Looking to get all trigger happy with Splinter Cell: Conviction for PC? Well, first off, Splinter Cell isn’t about guns-a-blazin’, shoot first ask later. It’s all about stealth. Looking past that minor treat, a more glaring issue preventing gamers from getting their hands on the new action is the good ‘ol classic delay. Now at first, based on how hard Ubi has pushed their new DRM the last several games, one might think that the digital cancer is...
Well wouldn’t this be a little drama — Has Steam publicly denounced Ubisoft’s draconian DRM behind the scenes by removing Ubi’s most current titles (Assassins Creed and Silent Hunter V in parctiular) for download? Within the last day, Steam users who have tried to purchase and download both AC 2 and SH V are being greated with “Sorry! An error was encountered while processing your request: This item is currently unavailable in you...
Like DRM? Of course not. No one does. Yet somehow it supposedly makes the world a better place. The last couple of years, especially the last year in particular, game developers have been downright nazi-like in their determination and affinity for this digital cancer that plagues so many digitized services and devices. EA’s SecuROM DRM in particular is a pretty big PITA as it it requires a net connection to “validate” your game each and every time you...
Simply put: DRM sucks. It’s bad for consumers and it’s bad for CS at the companies that decide to use it. The only people who are harmed are the very people the companies claim to protect. This time, it wasn’t another Ubisoft snafu (they had their stint over the weekend). Instead, just as Ubisoft begins to rub the weekend hangover junk out of their eyes, EA figures it’s time to have a miniature catastrophe of their own. Yes, EA’s DRM...
Last year when Apple was all jubilant about iTunes LP’s, a lot of tech people were left scratching their heads wondering wtf was going on. Over the last few years, Apple has been promoting, marketing, and pushing an entire generation towards all you can eat, cheap music via a-la-carte methods. Albums and “special edition” LP’s are a complete 180 from their general philosophy. That confusion was for good reason though. New information via GigaOhm...
