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JamesDonaldson — The DRM Monster
Published: 2009-06-02 09:13:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 15526; Favourites: 139; Downloads: 123
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During the 2008-present peroid almost every game released has some version of DRM. I don’t know if these developers/publishers/whatever got together in a mass meeting and somehow agreed that this was a great idea, but almost every PC game has now adopted the dumbest form of copy protection on earth.Firstly, it doesn’t work, the ’Pirates’ can still pirate the game and seeing as they work around the protection, they can play without doing any of the stuff legal users have to do. Like be on the internet, activate and deactivate installs, log into systems like Live before you even get to the main menu. If the Server goes down, the honest players can’t play, but the pirates (that this system is meant to prevent from copying) can still play just fine.
The comic says the rest.
This is an original comic with my characters Digital Rights Marauder (Steam in the original series) and Captain Crack Patchers. So copyright covers everything.
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that's why I regret buying FEAR 2: Project Origin from Steam instead of GOG.com
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GOG.com and The Witcher series is living proof that the message of this little comic is true. You don't need DRM to make money!
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Steam I have a bit of a "love hate" relationship with.
Mostly because if you launch the game once, you can play it offline right after and whenever. Which isn't too much of a burden considering you had to go online to buy and download it in the first place.
But that said I'm still a massive gog.com fan.
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DRM does keeps me from using MySpore whatever I plays Spore
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Digital Restrictions Management! Providing a false sense of security since it was invented.
FUNFAX: If it exists, it's been cracked and pirated. No exceptions!
0-day DRM cracks are really common now.
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Because of the games I play, I've been told I'm stuck in the nineties. Remember those days, when playing a game was as simple as popping a CD into a machine, and developers and publishers didn't give us reasons not to buy their crap? Ah, good times. Good times.
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I have used this image to win multiple arguments over DRM.
That, and sales figures versus estimates piracy figures for Spore before and after they eased up on the DRM. Along with sales figures versus estimated piracy figured for Sins of a Solar Empire, which had no DRM. (Hint: It sold REALLY well.)
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True! This is so, so true! I love it. 
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steam aint so bad
BUT PAIR IT UP WITH WINDOWS LIVE!? NOW THAT TORTURE
it took me 1 YEAR to figure out how to load Dawn of war 2!
DRM kept me from buying Assassin's creed 2!
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OMG... Microshit Winblows Live! Worst service ever. Filled with more bugs then a termite mound. Run by retarded monkeys.
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but atleast the messaging is nice
but not as nice as steam's
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Yes the IM program is great. Their IT Academy a complete joke! Glitchville! nuff said.
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I GOT The same Problem From AC2 Either .... brothers !!
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Yeah, I have a huge Steam game list now, but a few years back I was heavy anti-Steam. The idea of buying a single player game, in a store, but having to be online to play really got to me back then.
No problem if you buy online and there's always the offline mode.
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It's as if the PC gaming companies have become idiots..you want to make it easier on the customer, not harder.
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lol i like the bit where the pirate saves the day!
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Yeap, I bet that DRM guy is actually the monster guy in disguise.
And woo for Captain Patchy as well!
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Wait wait wait ,steam aint nothing as bad as windows live
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Ah...irony...it taste better when it makes the bad guys' plan useful for the good guys.
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DRM Has screwed SO many people over. Especially me, I can't tell you HOW many games I have that I can't play because of lost CD Keys, losing steam accounts (I CAN'T PLAY PORTAL DAMNIT! And they won't even answer my requests for help!), people somehow getting a hold of my CD key though it has never been uttered from my mouth, my fingers, or my ass.
Nice work DRM retards!
Now about the art: Very nice, you kept it simple, and you didn't go overboard with shading. Impressive!
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And people wonder why software devs are so shocked people are using Keygens and Warez? They need to get their heads out of their asses and go DRM Free.
DRM free reduces piracy.
OMG I just rhymed.
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