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Author Archives: Nerdmaster
Postal 2 vs. GTA: Vice City
It’s a long time coming for me, but I’ve finally gotten around to really playing one of the 3D Grand Theft Auto games recently. Steam may have its annoyances, but as I pointed out in my middle-class piracy articles, the … Continue reading
God sells cocaine? What’s next?
A man named God was arrested for selling cocaine near a church. Ironic, but hardly material for an action-packed murder mystery thriller.
mod_rails (Phusion Passenger) Second Impressions
After my initial setup problems with mod_rails, I never really paid much attention to the thing. It should be noted first and foremost that all of my problems setting up Passenger appear to indeed be my own fault. So why … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions, Programming, Ruby on Rails
Tagged mod_rails, phusion_passenger, Ruby on Rails
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Twilight of the Arnor — Unhappy Campers
I just finished talking about my first full game of GC2:TotA, and how much I enjoy all the new content. Critics seem to agree – Metacritic shows a 95% average rating for this expansion, and gamerankings shows an average of … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Opinions
Tagged 4x, galactic civilizations, Games, twilight of the arnor
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Galactic Civilizations 2: Twilight of the Arnor – Second Impressions
Well… it only took me about a month to finish my first game of the official version of TotA, which isn’t terrible considering (a) I have very little spare time, (b) I chose to play on the new map size, … Continue reading
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Tagged 4x, galactic civilizations, Games, twilight of the arnor
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How the middle-class pirates stole Christmas… from the music industry
30-second recap: Middle-class piracy Failed anti-piracy measures in software How software anti-piracy measures have gotten both worse and better How piracy could be stopped in movies and television, but isn’t So my friend, the pirate, doesn’t like to pay for … Continue reading
Middle-class Piracy in Movies and Television
To recap, I’ve written lately about middle-class piracy and how it affects the software industry. My friend is a pirate, but he pays for things when it’s convenient, and not riddled with anti-piracy measures that detract from the overall experience … Continue reading
Middle-Class Piracy in the Software Industry, take 2
To recap, I’ve written lately about middle-class piracy and how it affects the software industry. My friend, the pirate, a really nice guy who’s kind of lazy, is a prime example. He could buy stuff but often doesn’t because DRM … Continue reading
Nerdbucket takes a dive…
I apologize for the downtime today. Apparently this new plugin I got for wordpress, bookmarkify, did a lot more than I expected. I read some idiotic rant about how some dude went from no traffic to 2,000 hits in one … Continue reading
Middle-Class Piracy in the Software Industry
Recently I discussed my own take on middle-class piracy. To recap, I’m talking about pirates who can easily turn into legitimate customers if the goods they steal are made more convenient to buy than to download illegally. They aren’t poor, … Continue reading