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Ubisoft: Just Give Up!

In case you haven’t heard all about Ubisoft’s brain-dead DRM scheme, read my previous post. Here’s a quick update: it seems that for the last few days legit owners of Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin’s Creed 2(I haven’t gotten mine yet…) have been unable to play due to the fact that Ubisoft servers were down …

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New Steam In The Pipes

Quick update. It’s no secret that Steam is the most successful digital distribution network for the PC. Since the launch of Half-Life 2, Steam has done wonders in the field of digital distribution. Digital distribution should be the way of the future: you are no longer tied to a physical medium, updates are pushed by …

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Mad World

A quick bite. You probably know this song very well. It’s “Mad World” by Gary Jules. I was just watching a trailer for “The Crazies” that used this song as theme. For me, this song is linked to the awesome “Gears of War” game. I can watch this for a while…

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Ubisoft Must Be Getting Desperate

Issue: Stupid Ubisoft DRM Scheme Are your sales low? Fearing bankruptcy? Games not selling well? NO? Then WTF ? Just feel like punishing those who still play PC games and send them to a console ? You lost big respect points on this one, Ubi. And I don’t think you are going to make all …

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Spaced

The game everybody is talking about this year is, well, Mass Effect 2. I loved the first Mass Effect but I admit I didn’t get much from the DLC which they offered after registering your game with a Bioware account. But DLC has come a long way since the first Mass Effect. For me, the …

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/Played

After a nice 10 month absence from the World of Warcraft universe I reactivated my account in December 2009 on a whim. Of course, I got a bit hooked over the holidays (maybe a little more) and brought my druid from level 44 to 60 in a week or so. As /played reports, it seems …

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The Last Days

I am not a pre-order kind of person. I have never pre-ordered anything…until now. It seems I got caught up in the hype for a game called Darksiders. No, it is not the greatest game ever but somehow I couldn’t help clicking that pre-order button. Oh, well. Things however look good as game publications everywhere …

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Gifts For Gamers

If you still haven’t found the perfect Christmas gift for a gamer you care for here’s a really short and helpful list I compiled. (Order is random, disregard the numbers) God Of War Collection(PS3) – If they have one of the new slim PS3s that are not backwards compatible or have simply never played God …

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