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wxrman... my previous post was for you and for whomever wanted to express their "true feelings" for the RIAA. Alas, I did not see a case quantity for the item.
At the risk of sounding sophomoric, anyone for meeting at Steven Marks' house and giving it a good ole fashion rolling? *evil grin*

http://www.jinx.com/scripts/details.asp?productID=285 ^_^

Damn you!! Damn you to hell, Vladimir!!
I did realize that it was an April Fool's but only after screaming "WTF!". Btw, bit of a "time slip" duncha think? Evil Bastard.
LOL ^_^

LaughingMan- Well said, good sir.

Akbar and jp07-
Lol. Oops...my bad. Both of you are correct. It was Battle for Middle Earth II that pulled that lil stunt and they were not the first. I am glad to see that they are coming out with more DVD media installs for games.

I still hold to my statments regarding the sell of in-game items. The horse armor really is not the problem. What I am afreaid of is game companies getting used to the idea that they just sell individual items to enhance their bottom line. It is not too far a stretch for them to leave out key elements of the game and then offer them later as individual "enhancements". I pay for a complete game, I expect a complete game. If you want to sell a solid expansion pack, then do so. If the game is good enough and the expansion pack truly adds value to the game, then I will gladly plop down the money for it.

I love Oblivion. It really is a solid game and I find it very enjoyable. I didn't buy the collector's edition for the "fake coin" or the "lame book". I bought it primarily for the DVD format and the added "making of" bonus is somewaht interesting.

I find it somewhat annoying that the growing trend is that if you want the DVD install, you have to shell out an extra $10 to get the "collector's edition" even though single DVDs now cost less to manufacture and distribute (due to less required packaging and reduced shipping weight).

Sorry bout that tangent... I just wanted to get that off my chest. I go ahead and spend the extra for convenience of not having to swap discs during the install. That probably makes me lazy... so be it.

As for the real money for individual in-game items, no thanks. I will be more than happy to shell out for expansion packs for my games, but I am not going to encourage the practice of piecemealing a product.

What keeps a company from intentionally leaving out game elements and then coming back and saying "Ooooh!! you want access to the armor/item on the box. Well now, you can have access to that lil yummie for a mere $2.50."

I agree that a person has a right to choose whether or not to support this practice; however, I believe that it is setting a very bad precedent.

Does it scream "No Disassemble!!" when you try to take it apart?

The TSOP (Thin Small Outline Package) in question is a HY27US08281A which in fact is a NAND flash chip. Details can be found here. --> http://www.hynix.com/datasheet/eng/flash/details/flash_11_HY27US08281A.jsp