I guess people who happen to live in countries where the games aren't even published and are prohibitively expensive to import don't "deserve" to play video games at all.
You like to ignore the fact that in any case where the game can't or won't be purchased legally either way, a pirated copy doesn't make a difference.
I'm starting to get worried at the increasing number of people buying into Big Media's propaganda campaigns, some time ago we saw the obvious fallacies in the "you wouldn't steal a car" commercials and we had more people laughing at those than taking them seriously, but now we have legions of consumers religiously chanting the same BS we used to laugh at.
With that said I happen to be quite hostile towards copyright as it is nowadays so any news of mass infringement is good news to me as it's a sign of people refusing to obey backwards regulations.
So go ahead, that downvote button ain't gonna click itself.
Completely misleading headline, they just said commercial games have better graphics and immersion, not that they are more realistic. They are trying to improve the quality of military simulations so that they become as immersive as commercial games.
Firefall shutting down beta in SOPA protest, Minecraft sites join in [update]
Jan 13th 2012 10:30AM (Joystiq)The point is to inspire bigger players to do the same.
Ben Heck turns an iCade into an iPhone gamepad before iCade can
Jan 12th 2012 10:17AM (Joystiq)It stopped showing that as soon as I logged in, but still...
ESA member Epic Games speaks out against SOPA [Update: So do 38 Studios and Trion]
Jan 5th 2012 10:22AM (Joystiq)ESA won't back down, lobbying for this kind of legislation is what they exist for.
Report: Crysis 2 is the most pirated game of 2011
Jan 4th 2012 10:37AM (Joystiq)I guess people who happen to live in countries where the games aren't even published and are prohibitively expensive to import don't "deserve" to play video games at all.
You like to ignore the fact that in any case where the game can't or won't be purchased legally either way, a pirated copy doesn't make a difference.
I'm starting to get worried at the increasing number of people buying into Big Media's propaganda campaigns, some time ago we saw the obvious fallacies in the "you wouldn't steal a car" commercials and we had more people laughing at those than taking them seriously, but now we have legions of consumers religiously chanting the same BS we used to laugh at.
With that said I happen to be quite hostile towards copyright as it is nowadays so any news of mass infringement is good news to me as it's a sign of people refusing to obey backwards regulations.
So go ahead, that downvote button ain't gonna click itself.
Mommy's Best Games asks ESA members to renounce SOPA
Jan 3rd 2012 10:13AM (Joystiq)Nintendo, EA and Sony also rescind SOPA support
Dec 30th 2011 7:40PM (Joystiq)And there's also the possibility that they pulled a GoDaddy and just removed their public statements but still support it.
Valve: Any Half-Life 3 clues are 'community trolling the community'
Dec 30th 2011 10:37AM (Joystiq)Activision sends cease-and-desist to Skylanders hacker
Dec 30th 2011 10:35AM (Joystiq)But Hotz got sued for doing the same and you were all against him.
UK Ministry of Defence finds modern shooters more realistic than its sims
Dec 30th 2011 10:32AM (Joystiq)WB Montreal focusing on great DC Comics games, 'forget the movies'
Dec 10th 2011 8:07AM (Joystiq)A million times this. I would be so much happier about this article if it weren't for WB's annoying practices with DLC.