EA Hit with Class Action Lawsuit over Spore DRM
…a class action lawsuit has been filed against Electronic Arts in federal court, which alleges the company defrauds its customers by not disclosing the installation of SecuROM copy protection as part of Spore’s installation.
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“Consumers are given no control, rights or options over SecuROM,” the complaint continues. “The program is uninstallable. Once installed, it becomes a permanent part of the consumer’s software portfolio. Even if the consumer uninstalls Spore and entirely deletes it from their computer, SecuROM remains a fixture in their computer unless and until the consumer completely wipes their hard drive through reformatting or replacement of the drive.”
I wonder if I can join the lawsuit? I only use my windows image for playing spore, so probably don’t care that the copy protection software is not removable. I am more bothered that I can only install Spore 3 times (ever), as I will likely delete windows (hard disk failure?) and then later decide I want to play spore again (at least I have with all other good games - Quake II, StarCraft, Diabo II, etc)
Isn’t SecuROM the same software that Sony had problems with? Or am I getting confused. Sony lost their lawsuit (though it was DRM on a music CD), so I wonder how much chance EA has…
I have had spore nearly a week now, and have been totally hooked. The game is absolutely fabulous, and I am really enjoying it. My only complaint is that the first 4 sections (cell, creature/pack, tribe, civilisation) are shorter than I would have liked, though the final stage seems to have huge scopt.
One thing I did not realise is that the game only allows 3 installs per cd-key before locking it down. This seems quite extreme, and I am not the only one to think so - BBC NEWS | Copyright row dogs Spore release
The reviews on Amazon are incredibly bad, most of them simply because of this DRM restriction.
I have been wanting to write about this for a while (well, since Roo first wrote his post) but wasnt sure whether to just point to Roo’s post, or whether to repeat the contents of it here. I have decided that posting the 4 videos would feel too much like plagarism, so check out Roo’s post: rooreynolds.com: Physics Games
It is a collection of Physics based computer games - “Boring” you may think, but in fact they are quite cool (very cool in fact). Don’t think about out, click the link above and watch the videos. I have downloaded Phun, and it is indeed a lot of fun. The thing in common with all the games is that they all have somewhat realistic physics engines (in fact that is the main part of all the games).
It seems like linux gaming is finally becoming a reality. So far most games seem to be simple ones (not that that makes them bad - the linux card games are far superior than any windows ones I have seen) or multiplayer based (few have good AI’s).
Linux Gamers have a review of Open Source 3D Shoot-em-ups
http://www.linux-gamers.net/smartsection.item.81/comparison-of-free-software-shooters.html
While Linux Journal has a more general review of Free Games for Linux
http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000435
I really need to get my 3d card running properly again, as some of those mutliplayer shoot-em-ups look rather good, and I definitely need to try out that racing game!
I remember playing the old Duke Nukem’s. They were great fun. Duke Nukem Forever though has been a long time in the making (11 years I think)…
Everyone is wondering if it can live up to the hype… 3D Realms Site: Duke Nukem Forever ®
I came across these two animations today, and they are brilliant - When you get a minute check these out:
AtomFilms: Animator vs. Animation
AtomFilms: Animator vs. Animation 2
There is also a game you can play if you are really bored (Yes it is damn good too)
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