Thinking of Moving Editorials March 8, 2010
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I’m just rambling here, but after running the site for almost a week I’ve noticed something pretty glaring. The majority of gaming news really doesn’t come out on the weekends.
Originally I wanted to have my weekly official editorials come out on Fridays, because I kind of figured with the weekend coming the news would probably be lighter on that day than any of the other four. Mondays I figured would be the biggest gaming news days.
Well turned out I was wrong. Friday had a ton of other news which moved my editorial down very quickly, and Saturday and Sunday had well, none. So I’m thinking about posting up Editorials to Saturdays from now on, and even if you’re a work based web reader, it should be the first thing you read (or just about) on Monday mornings when you get back in.
I’m also thinking about posting more than just official editorials, such as top tens (or whatever number) which I already have a few up ready to go. Maybe that could be for Wednesdays. We’ll see how the news starts coming through. I’m also going to be posting more information about myself and my background in the about me page. The blurb on the sidebar is short and sweet and will probably stay the same as it is, but if you want to read my full life story, you can check out the link on the top of the page. Thanks for visiting the site!
Mac Steam Coming in April March 8, 2010
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Valve has OFFICIALLY announced that there will be a Mac version of Steam in April. To go along with it, the HL series, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead 2, and Portal 2 will be ported to the Mac with native versions, and will be fully compatable with Windows versions for online play, recieving updates at the same as their Windows versions and your licences for games you already bought and own should be able to work on both Windows and Mac.
I have a few Mac enthusiast friends who were already expecting this news since Valve got more blatant with it, and others who are willing to give Half-Life a try after spiting it for years simply because of this news. Hope you enjoy your games Mac users.
Exactly what Reviewers Said Would Happen to UBI’s DRM Happened March 8, 2010
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I’ve held off talking about Ubisoft’s new Digital Rights Management that they intend to put in all of their PC games from now on because it seems that the issue has already been gone over with a fine tooth comb well before I even got this website up and running.
To say nothing of the fact that nobody liked it. To say nothing of the fact the only people who did was Ubisoft (reviews went through the floor on their games and they lost probably millions in sales from people like me who are just not buying it) the people on the internet have another “told you so” they can give to the big man.
When reviewers started getting the prerelease versions of these games they tested the limits of it and were not happy. You would not be able to restore your game if your connection failed for any time, and if the connection on either end failed (and it would) you were not able to play your purchased game.
UBI said this would never happen….on their end. They said that their DRM servers were perfect and would never fail. They did, all weekend. I’m sorry, you were told better, you should’ve listened.
On the other side there are much better services already in existance you could’ve used and ignored for some reason. Valve’s Steam, another online based program does not require online use after inital authorization. You’re more than welcome to run the Steam program in offline mode, and it will not stop your game immediatly after login. You’re also welcome to install Valve’s games either through disc or internet download on as many PC’s as you’d like (but please only play one game on one computer at one time). Like with anything, Steam’s had its problems, but it doesn’t punish it’s user for them. If you had such a demand for online authorization, you should’ve used them.
Better start working on those 1.02 patches and fast. Retailers are probably going to be demanding their money back from all the users that have probably already returned their games defective to the store.
Mac Version of Portal 2 Confirmed March 8, 2010
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In an unlikely turn of events, Game Informer has has announced Valve is developing a Mac version of Portal 2. Valve has been a Windows only development house for the majority of their history. In fact their PC roots are so deep, they were not even for doing console ports of their games, a lot of their early console versions of the original Half-Life were done by outside companies.
However now that Mac versions of Steam have practically been confirmed, a Mac version of Portal 2 seems to be a logical choice. It seems likely that since Valve is supporting Mac through Steam, more of their future games will be cross platform.
Gabe Newell, the owner of Valve, was a former Microsoft employee before starting Valve Software.
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