Tag Archives: drm
How to prevent Piracy
I wrote on this topic many times before, but recently I have realized that most of my rhetoric is often lost on certain kind of people – namely software developers who are trying to make a living selling their products. … Continue reading
Yet Another DRM Rant
Ubisoft recently released an interesting little game called “From Dust” in which you play as some sort of nebulous, elemental entity who helps a lost tribe of worshipers to rebuild their civilization. It looked like a fun, modern riff on … Continue reading
Ubisoft DRM: Was it really a failure?
When I first wrote about the AC2 fiasco I thought it would actually serve as an example against annoying, anti-consumer DRM. It made perfect sense. Ubisoft seemed to dig it’s own grave by making their single player game require constant … Continue reading
AC2 DRM Fiasco
I wrote about the AC2 DRM last week. In the meantime the game got released, and the DRM servers went down shortly afterward. This is a much better outcome that I expected. In my previous post I counted out all … Continue reading
How Is the AC2 DRM Better than Online Activation?
If you have been following the gaming news (or any tech news for that matter) you doubtlessly already know about the crazy new DRM scheme Ubisoft adopted for Assasin’s Creed 2 (also known as the game I will not be … Continue reading
Why do People Pirate?
This is very old news by now but I will bring it up because it helps me to frame my point. Remember that delightful little indie game called World of Goo which I reviewed not so long ago? It turns … Continue reading
Worrying Trends
Video game market has two big segments. On one hand we have the console market (Xbox, Playstation, Wii) and the PC market. The console segment is doing great and is constantly growing and going through changes. Wii for example was … Continue reading
DRM and Offline Gaming PC
I had this neat idea once of setting up a PC that I would use exclusively for gaming. I would make sure it had good hardware, and it would run WinXP without an anti-virus suite, firewall or any sort of … Continue reading
Why Software DRM Doesn’t Work
I talk about DRM a lot, but I never really found a perfect way to explain it to people who are clueless about technology. When I teach a class on digital media, and go over DRM I usually briefly cover … Continue reading