Why not? It's probably because I'm bloody awful at it. I wasn't much good when it came to Call of Duty 4 but this is just depressing. I'm lucky if I can kill half as many times as I get to press the respawn button. If you want an opinion on the beta from somebody who can actually play long enough to have one, you might want to check out Grim's impressions (to be posted tomorrow). I will say one thing, though: Dogs are really cool.
Now for some news that we could not find time to post in the glut of post-TGS coverage that found its way on the site today. Enjoy.
- Brash entertainment seems to be hemmorging executives these days, as a co-founder and the chief creative officer have now left. Maybe if they had made a better game than Space Chimps or Alvin and the Chipmunks...[GamesIndustry]
- Sony's Kaz Hirai isn't worried about the games industry hurting in the face of the global economic crisis. Pachter doesn't seem all that concerned either. [Edge]
- A fairly vague intellectual property bill has made it through Congress and now sits on George W Bush's desk. If signed, it could have some severe consequences for pirates [GamePolitics]
- Barack Obama is advertising in videogames now, reaching out to the gamer demographic by paying for billboards in Burnout Paradise. [gigoam]
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11:05 PM on 10.13.2008
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I'm pretty sure the founding fathers were not hoping for a place where you had the right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the unlimited right to download movies, music, games and other copyrighted items for free and share them with others who want to do the same.
Don't get me wrong, I download crap all the time- music mostly. However, when you guys get all self-righteous about your motivations (DRM, boo-hoo) or act like an intellectual property act is the first stepping stone to a mandatory 9pm curfew and public executions for those who criticize the government, it's pretty hilarious.
Yeah, the country isn't free because they don't want you to play Spore without buying it...morons.
I'm not crazy about it, but that doesn't mean I don't think I live in a free country or that we are living in a police state. And whether or not they should be able to seize your laptop or hard drive, it's not as if we're talking about the government trying to keep us from doing things that we should be able to do. All but the most self-righteous of pirates at least can concede that pirating is not right. I can't get that worked up over something that cracks down more on what is already an illegal act.
I also have doubts that those with one illegal file are going to have all of their property seized. I know you were just using an example, but like I said, I'm not too worried about it and it definitely isn't comparable to living in a police state.