the Future in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

This was the argument we made in a university paper regarding DRM and the culture being lost to its implementation. Good to see LOC following suit with our findings :)

Reply to Game Cheats Are Illegal? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Thats just sick and makes me glad I dont live in the USA. Course, chances are fucked up judges elsewhere in the west could have ruled the same. As long as you pay for the subscription fee and dont disrupt the service I say you could do anything you want to inside the WoW gameworld, although engaging into PvP with a speed hack/teleportation hack would obviously be something I would'nt condone.

Reply to Zombie Game Update 4 in Game Development Journals Stardock Forums

Looking forward to this :) title suggestion; 'Run!'

Reply to Americas Long Slow Crawl to Mediocrity in US Domestic Stardock Forums

Nice posting, and I wish you the best of luck. As an European I'd like to see the United States once again become the dream that was "the US" for many of us.

Wii-Fit : Day 1 (The plan!) in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

So the day has come finally, July 1st, the day I attempt to undo years of MMO gaming with a console game. The plan is to add Wii-Fit into my daily routine, coupled with a few other physical exercises, such as taking up Wing-Chun again, jogging, swimming and doing some old fashioned muscle workouts at the gym. Funny to think about it, but it seems like World of Warcraft is one of the things that have had the biggest impact on my life up to now. In that it ruined 2 years of stay

Reply to FreeSpace2 SCP Project Continues in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

http://scp.indiegames.us Its kinda difficult to "navigate" (as per the norm with anything opensource). But there are links to a few projects that are based upon the open freespace engine. Babylon Project (Babylon 5!) From: http://tbp.freespacemods.net/TheBabylonProject_v3_4b.exe Wing Commander Sagae - Prologue Demo From: http://pool.download.t-online.de/gk/6603e44fbfe99990d564e46a4960981a/vgvlv60ish5fil0s1ahuao2ug1/3/48780/60934/0/demo/prologue_setup.

Reply to Whats ur favorite FPS (First person Shooter) in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]Timesplitters 2 is the best FPS i've ever played on its multiplayer & challenge modes alone. I played as the Gingerbread man or Calamari.Goldne oldies like Doom or Golden Eye were great fun. But Timesplitters wins for FPS, hands down. I still play it occassionally when i'm feeling nostalgic.[/quote] I cant recall any other game that lets you play the gingerbread man.. :-) Wish more games let you play that hero ;) /agree tho, great game! =)

Reply to TF2 Pyro update review in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

All the damn fire really ruins my scope abilities when I try to snipe from afar... 4-5 pyros (from both sides) in a big cluster along with friendly and enemy players.. so much flames, hard to see anything.

Reply to So I got banned from Eve. in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote]You can blow up what players have worked months for, but you can't call them names? [/quote] Probably to make the game allowed in the US... "Violence" ok -- language not ok.

Reply to So I got banned from Eve, again. in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

The good thing about games such as eve and AoC PVP Enabled servers (and the old UO before carebears destroyed it... imagine, carebears destroying worlds :( ) is that,, if people annoy you, you have the option to kill them (aoc) or destroy them (eve) :-)

Reply to Demo's vs Downloads in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Bioshock had a really good demo. 45 minute time limit, but a lot of what the full game had. Speaking of game reviews... check out the latest alone in the dark or Driv3r and wonder what Atari did with those who gave the games good ratings....

Reply to Metal Gear Gameplay in Console Games JoeUser Forums

[quote]instantcomment 2Sounds like a great game.. just the kind I want to play... Unfortunately I want the Metal Gear Solid 4 Playstation 3 bundle they released in Japan. There's a Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 bundle in the US too, it's just not gunmetal grey.[/quote] Saw on Kotaku the US MGS4 Bundle is the 80GB with PS2 Compatibility. Luckily, in Europe we get a 40GB version that is not compatible. Guess I'll still have to wait for my MGS4 fix...

Reply to Radar Detector Shootout: K40 Calibre vs. Valentine V1 in Automotive JoeUser Forums

Yea, Radar detectors are illegal here in Norway as well.. unfortunately. So far I've avoided any speed-traps, but I guess its only a matter of time. Course, many of the roads here are under video surveilance so I guess it wont do much good with a detector anyway.

