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    Bioshock 2 DRM: SecuROM, activation limits, and bears

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Ostracus:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally...
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    Bioshock 2 DRM: SecuROM, activation limits, and bears

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Memphis-Ahn:<BR>Seriously, all this EA hate is undeserved, they've been good boys lately. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>No, they have not. Trying to kill...
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    Bioshock 2 DRM: SecuROM, activation limits, and bears

    When will ars and the rest of the press stop misusing the word 'buying'. Gamers are a dense, rather stupid lot. You really have to make it clear to them how badly they are being treated before they can get around to taking strong action - like signing an online petition before making their next...
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    Kindle 2 finally gets native PDF support, screen rotation

    Anyone have enough experience with the various e-readers to make a recommendation for me? I'm ready to buy one if anyone has made one that will do what I want:<BR><BR>* my primary use would be reading academic articles I've downloaded in pdf format. Being able to view figures and tables is...
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    Microsoft responds to PS3 price cut, hardware update coming

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PseudonymAnon:<BR>Microsoft has to do something if it won't get slapped around by Sony on this and next quarter. Microsoft has done great job, but I...
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    Mass Effect 2, Trials HD prove power of polish, execution

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by tycheung:<BR>The one trap is that - game writers as a rule see games as a "cinematic experience" which for some reason default into your typical...
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    Revenge of the Fallen is messy, unfunny, and way too long

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by brownd4:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted...
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    Poll Technica: Will you buy games digitally?

    You can buy games digitally? That is freaking awesome!<BR><BR>But where? All I see are places where I can license a digital game with various draconian limitations about using it, and no ability to sell it when I am finished.
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    E3: Poll Technica—big three edition

    Nintendo: *yawn*, again<BR><BR>Sony: I have to appreciate their cajones for announcing a $250 PSP and no word of a PS3 price cut/slim. Talk about full steam into the storm. The games didn't really appeal to me much, but I got the impression it was a good showing for their...
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    Rhythm games may reach saturation with glut of new titles

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Rekrul:<BR>The choice was always easy for me; I hate rhythm games... </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>If you're like me you have enough rhythm game hate for...
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    This week in game releases: May 18-24, 2009 (Big week!)

    I'm all for console exclusives:<BR><BR>1) A game designed for a piece of hardware will (should?) be more efficient than a game designed for an abstraction of (360|PS3|PC), and can be catered to the strengths/weaknesses of that hardware.<BR><BR>2) I'm for anything that reduces the target audience...
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    Vim made easy: how to get your favorite IDE features in Vim

    I miss the good old days, when vim was vi with arrow keys. I could open a file, edit, and close in the time it took emacs to open the file.<BR><BR>Now vim is as bloated as emacs, and every release has me scrambling to find out how to turn off 10 new auto-magic features that corrupt simple...
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    GE's 500GB optical discs: who is going to use them?

    Did you just copy your "who would ever need that much space?" article from Blu-Ray, DVD, and CD writers? Bad writer! Bad!
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    Will Wright not leaving games entirely, sticking with Spore

    Considering how lobotomized Spore was in comparison to his original vision, it's hard to see how him leaving EA is bad news.
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    Review: Persona 4 is dark, strange, and charming all at once

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Pick up girls during the day, and fight demons at night: this is a well-rounded take on the RPG genre. </div></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Sounds like unabashed teenage nerd-boy wish...
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    Star wars between NASA head and Obama transition team

    This guy is either an Ayn Rand character come to life to save us all or just another Bush crony living his dream at our expense.
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    The Day the Earth Stood Still: Perspectives on the remake

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Among its many small improvements, the new movie added realistic portrayals of women in science and politics, and it incorporated families of mixed race into the mesh of the...
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    Sony rising: PS3 opens up lead on Xbox 360 in July

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by fooish101:<BR>Nice to see that Civ Rev made the top 10. I hope this encourages developers to bring some more turn based strategy games to our way...
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    Repelling mosquitoes with new chemicals

    "As long as the new repellents are safe for use in the long run and can be commercialized at a reasonable price, we can look forward to experiencing better protection from those pesky mosquitoes."<BR><BR>Sounds good, but not on this planet. "As long as several short term studies can be...
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    Recent job listings on the Ars job board

    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by SSNSeawolf:<BR><BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally...