Irmo

The last really good session of the game Battlefield 3 I played on my PC left me, I'm forced to admit, somewhat drained.


Compare the two. John's photo, top, is faithfully recreated in a scene from the Arma 2 video game
The noise of gunfire and rocket explosions, the speed at which things changed, the way it was impossible to tell from where incoming fire was coming, and the charge for enemy positions were both exhausting and exhilarating. I was desperate for another

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The CEO of CDProjekt, the company that brought us the amazing The Witcher 2 and one of the most retro online distribution platforms, GoodOldGames (www.gog.com) is interviewed about piracy and DRM. He is well known for his anti-DRM opinion.

some quotes:

“How can we convince gamers to go and buy the legit version and not to go to a local street vendor and buy a pirated one?” We of course experimented with all available DRM/copy protection, but frankly nothing worked. Whatever

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http://www.geekwire.com/2011/experim...es-gabe-newell

Just found this article. Its a bit old but a fairly interesting read on the economics of gaming. Its an interview with Gabe Newell, a co-founder of Valve.
He says that piracy is not a pricing issue but more a service issue.

One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue. The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to

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Its a shortmovie about a game you all should have played when it got out. In my opinion it really shows the atmosphere of the game, a bit more of the second one though. But still its a very interesting watch

The movie stars Danielle Rayne, who has been working on tv for the last two decades, including a regular stint on All My Children.
If the strong female action character reminds you of Sarah Conner, it isn’t a coincidence ...

Originally Posted by Irmo

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) this holiday season (available during october) will see two new kindle's and possibly a tablet made by Amazon. one of the kindle's will have a touchscreen and an e-ink screen. The other one will not have a touchscreen but will most likely be a bit bigger then the kindle3. One of these two new kindle's will be white, the other being black like they are now.

What we know about the tablet is that it will be 9" long, will

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