Something smells bad in the air, and I don't mean CNN reporting on a Japanese game that is causing soccer moms to lose it. DOUBLE TROUBLE TIME!
First up, you all hate DRM. Espeically if it limits how many times you can install it on a computer before it becomes worthless. But Japanese Erotic developer 0verflow had a different approach for its title Cross Days. The boys at Destructoid have this to explain
A fake trojan has been released online, hiding within a fake installer for Cross Days. Once installed, the trojan will then gather data from the pirate's computer and poses a fake survey for the player to fill out. Once the survey is done and the program is finished gathering data, everything is posted to a public Web site, alongside a screenshot of the "victim's" desktop.
An interesting approach instead of using Securom DRM or sending a bounty hunter. And instead of demanding money, 0verflow has another demand if you don't wanna be embarrassed in front of millions of Internet users
If the pirate wants his or her information taken down from the site, they need to click a button admitting they stole Cross Days and apologize for the naughty thing they did. If you think 0verflow can't do this, think again -- it's all covered in the program's Terms of Service, which none of us read, but probably should.
Pirates, beware. 0verflow is onto you and will make you look bad on an internet site. If you do the crime, you gotta kiss their feet and apologize. Otherwise, you're in for a rude surprise
And now onto our second piece of Double Trouble, big time. Nintendo and Google have announced a game together, according to Nikkei, reported by The Fly on the Wall
In an extraordinary move, Nintendo (NTDOY) will work with online search engine leader Google (GOOG) to develop video games, Nikkei reports. A game software package designed to tap Google's highly competitive data-search capabilities as the key amusement factor is expected to go on sale in mid-April. Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata has acknowledged that the company needs "more attractive software." The collaboration is intended to give new impetus to Nintendo's game software development.
So what is it? A Glenn Beck salute game? A attempt to block Health Care bill and fail game? Or maybe its a Drill for Oil game
*See the link http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/rk3j/index.html and clicks on it, then looks in dispair*
Oh that. Nevermind, I'll go look somewhere else.
And speaking of Glenn Beck, tune in tomorrow for something really important about Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and Apple.
Works Cited:
Destructoid
The Fly on the Wall
Nikkei(Subscription required)
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