SilverStar95 commented on Spore To Use Online Authentication, at 3:54 PM on May 9 Not requiring the CD/DVD in the drive to play the game, means there aren't going to be any of the groups working on No-CD cracks, which means no easy access to the cracks for the latest blind patches via in-game update features, and which means the volume of piracy for the affected games are going to be far lower than otherwise. If you don't use a horribly inconvenient copy protection scheme, such as requiring the game disk in the tray, which causes drives to spin so very loudly and be a bother, then people won't need to crack them. more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on BioWare Backs Down From Draconian Mass Effect Authentication, at 3:49 PM on May 9 So, they go from the worst protection yet, into the best anti-piracy measure yet? more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Comcast Considering 250GB Monthly Data Caps, Disconnecting Repeat Pirates, at 2:45 AM on May 9 It's funny... Guys, I'm a pirate. more »

SilverStar95 commented on Fallen Empire: Legions In InstantAction, at 10:17 PM on May 8 Eh... more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on NVIDIA Boss Weeps For PC Piracy, at 4:12 PM on May 8 @Rebochan: Then developers should honestly try to decide whether they want to make a tech demo that will make people have to go out and upgrade their entire rig just to play it(a very small minority of people), or if they want to make a game people can actually play with what they have. more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on NVIDIA Boss Weeps For PC Piracy, at 2:57 PM on May 8 Well, now that I have a decently paying job, I'm finding myself buying more games. more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on SR-388: The Bigger, Badder, Not A Metroid II Remake Fan Project, at 9:18 PM on May 5 This looks like a total Zero Mission redo of M2. Nintendo, buy them out and fucking make it real. more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Ken Levine And Co. At Work On New X-Com Game?, at 8:32 AM on May 5 Let's take the original 2 games, add in destroyable environments that can actually collapse if their supports have been damaged or destroyed(take out an entire building of hostiles! more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Designing the Single Player Economy, at 2:33 PM on May 3 Anyway... more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Designing the Single Player Economy, at 1:59 PM on May 3 There's also some games where money is so incredibly sparse, that the entire economic setup in the game may as well not exist. more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart, at 10:14 PM on Apr 24 @Kyle81: 360 was never up, there. more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart, at 10:09 PM on Apr 24 @SilverStar95: In fact... more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Simple 2000: The Japanese Hardware Chart, at 10:03 PM on Apr 24 You know... more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Make a Game For Less than $50 Million? Whatever!, at 9:06 AM on Apr 21 @ethic: Fine. more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Epic's Mike Capps Reiterates Hate on Wii, at 11:08 AM on Apr 20 No games? more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Inside the Minds(?) of Griefers, at 10:40 PM on Apr 6 @mewol: I wouldn't really consider that griefing. more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Inside the Minds(?) of Griefers, at 5:10 PM on Apr 6 @schizosid: Considering how many have basically said furries should be wiped out, both in real life and on the internet, I'd say it's not -too- much of a stretch. more » [kotaku]

SilverStar95 commented on Inside the Minds(?) of Griefers, at 5:50 PM on Apr 5 Anyway, more on-topic. The problem with griefers, is that they do ruin the experience for others. more » [kotaku]