Thread: Penny Arcade has proven their genius again.

Reading through the comments, I found something I thought I'd share. http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=58840

So using very lax and open-ended DRM after complaining about incredibly draconian DRM is hypocrisy? I would have thought it to be more like setting a good example for reasonable boundaries with DRM. What it basically boils down to is that Hothead and Greenhouse are saying "hey, we want to make sure that everyone who plays is actually paying for the game, but don't worry, once you've paid we'll work with you as long as...

Seriously, though, the DRM on this game is really no worse than having to type in a CD key from a boxed game. This is actually one of the few places where DRM *makes sense* -- this isn't the same as Apple preventing you from playing the new Weezer song on non-Apple hardware, it's just a way of ensuring that the game doesn't get copied willy-nilly by people who haven't paid for it.

Don't try to rationalize the horrible things Penny Arcade has done. There's nothing that can be said or done to make up for all the times they screw over their fans.

I've been a fan since the beginning, and I've never felt screwed over by Jerry and Mike. Would you like to elaborate, please?

The sad fact of the matter is that in todays society, a certain amount of so-called "DRM" is inevitable, even attractive. Unfortunately, our gamer society has a tendency to demonize the term without making it clear that the ultimate goal in copy-protection should not be its elimination, but its transparency. We only hate DRM because so many people fail to do this. They use it like a hammer, blunt and forceful, rather than...

OHNOZ! i can only install game on 3 comps at a time! my other 15 comps are ruined!!!!

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=1676 http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2008/20080509.jpg And by that, I mean hypocrisy. Discuss.

That comic was about needing to "check in" every 5-10 days with Mass Effect and Spore, not the ONE time online activation...and they even said if you have to keep re-installing the game they would make exceptions , nothing is written is stone. ***And that would be me handing your ass right to you. Now discuss that.

I don't really see the issue here. You pay for a game... you get a key. You can install the game on multiple systems with the same key (something that is exactly NOT like the mainstream distributors). Heck, you can even install it on linux (although I didn't have much luck with it, but mostly because I was too lazy to upgrade my openGL packages). What exactly are you expecting here? Them to just let you download it for free? This...