Good day sir/madam and welcome to the world of someone who calls himself Anus Mcphanus. In the real world I go by the name of Dan.
The name Anus Mcphanus comes from back in school in 6th form. We had a TV in our common room and I used to bring in my N64 to play games during our lunch breaks. Being in a public (or private to you yanks) school meant that we couldn't shout out obscene profanities so openly and so we made up words/names we could say and not get in any trouble. Eventually these words became associated with a certain person and I became known as Anus Mcphanus which meant arsehole. I thought the name was quite hilarious and so I kept the name and use it as my online and gamer name from then onwards.
In my free time I enjoy being Welsh, taking long walks down the beach and punching small children in the face.
My life is rather dull and uninspiring.
I apparently like to drop my trousers. A lot.
I can't sing but often kid myself into thinking I can.
I do not like things up my butt. Except penis.
This is my sorry arse
Favorite Games Ever:
1.) Final Fantasy VII (PS1)
2.) Suikoden 2 (PS1)
3.) Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn)
4.) Rock Band 2 (PS3)
5.) Dungeon Keeper 2 (PC)
6.) Mickey & Donald World of Illusion (Mega Drive)
7.) Guardian Heroes (Saturn)
8.) Brave Fencer Musashi (PS1)
9.) Goldeneye (N64)
10.) Bioshock (360)
Favorite Bands:
1.) Green Day
2.) The Libertines
3.) Arctic Monkeys
Favorite Movies:
1.) Wayne's World
2.) Anchorman
3.) This is Spinal Tap
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Even though people have been running them online with the latest firmwares without bans for 6 months now.. :/
I'm not too sure on the 360 but if you want homebrew on the PS3 all you have to do is install Linux and use that. Also because the PS3 is region free the only reason for modding a PS3 is for piracy but since blue ray burners and disks are so expensive it won't take off for quite a long time so I doubt people will be modding PS3s.
I guess people will always find ways around security measures companies put in place to combat piracy.
Where there's a will there's a way right?
Since this chap was arrested, things have changed a lot in the industry. In truth those who import games are very few gamers, so the real risk is with those dodgy copies that could stand to upset the MS, Sony and Nintendo applecarts.
We are gradually getting to the region free stage of home console gaming anyway. Wii has Freeloader,, which Nintendo don't mind us using, because its a legal and safe way to play imports. PS3 is already region free, and some 360 games are region free too (which you can easily hunt online, to find out which ones are, developers/publishers naturally just don't shout about it)
Hopefully, by the start of genreation eight of home consoles, we'll be free to just buy what games we want from where ever. More importantly, PS3 being region free is a good test, to show that it can work and there's nothing to fear from Sony, MS and Nintendo. So long as a we buy our games (official or import) and support the market we love, not resorting to copies, there's no problem.