Ubisoft’s new DRM: Bad for gamers, bad for soldiers, bad for America. Essentially, bad for the planet.

Ubisoft’s new DRM: Bad for gamers, bad for soldiers, bad for America.  Essentially, bad for the planet.

I’ve seen plenty of articles criticizing Ubisoft’s latest DRM scheme. You know, the one requiring you have to have a constant internet connection where an interruption in your service, if even for a split second, will cancel your current game and fail to save any progress. Ya, it is an epic failure on paper and in practice. How anyone could think this is a good idea is f*cking stupid. Ubisoft has tried defending their position basically saying that from...

Comcast back and more bastardly than ever. Throttling your internet like it’s 2002

Comcast back and more bastardly than ever.  Throttling your internet like it’s 2002

Remember those stupid “It’s Comcastic” commercials. Ya, I like many others had a few choice opinions about them too. If you thought just because there hasn’t been any mention of “Comcast” and “Throttling” in the same sentence for some time that somehow all the parties involved forgot, you were grossly wrong. New details of a retooled and just as anti-consumer policy have surfaced. In fact, Comcast’s new throttling...

AT&T’s Network = Crap

Just as we thought…the REAL reason behind no iPhone tethering plan is that their are so many iPhone users already straining AT&T’s network that they are a bit skeptical and afraid about what could happen to the network if they allow iPhone tethering now. It puzzles me how they rip of customers and still don’t have enough money to upgrade their network. Really, instead of imposing caps on usage and higher rates, fix the issue…THE NETWORK! ...