Amasan – Common sense 2.0

Commentary on Digital Media and Usability

My thoughts exactly

October 15th, 2008 ·

Eurogamer writes:
The community has also pointed out that SecuROM does nothing to stop piracy, as Spore was cracked before public release. Instead, they argue, the real target is the pre-owned, trade-in market.

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Piracy and pc gaming

March 29th, 2008 ·

Interesting article regarding piracy and pc gaming:

Recently there has been a lot of talk about how piracy affects PC gaming. And if you listen to game developers, it apparently is a foregone conclusion – if a high quality PC game doesn’t sell as many copies as it should, it must be because of piracy.
Now, I [...]

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Games for Windows Live Marketplace likely

March 7th, 2008 ·

From Eurogamer: Unangst said Microsoft would "continue to invest" in Games for Windows, which apart from giving its games an Xbox Live-style service layer with friends lists, Achievements and the like, also insists that games be easy to install, support widescreen displays and include parental controls.

It all sounds promising. The one thing I was most [...]

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Top sites for inexpensive videogames

January 24th, 2008 ·

The following sites might prove useful if you suffer from a games addiction:

http://www.find-games.co.uk   price comparison for games
http://www.cex.co.uk – high street swap shop but great secondhand prices

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