Always On DRM is Arse

The new Sim City game came out recently and before I even start this post I want to have a little rage about the name.  This is what?  Sim City 5? so why the FUCK is it called Sim City?!  I hate when games do this and it's been a thing for far too long.  Even recently we've had Tomb Raider and Devil May Cry despite not being the first one.  Stop doing this shit, it's needlessly confusing.

Anyway, I felt bad for people who bought Diablo 3 at launch.  Not because I think the game isn't all that great, that's just my opinion but because that people weren't able to fucking play the damn thing because the servers were being overrun with people trying to log in.

So we have a case of history repeating itself, and now there are shit tons of people who can't play their new copy of Sim City because there are too many people trying to log in at the same time, and they are shoved into never ending queues.

What makes the whole thing really bad about both Diablo 3 and Sim City is that these are single player games, and people who paid top price for these games are being fucked over because EA are worried about a few pirates.

They really need to find another way to deal with piracy because at the end of the day, the pirates will still find a way to acquire the game for free and the only people that are being affected by this shit are the people who actually paid for the damn thing.

There is more to the Sim City story than just people not being able to log in, but the big point here is that always on DRM needs to fuck right off.  Find away to protect your games without hurting the paying customer or just don't fucking do it.

The Free Game Friday on Thursday

So this week I know I have a busy Friday evening coming up, so instead of mugging you all off and not providing more free shit, I thought I'd do it a day early, hooray!

So this week I'll be talking about a browser based flash game, and before you get all uppity about it, it's a damn good one so just hear me out.

Right, so the thing is called Pandemic 2, a simulation game of sorts where you play as a virus and you must try and kill everyone on earth by becoming the most badass and most resistant motherfucking virus to ever strike humankind.  When you start the game you get a "class" choice of Virus, Bacteria or Parasite which all have their own traits.

From there you spend most of your time watching a map screen and paying attention to events that happen throughout the world.  You can then use this information to apply the best upgrades to your disease, or you can ignore them and just build it however the fuck you want.

As time passes, you gain evolution points to spend on your disease in order to give it more symptoms or resistance or different methods of being carried from subject to subject, there is quite a bit of choice.  The game also lets you sell already bought upgrades just in case you need to adapt to the way things are going.

Not all that deadly but will cause large amounts of embarrassment

I'm not usually the kind of person who enjoys playing flash games, I tend to avoid them most of the time, but this one is actually really good.  So if you need something to fiddle with while you procrastinate productive things, Pandemic 2 is the way to go!

LINK!
http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Pandemic-2.html