Piracy’s a fact of life. As a defence against having their intellectual properties swiped, cracked and traded online like so many baseball cards, a lot of companies have turned to Digital Rights Management, a move that seldom does more than temporarily slow pirates and enrage paying customers. Fortunately, there’s a growing number of non-DRM related options out there for developers and software vendors to explore that’ll stymy piracy while respect the rights of their paying users. Let’s give ‘em a try. More »
This year, the video game turns 40. Let’s call it an occasion to spend a few more hours in front of our TVs, the place where it all started. More »
A man Chris Laporte beat me at Street Fighter five times in a row. The stakes were that if he won, I would write a post about him. I might have been a little (a lot) drunk when I entered into this agreement — especially because I don’t really think there was a prize in it for me if I won — but a deal’s a deal. More »
Sony’s gaming division is tracking the growing rumours of a new Microsoft console, with the aim being to release its PlayStation 4 as near to it as possible — so there won’t be a huge headstart for Microsoft this time around. More »