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16 Jan 2010

RE: My Thoughts on Digital Distribution

This is a response to this blog post. Go and read it first otherwise this one will make no sense at all.

Removal of Consumer Rights

I absolutely understand not wanting to lose this control. If I want a friend to borrow a a game all I have to do is lend them the cd, they play, give it back when they are done.

Instead, if I want someone to play my game I’d have to give them access to my entire account and I won’t be able to play these game myself at the time. Not to mention I don’t think steam would take this nicely.

However, on used game sales, I have sold maybe two PC games over the last 10 or so years I’ve been playing them for. It is not a big loss to me at all. Read the rest of this entry »

16 January, 2010 at 23:28 by Michael Hartog

Tags: blogger
Posted in Comparisons, Gaming, Technology | 1 Comment »

8 Jan 2008

The Mac

Every blogger has one, right? It comes with the title. The hip cool blogger guy with his mac running OS X. The business man running Windows. Everyone has seen at least one of the mac commercials by now.
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8 January, 2008 at 22:27 by Michael Hartog

Tags: blogger, lappy, mac, windows
Posted in Computers, random | No Comments »

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