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ESA: Combat Piracy or Face Damaging Sanctions

skyracer — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:30:49 +0800

This is gaming softwares (ESA host the annual E3 show) specific and nine countries were mentioned, sadly but not unexpectedly, we're one of them.

Source: ESA: Combat Piracy or Face Damaging Sanctions

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The "Special 301 Report", filed with the U.S. Trade Representative, highlights the ongoing battle against software piracy in a number of countries. It urges a number of nations where piracy is rife to clean up their act by bringing their copyright and enforcement regimes up to international standards and opening their markets to legitimate products as a matter of urgency.

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According to the report, piracy is a persistent problem in Canada, China, Malaysia, Russia and other parts of Europe, with piracy levels exceeding 90 percent in some markets and threatening the videogame industry's growth.

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Specifically, the report states that "legal and enforcement deficiencies in Canada" have allowed pirated copies of games and circumvention devices to permeate the retail market and that "pirated optical discs and cartridge games manufactured in China and Malaysia stunt legitimate game sales in many foreign markets".

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"Freeing these markets from the pirates' stranglehold will also help empower a local video game economy."

Beware of the "Website Partnership Enquiry"

skyracer — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:00:34 +0800

To all blog owners. Maybe you've know this but for the benefit of those who dont...

I got an email with the subject line "Website Partnership Enquiry" from some unknown people but somehow managed to disguise himself under a supposely big website.

And obviously it ask about Ad Rates on my website. Things sound good until a search bring me to this latest phishing effort. Here's the advice from this website.

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There is a big phishing effort going on right now. Don't fall victim to this.

The subject line is generally in the form of:
Website Inquiry or
Website Advertising Inquiry
Marketing Inquiry
Website Partnership

There are others, so be on the look out. This ploy is used to get you to confirm your e-mail. DO NOT fREPLY TO THESE E-MAILS.

You can research Phishing through this indepth Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

Read on for tips avoiding spam..

Just Cause 2 (PS3)

skyracer — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:53:40 +0800

Full article/screens at: CVG

For PS360, there is a small mention of Panau, a little search says it's in... Kelantan. Though it probably look like any other jungle, but I think it's special and thought it worth it's own thread, close if not I know Burnout Dominator is in KL, any other high profile games uses our country as background?

Edit: musha pointed it out that Panau is actually in Indonesia

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Using the developer's new Avalanche Engine 2.0 means that many more things are possible in Just Cause 2. Firstly the old island is out, as you'd expect. In its place is the island of Panau, a tropical paradise in South East Asia ruled over by the ruthless dictator Baby Panay.

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The original Just Cause offered an original take on the open world idea, here was a tropical island free to explore. It packed in 200 side missions and a solid enough central plot, but most importantly added the freedom to take to the skies.

A unique grapple-hook-parachute gizmo enabled your hero Rico Rodriguez to cling onto passing jeeps and even planes before being whipped off into the sky. It was exhilarating. It was tremendous fun. It certainly wasn't 'real'.

Thankfully the sequel is going to be bigger, broader and crazier. There's no sign of Eidos tethering Rico to anything as boring as realism. If anything, the added zap of PS3 power behind the game has enabled developer Avalanche to push its ideas further still.

WE10 PSP this Dec 14

skyracer — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:30:32 +0800

Anyone will buy this? I bought ProEvo 5 for the PSP last time out and was disappointed by the complete lack of Master League and commentary. Well, Master League is in now, but anyone know is commentary in?

News: PSPHyper, LevelUp
Official Site: WE10UE