Microsoft Kinect = Big Brother?
So, I know this is pretty small beans compared to some of the scandals that are currently being investigated, but I thought I would share some tech news. So a new Xbox, Xbox One, is coming out and it is essentially everything I despise about the latest trends in gaming (required internet connection, can't share games with friends or play used games
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I am certainly no legal expert, so if anyone knows better, feel free to correct me, but I do believe that when you purchase a movie, you are technically purchasing the rights to show it to an absurdly small number of people at any given moment. I believe if you want the option to show it to larger numbers, you legally must pay a fee for a public audience, and if you are charging money for the event at which you are showing the movie, you have more arrangements to make. I vaguely remember trying to figure out a way to legally show a movie at a fundraising event I was partially in charge of for high school. The issue was that we were selling tickets to the event, which meant that we were technically selling tickets to the movie. I can't remember the loophole we used (this was almost ten years ago), but it was a real pain in the you-know-what.
Another thing that pisses me off is when modern games don't include a multiplayer option for the second controller port.
I know, how stupid is that? I am not a huge gamer, but when I am playing games, I would much rather play them at a party with friends or by myself than with strangers. I like some computer games as well, but I refuse to purchase any of the new games that require internet connection for DRM. If I want to play a game by myself, I shouldn't have to be online. Also, I like playing games long after I buy them, even when they are outdated and I have to trick my OS into running them, You just know that once new editions of these games come out, the producers will lock down the servers needed to run the games to force you to buy the new and "better" versions. To this day, I have only purchased one game that requires internet connection, and it was put out by a small, independent group of programmers and cost me a grand total of $12. I don't mind that this game requires the internet because 1) these small-scale independent developers wouldn't be able to fix bugs any other way and 2) they are constantly adding new features so I have already enjoyed well more than $12 worth of gaming. Plus, I like supporting independent developers when they produce quality product.
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