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Episode 438: League of Denzer

September 16th, 2016 · 2 Comments

As Jonah and T.J. chide Scott for going into an F-bomb rage over the iPhone’s price, the holiday season looms, and T.J. talks about his renewed relationship with League of Legends. This week’s news items include: All Battlefield 4 expansions are free until next week Sony confirms layoffs at London, San Diego Studios Valve tackles […]

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DRM Free Spore Steams Forward!

December 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Gamers get upset when developers sneak ugly hacks onto their computers when they just want to play video games. Although gamers really only revolt when they know their being exploited, Spore is a fine example of how not to lock down a video game. Using SecuROM was a bad decision on the part of Electronic […]

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EA’s Spore Spawns Class Action Lawsuit

September 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

As most folks expected, Electronic Arts use of the SecuROM trojan install has sparked up a little class action lawsuit against the publisher. At first, EA thought they could just bump the total installs from three to five to make gamers happy, but they’re out for blood. With an amazon rating of 1.5 stars and […]

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TD Gaming Podcast 87: One Star Review

September 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

This weeks gaming podcast is packed with content, our emotional rant on the latest news and we take a look back at Rygar and its infamous stupid pause system. This weeks news covers: Xbox Red Ring of Death Woes Explained EA Considering Licensing the Spore Engine New Buffy the Vampire Slayer MMO Planned Wii getting […]

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Spore DRM, Less Than Transparent

September 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments

It turns out Electronic Art’s Spore has some digital rights management (DRM) under the hood that’s irking a few video game players. We use the term “few” lightly, as game players use their voices to be heard and let them ring loud! Taking a gander at Amazon.com’s listing of Spore and you’ll see 797 customer […]

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Imagine a Spore Engine, Might Be Real

September 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Electronic Arts may be considering the Spore system as an “Engine” for licensing to other developers to build RPG’s, action games, web-based games and many other options. Much like ID Software and Epic Games have done, this could be a build system for new creative additions to the industry. Considering the amount of crazy Spore […]

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