Joystiq is posting that an author on AlterNet.org calls Resident Evil a ‘Racist video game series’ and that players who begin one of the games ‘will likely enter a world little-known beyond the expensive and expansive universe of gaming, a world increasingly populated with very dangerous depictions of nonwhites’. The author only covers RE4 and RE5 in declaring the series racist. For RE4 he says its Spaniards have ‘stereotypical Mexican accents’ and that RE5 ‘could be a training video for a white supremacist race war or another U.S. military adventure in one of the increasing numbers of deserts on the planet.’
Author - Jerry Paxton
Gizmodo has a cool post showing what 1GB of storage looked like twenty years ago and what it now looks like today. Technology is cool!
The Pirate Bay has posted an entry in their blog that states they have proof that large media companies such as Paramount, EMI, and 20th Century Fox to name a few, have been hiring hackers and other agents of espionage to hacking, spamming, and other destructive acts against their hardware and networks. As they have this proof, they are reporting these incidents to the police and will press full charges upon the investigation’s hopeful outcome. Perhaps this will be the glorious moment we have all waited for?
Joystiq has posted a gallery of Cosplay photos from the Tokyo Game Show. Most are very creative and some are down right sexy!
Bluesnews has reported that the PC version of Assasin’s Creed will be pushed back to early 2008 with no reasons offered.
Incrysis forums has an official dev post stating that the Crysis Dingle Player Demo will be pushed back until October 26th. They pushed it back slightly in order to continue work on the retail product which is slated for release November 16th.
1up is reporting that Japanese magazine Jump is claiming Blue Dragon, an RPG for the Xbox 360 will be making it’s way in some form to the Nintendo DS. Details are sketchy but we will keep you informed as we know more.
IronKey is producing military-grade USB flash drives. It features a ruggedized outer casino and onboard AES encryption. These will come in 1gb, 2gb, and 4gb flavors and can be purchased at the IronKey store.
Engadget is reporting that the DVD Copyright Control Agency is allowing certain content to be distributed electronically and burned to ONE disc or viewing. Older DVD hardware will not be able to read these discs due to the special anti-copying encoding and they will cost more than standard DVDs.
So what is the fricken point!?! When will these agencies learn that the future of media is in backing off of DRM systems. People in general will pay for a product if it is of quality and a fair price over going through the trouble of copying it.
They will NEVER stop piracy, ever. These DRM schemes will only hurt consumers as pirates will always find countermeasures to any DRM system.
1up has posted their preview of Tri-Ace’s new RPG Infinite Undiscovery. An RPG in the same vein as Valkyrie Profile, IU promises action-oriented gameplay and an engrossing story. Infinite Undiscovery is tentatively scheduled for a late 2008 release for the Xbox 360.