http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/ Where intelligence meets technology... and gnomes en-us 5-12-08 2:57:52 5-12-08 2:57:52 PHPBB 2 RSS .01 No one can pretend to moderate GnomeLAN contact@gnomelan.com http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14663 And EA surprisingly is not made completely of retard, as they have also lifted the 10 day authentication from SPORE, and gone back to the normal old SecurROM that will be cracked a day before it is even out. http://kotaku.com/5008454/spore-removes-10+day-reauthentication I can once again purchase SPORE, and just grabbed a cracked .exe for it, because while it may not be butt rape SecuROM, it's still SecuROM. 5-10-08 0:43:32 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14663#14663 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14662 I can confirm BioShock does even on Steam. The freaking demo has SecuRom built into it! That's what f'd up my machine remember. 5-9-08 22:39:20 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14662#14662 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14661 And BioWare wins everything ever http://kotaku.com/5008452/bioware-backs-down-from-draconian-mass-effect-authentication Now, lets see if EA can stop fucking up SPORE. 5-9-08 15:17:16 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14661#14661 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14660 Really? I could have sworn it didn't have that protection on the Steam copy... 5-9-08 12:46:10 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14660#14660 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14659 [quote:78e8cc8806="Hex"]Yeah, I pretty much flat out refuse to buy a SecuROM game unless I can get it on Steam. [/quote:78e8cc8806] Does the Steam Version of BioShock still contain SecuROM? I decided not to buy it for that reason, but if the Steam version is clean I might consider it... Edit: Nevermind, Wikipedia says it does. Oh well. 5-9-08 11:42:51 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14659#14659 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14658 The shit storm that is occurring on bioware's forums is amusing the hell out of me. The Mods/Developers are going through and locking any thread concerning the DRM telling people to post in the stickied thread. I would approximate at least 90% of the threads on the first page are locked. 5-9-08 7:41:09 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14658#14658 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14657 This is just what we all need, if you ever played the flash version of Portal, it was actually pretty well done, and someone has taken the time to convert all the Flash maps into the real game, and it apparently adds 3.5 more hours to portal fun, you can grab it here: http://portalmaps.wecreatestuff.com/ 5-8-08 14:44:31 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14657#14657 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14656 Napalm Check your private messages. 5-8-08 12:22:04 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14656#14656 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14655 It would probably just be cheaper to have Microsoft employees follow around the 4 people who actually own Zunes and make sure they don't do anything naughty. 5-8-08 11:00:40 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14655#14655 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14654 Doom IV has been announced on id webpage. They're hiring too ;) http://www.idsoftware.com/ 5-8-08 9:42:26 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14654#14654 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14653 It's a bad week for copyright blasphemy. Apparently the deal with NBC states that microsoft has to 'explore' ways to keep pirated shows off of the zune. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/07/microsoft-may-build-a-copyright-cop-into-every-zune/?ref=technology 5-8-08 9:33:59 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14653#14653 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14652 I got it and its pretty much exactly what I expected- a sexier Mariokart 64. Don't get me wrong, its a ton of fun, I just wish the computer wasn't such a horrible cheater in single player and that the items were actually random and not just "hey you're in first, you get item-fucked with fake item boxes and bananas." 5-8-08 0:38:21 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14652#14652 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14651 Are you really that surprised. Pirates are the terrorists of the internet. No one really knows who they are, no one can really decide why they're bad and all anyone knows is that they have to be stopped no matter what. 5-8-08 0:34:38 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14651#14651 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14650 Yeah, I pretty much flat out refuse to buy a SecuROM game unless I can get it on Steam. SPORE just went to fail level. 5-7-08 14:01:54 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14650#14650 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14649 [quote:34a9378aa8="Hex"]Guess you missed this one: http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14645#14645 ;)[/quote:34a9378aa8] Sorry google must of had our module cached. I flat out refuse to purchase anything secured with SecuROM. Their products are very safe that way. 5-7-08 13:44:58 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14649#14649 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14648 If only they could just sell it through Steam, that would solve everything. 