Is anyone surprised that the copy protection announced for Mass Effect and Spore is being reconsidered? In short, publishers Bioware and EA, respectively, initially decided to include a copy protection mechanism that would cause the aforementioned games to “phone home” every ten days to ensure that the game played was legitimately purchased. The ten-day authentication [...]
What is this, the Reality Distortion Field (RDF) at it’s best? TUAW’s claiming that news of movie rentals via iTunes is making Blockbuster and Netflix stock drop, despite the fact that movie rentals on iTunes is nothing but novelty. Don’t get me wrong – the fact that I have a new rental option is nice, [...]
Introduction It’s been over a year since I publicly released Bringing Back the Force, and have, since then, received quite a flood of e-mail. While there were, of course, flames from Lucas-zealots for defying their master’s vision, on the whole, feedback has been most excellent. I intended on writing a follow-up article a mere handful [...]
Playin’ DVD’s on your computer is pretty cool, and wirin’ your pad to send a DVD signal to your TV from your computer is pretty damn spiffy too, but it’s not always the most elegant solution. In fact, given the cost of quality RCA cables, and the possibility that you may have as old an [...]
It’s wholly possible that George Lucas isn’t a total twit, and pulls off something spectacular with the Star Wars prequels. I noted in my review of Star Wars: Episode One the major faults with what I believed could have been an engaging storyline. Never mind the obvious mistakes that any Star Wars fan could pick [...]