I confess, I pirated Doom (I copied that floppy), Quake, and Diablo 2, although it did take me almost 3 weeks to download Diablo 2 on crappy 56k I bought UT2K4 twice cuz I lost my install disc and I bought the Penny Arcade game twice, once on PC then on the 360 when I realized I like the controls better, sos I paid mah…
I once saw one of my class mates log into steam and every game in the shop was open for him to download and he hadnt bought any. its insane, I dont know how it works but he only downloaded a few games before steam screwed up, so I suppose steam is reasonably safe but when it is unsafe its the most powerful pirating tool…
I used to pirate the odd game that I wanted to play, but didn't have any serious interest in. Most of the time if its a game I've been hanging for or is an online (CD key required) game, I'd have no qualms about running to the store to make my purchase. Having been in the industry for 2 years now has changed my views. I…
amiga titles I bought: deluxe paint 3, shadow of the beast, leander pc titles I bought: quake 3, halflife 2 piracy on the pc has always been rife, but in no way compares to the amiga in its hay day, and we didn't even have the internet! I only ever shelled out for PC games I respected. 99% of other games I've played have…
To re-examine my late-night sake fueled post. To me, someone without a lot of excess cash to spend on games, when I go to a game store to browse some games, it's like walking into a library where all the books are sealed up. You can't read the first little bit to tell if the writing is good or that you might like the story…
Woah! hold your horses there. You seem to have linked me with pirating software, which isn't true and not actually stated anywhere. I am a licensed user of 3dsmax and cinema4d, all my adobe software at home and at the work place are licensed to both me and my staff. We only use legitimate paid for software. My comment…
Well, I've certainly pirated my fair share of games in my life. I did some as far back as middle school, just in the fact that someone would copy wolfenstein to a 3.5" floppy and pass it around, but I'd say actual piracy started in College. There are two reasons I see for this. 1) I was poor, as all of my money went…