5-7-08 13:39:34 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14648#14648 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14647 Guess you missed this one: http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14645#14645 ;) 5-7-08 12:43:14 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14647#14647 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14646 Apparently Crysis's copy protection wasn't terrible enough, so they decided to take it one step further. http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=628375&forum=125 5-7-08 12:27:48 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14646#14646 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14645 http://kotaku.com/387846/mass-effect-copy-protection-an-opportunity-to-use-the-adjective-draconian I don't know if anyone saw this or not, but for those of you who don't want to click through and read, Apparently, with Mass Effect for the PC (as well as SPORE) it would seem, you will need an internet ready machine no matter when you want to play, because the version of SecuROM they're employing for the copy protection on these games [i:b3593ef7e6] must be authenticated ever 10 days [/i:b3593ef7e6] which means you have to verify your CD key every week and a half. I was already planning on just downloading Mass Effect now because I have it for 360, but if the same is true for SPORE, there is no way in hell I'm paying for it, even if it is the best thing since sliced Jesus, this is stupider then the Bioshock protection scheme. 5-7-08 11:43:12 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14645#14645 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14644 I couldn't remember which thread I posted about my Mac Training in so I'll just put this here. Mmmmmm MacBook Pro, my boss called me today and said go to this store and pick up your MacBook and when I got there they said "What one do you need?" so I said "It's really whatever you guys want to give me." so they took me to the laptop cages and said "Take whatever you want." so I'm posting this from a brand new 15" MacBook Pro with Core2 @ 2.4 Ghz and 2 GB of RAM. It is made of pure secks, and I have to find a way to keep it. That is all. 5-6-08 19:51:11 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14644#14644 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14643 [quote:ccfcd582a4="SiliconCowboy"]How many licenses come per game?[/quote:ccfcd582a4] Just to be clear, when I say 'license' I'm not talking about a software license or anything. It's basically just a player profile, where each players stats and progress is tracked. It's just called a license because it's a driving game, and you assign your Mii to a license. To answer your question: I think 4 5-6-08 19:31:00 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14643#14643 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14642 How many licenses come per game? 5-6-08 17:06:25 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14642#14642 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14641 [quote:58cf227155="SiliconCowboy"]Surprised you guys actually bought separate copies. She spending more time away from your house?[/quote:58cf227155] Each player (license) gets a separate number. 5-6-08 10:04:22 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14641#14641 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14640 Surprised you guys actually bought separate copies. She spending more time away from your house? 5-5-08 21:41:19 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14640#14640 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14639 Microsoft and Bill Gates are certainly very charitable. This is actually pretty much nothing in comparison to some of the other things they do. Plus it's advertising for them. Suppose the kids get better and move home, they'll be like Mommy I'd really like an XBox like I played in the hospital. The kid just nearly died but managed to survive. The parents would fork over the money for an XBox in a heartbeat. I don't think this is the driving force behind the idea, but it's certainly a fringe benefit. 5-5-08 21:40:15 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14639#14639 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14638 Sara's is: 3695-0689-8115 5-5-08 19:18:57 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14638#14638 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14637 Every now and then Microsoft goes and does stuff that makes my defending them all worth it :-D [quote:0752257648]Here's your heartwarming story for the day. Microsoft has teamed up with Companions in Courage in order to bring "hundreds" of Xbox 360 kiosks to children's hospitals across the nation, and the gaming stations have already been installed at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center of Seattle and the Children's Hospital of Orange County, California.[/quote:0752257648] [url=http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/05/xbox-360-kiosks-headed-to-childrens-hospitals-across-the-us/]Full Story @ Engadget[/url] 5-5-08 18:50:16 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14637#14637 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14636 I have the rotating blackberry this week... sadness. At least there isn't much hockey to interupt. 5-5-08 15:32:45 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14636#14636 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14635 2578 - 3607 - 9163 5-5-08 0:43:21 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14635#14635 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14634 For anyone who is interested: My Mario Kart friend code is 3995-7031-7741 [quote:c24e75a123="Hex"]I think if you go to the little note pad in one of the setup screens you can do random tracks, i was tweaked because you couldn't do full series in multiplayer by default, but that little notepad lets you change a lot of options.[/quote:c24e75a123] Found it, thanks. I like the Gamecube way better where you could hold down L+R and randomly cycle through the maps, but setting an option beforehand will work too I guess. 5-4-08 21:57:14 http://www.gnomelan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14634#14634