September 13, 2008 at 6:13 pm · Filed under gaming

Spore was without doubt the most anticipated game of the year. The game itself has blown away the people who have played it, but the DRM encouraged thousands to get their copy illegally. Already Spore has been downloaded more than 500,000 times on BitTorrent, and this number is increasing rapidly… (via TorrentFreak)

Told you so.

To spin EAs words around about DRM stopping piracy - do they (and us?) think more people would have pirated Spore if it had not had DRM? For example all those people justifying pirating it because of the DRM; those people making a point.

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September 7, 2008 at 7:28 pm · Filed under gaming

I’m pleased to see the contrast in news this week: Spore has been released in both the UK and the US, and Stardock have sold over 500,000 total copies of Sins of a Solar Empire. Why is this a contrast? Because of the differing views of piracy, DRM, and consumers.

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September 4, 2008 at 10:45 pm · Filed under gaming

I’m currently watching my girlfriend, Elysium, play Spore on her computer. She’s currently in the creature editor, adding new parts to her creature to make it stronger. It’s a four-legged create with lots of horns, and a weird pincer mouth, and stalks for eyes.

So far we’ve been playing for a few hours, and we’re approaching the end of the creature phase. You’d be surprised at how long it takes to get through the stages, so far videos and demos have shown it to be a relatively quick process to the space age, but in reality it takes quite a while. Also, it’s pretty though. You can’t just walk (or swim) around killing whatever you please, there’s plenty of other creatures out there to get you, and plenty stronger than you (we’ve already seen an ‘epic dragon’, which had 1000 health while we only had 46! Read the rest of this entry »

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