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Level Up's Top Ten Gaming Tidbits for Mar 27th, 2008

N'Gai Croal

EGO...trip: another week, another panel seeks the Level Up staff's participation
EGO...trip: our first Vs. Mode entry on Patapon wins over blogger. Formidable!
BAD...for you? Report may bring "cigarette-style" health warnings to games in U.K.
COU...ld the Wii's success herald the last hurrah for bleeding edge consoles?
PSN...suffers security breach. Unleash the Blu Rays of death on thine enemies, Sony
FAT...Joe: if you're looking for a gig, 50 Cent may need a final boss. Holla at ya boy!
HOW...to rethink piracy and copy protection for today's videogame aficionados
HMM...We like the hero of this PS3 demoscene prototype. Click here to see why
YOU...just keep on trying till you run out of cake: how Valve perfected Portal
RND...Cooper "Mass Effect" Lawrence's nerd foes may like her new message a lot

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Posted By: N'Gai Croal (March 27, 2008 at 10:29 PM)

@Evan Narcisse: great description. Let's pour out a little liquor for Fat Joe's career the next time we meet up.

@Switchbreak: The article I linked to was a bit unclear on the ratings, but a couple of things distinguish the Byron Report's recommendations from voluntary ratings like those of the United States' Entertainment Software Rating Board, which I think is what you're saying they resemble. First of all, they're not voluntary ratings. Second, they will be administered by the British Board of Film Classification, which is a quasi-governmental body. Third, the Byron Report proposes legal sanction if certain games are sold to minors. All of those distinguish the Byron report's recommendations from what we have here with the ESRB.

@10rd Ben: Thanks for the link--good piece. Just a tip; you may want to use TinyUrl in the future when posting links in the Level Up comments. Thanks!

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Posted By: 10rd Ben (March 27, 2008 at 8:55 AM)

Hey N'Gai,

A really great post on copy protection and very similar issues to the dubious quality post cropped up on the 'create digital music' blog. It covered similar ground, but was also significantly different. Check it out.

Link: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/03/13/stardock-stop-blaming-pirates-start-targeting-paying-customers/#more-3144

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Posted By: HeartbreakRidge (March 27, 2008 at 8:54 AM)

I was going to make a crack about the cake being a lie, but in light of Evan's post, I can only say:

Ack! Pfhtpfpth! *coughs hairball*

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