Reply to Metal Gear Gameplay in Console Games Stardock Forums

Sounds like a great game.. just the kind I want to play... Unfortunately I want the Metal Gear Solid 4 Playstation 3 bundle they released in Japan. Until I can get that I guess I'll stick to MGS3/2 .. still need more dogtags :)

Reply to Bioshock DRM Limits Removed in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Hmm. lets recap. 1. Release game for XBOX 360 2. Wait a year, but announce game for PC meanwhile 3. Announce game will have a very restrictive DRM to get a lot of negative 'buzz' around the game. 4. Release game 5. Wonder why the game flops at retail? 6. Remove DRM 7. Notice that the game does not suddenly become a best seller 8. Decide that DRM had no impact on lack of sales, and blame pirates. 9. Release next game on console

Reply to Now Planning in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]If you don't mind, I have a couple of questions about these blogs. I am on the GC2 forums and it is showing in Off-Topic/PC Gaming. I know about SDs sites being linked up and all, but what I was really interested in was finding what sight you start these blogs at or if it is through the create a blog option in Impulse? Thanks and I'll keep an eye out for your blog[/quote] www.joeuser.com is the place you can create your blog from.

Reply to Spore Creature Creator tempest in a teapot in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

stpdi: It was meant to clearly illustrate that someone doing something very bad can not be forgiven just because they change their ways (to gain from it) and do something good later on. Like Metallica or the recording industry. As in: Their motive is not to be better, but to give the impression of it, to gain from it.

Reply to My First Computer Game in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

[quote]I have the emulator too but it's nothing like booting up an Amiga on a 22" screen!!Maybe we need an Amiga thread here, wonder how many "converts" there are on these forums??[/quote] Hopefully many, you know what they say "Great minds think alike" :-) I believe Stardock would have been a nice company to have supporting the amiga back in the days (and still), they seem to have the same spirit that surrounded it :) Sorry for the derail btw. Dauntless

Reply to Brad's Impulse Launch Review in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Nothing is mandatory. It is a distribution platform. After the product(s) are distributed, you are free to delete the application. Do you complain that you are "forced" to use a web browser (usually Internet Explorer) to download game patches, then "forced" to use a unarchiver such as Winzip or Winrar to extract the files before finally being "forced" to use Windows Installer, WISE, Installshield or similar to install said patch?

Reply to My First Computer Game in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Oh.. Deuteros: The Next Millenium (?).. now theres a great game! I still remember manually decoding that first transmission you got from the aliens or whatever it was.. Using my "skills" from the Microprose game "Covert Action" :-) Unfortunately my A1200 Tower died on me and I never got the "time" to fix the HD, I guess its just teh controller, since the rest works ok.. Luckily I got an A500+A590HD and a CD32 still working + AIAB on the PC (Amiga in a Box, Emulator).

Reply to Spore Creature Creator tempest in a teapot in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote] We do not like DRM, but it is everywhere, are you now going to boycott everything with DRM? [/quote] As much as possible, yes. Digital Restriction Management is hostile to customers. And remember: books dont come with DRM, nor does a chair you can sit in, the sun shining down from the sky and the fresh air you breathe as you read it :-) Edit: not YET anyway.

Reply to My First Computer Game in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]Hmmm might have been Shadow of the Beast on the C64/A500.....[/quote] Now thats a good way to get into computing! :-) Hope you keep the AMiGA spirit alive ;) .. Think my first personal computer game was something on the Philips Videopac G7000 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Videopac-pete-screen-800px.jpg) back in 1982 or thereabouts :-) cant remember what game it was.

Reply to Spore Creature Creator tempest in a teapot in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

The fact that publishers backed away from the evil that was starforce should show the consumers (AND CUSTOMERS!) that if we rally together against a common foe we CAN change the publishers behaviour towards us, and perhaps one day in the future more companies will behave like Stardock does, or even better run out of business. Publishers behave in many regards like RIAA and the rest of the recording industry, they view us with contempt and behave accordingly. Customers should remember

Reply to So what exactly is this whole EA stuff about? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]Holy crap, you guys pay the equivelent of 90 USD for console games? That is robbery.[/quote] Even better :-) You'd be happy to know that Bioshock for the XBOX 360 currently is sold for 105 USD in Norway. The Playstation 3 ... 693,15 USD XBOX Elite - 576,31 USD Frontlines Fuel of War Special Edition (PC) - 91USD \o/ I just love the 'dongle experience' for 90-100 USD per game. The thing I can not understand about the con$oles is that

Reply to So what exactly is this whole EA stuff about? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]People like the OP represent the 99% of people who buy the game. They dont really know enough about DRM to hate it.[/quote] "Would you like the guy who sold you the car to be allowed to decide where you can drive your car, for how long, what you do with it, how you can drive it and who can be a passenger in it?"