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Spore’s Big Mistake: EA’s Brush with DRM

Posted by Helvetica (Who am I?) | September 23, 2008

With almost 3,000 reviews, the nearly 2,500 negative 1-star reviews have crushed the rating of this game to the floor, causing it to plummet from whatever it might have rested had EA not created this blunder by providing security what many users are touting as, “Draconian.”

DRM, Digital Rights Management, is the currently battleground between consumers and producers in the software sphere (and other places) but in few places is it as heartfelt as in the vein of video gaming.

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Spore: First Impressions

Posted by Spyral (Who am I?) | September 20, 2008

With the debut of the latest Sim game 2 weeks ago, many have gotten a taste of Spore and have found it pleasant. The gameplay is familiar to those experienced with world-building simulation games - not surprising, coming from Will Wright and Maxis, creators of “Sim” -everything games.

But some find it lacking the spice of SCIENCE they were hoping to encounter.

At least, that’s how it appears in the first phases of the game. Perhaps not every player wants to dig deep into DNA, RNA, genomes and evolutionary theory. But some expected more “edutainment” value from the gameplay itself. The first few levels seem to rush you through the evolutionary process, and feeding and reproduction play an arbitrary, although necessary, part of evolving your life form. The commercial featuring the term “creatio-lutionism” is not far from the mark. You are an active, (presumably) intelligent designer who decides what body parts your …

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Anti Spore: Obvious Troll is Obvious

Posted by Helvetica (Who am I?) | September 10, 2008

With the advent release of Spore by EA Games so have also arrived are the townsfolk with torches and pitch forks. We’ve already had the bizarre event of “militant atheists” coming out against the game, but now we also have the other side of the spectrum throwing a gauntlet into the fight.

Except that after we voces arrived on the scene we fairly believe we are righteous in saying,

Ladies and Gentlemen: Anti Spore is a troll.

Update (2008-09-11): Anti Spore revealed to defenitely be a troll when they Rickrolled their readers this morning at 8am. Once again—Anti Spore, our hats off.

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Upcoming Games - August 2008 edition

Posted by Spyral (Who am I?) | August 28, 2008

A little late in the month, but here’s our Upcoming Games - August 2008 edition!

For release this month:
Shepherd’s Crossing (PS2) - August 19, 2008
Also known as: Welcome to Sheep Village, Youkoso Hitsuji-Mura (JPN)
Check out a preview of the game. Could be a the start of a “new” farming series here in North America.

Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness (DS) - August 26, 2008
(See our recent post for more info on Harvest Moon releases)

September:
Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility (Wii) - September 16, 2008
(See above for more info on Harvest Moon releases)

Spore (PC, Mac, DS, more) - September 7, 2008
Battle Fantasia (XBox 360) - September 16th, 2008
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked (Wii) - September 23, 2008
Samba de Amigo (Wii) - September 23, 2008
Disgea (DS) - September 23, 2008
Hamtaro Ham-Ham Challenge (DS) - September 23, 2008

October:
Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS) - October 16, 2008
Little Big Planet (PS3) - October …

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