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In space, nobody can hear you scream... about bad DRM

I should buy a space boat.   Back in March of 2014 EA offered 2008's Sci-Fi survival horror game Dead Space for free to anyone who wanted it through their Origin "On the House" promotion.   The official reason being that EA wanted to give back to gamers, though the cynic in me thinks it's just to get people hooked into a series. Especially so, when the last game in the series has a boat-load of DLC and microtransactions.   I've only recently started playing it and I'm really feeling it. So m

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X-13 Reviews - Path of Shadows

[ATTACH=CONFIG]21360[/ATTACH]   Path of shadows is a game made by 5 students at IDEC - Universitat Pompeu Fabra.   It is a short stealth based demo released for free on PC [download link on their site.]   ---------   Character design   The game is set in a nondescript, unnamed, seemingly ancient Japanese town, which has been presented in cell shaded visuals. It looks beautiful and goes to show that hyper realism isn't the only option. The game is split into 3 sections; the graveyard, the tu

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A thought on blocking used games and DRM...

This says that a company CANNOT block the sale of software. And that once you've purchased it, they lose the right to control it. Steam even changed their rules on reselling games because of it [Only in the EU, IIRC.]   There's also another court decision, which I can't find, what says that EULAs aren't legally binding. So they can't even get you that way. But, that may be US only.   So it follows logically, that this and this would be illegal in the EU, along with a lot of DRM.   So, no-one

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