Monday
Sep122011
Episode 204
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 10:34AM 
Photo of Freddie Mercury by kentarotakizawa. Used under Creative Commons.
The gang remembers Freddie Mercury, racism in Deus Ex, the split between Starz and Netflix, and even more discussion of DRM.
Show Links
- Driver: San Francisco developer calls Ubisoft DRM “quite morally correct”
- Debate Time: Ubisoft Says DRM Is Needed, Valve Says No It Isn’t.
- Why You Can’t Shoot Civilians In Battlefield 3
- Here’s What Square Enix Says About Deus Ex’s “Racist” Character
- If TV Companies Released Authorized Torrents With Ads, Would People Download Them?
- Starz, Netflix And How Industry Jealousies Strangle A Golden Goose
Show Music
“Don’t Stop Me Now” — Jazz by Queen on iTunes | Amazon
The Google Doodle for Freddie for a Day on September 5th.
Reader Comments (3)
Yes, Thay, the spoilers I was referring to in The Matrix is about everything in the first 30 minutes of the movie taking place in a virtual world. None of the trailers or commercials showed anything outside of the matrix. It looked like a stylized action movie with some trippy camerawork. The audience is supposed to be confused and disoriented when Neo wakes up, basically putting us in his shoes. Instead I sat around waiting for them to reveal the twist.
Regarding physical media. I have noticed that in the past year I stopped buying DVDs and haven't bought a game on a disc since Wraith of the Lich King. I have a decent sized movie collection but since I don't have an HD TV (or actually any kind of TV) or a Blu Ray player it just doesn't seem worth it anymore to buy plastic discs. I'll stream what I want to watch online through Hulu or some other service and not have those cases taking up anymore room in my house. I even re-bought GTA4 on Steam along with the episodes during a sale so I could get rid of the discs.
Muppets cover Bohemian Rhapsody
http://youtu.be/tgbNymZ7vqY
I just bought a game on Origin. I feel like I'm cheating on a girlfriend. Steam baby, she doesn't mean anything to me. You're my true love, honest. lol