A Moral Decision...

For the love of God, humanity, reason, sanity, Pete and donuts turn up the volume!!

another one of my addictions tended to. And High School Ben is awesome, was very honest, and I agree with him completely on the piracy thing.

I have been waiting for this to be posted for almost an hour now >:)

Craig's new intro is a fail, I am sorry :)

Woot, been craving some SideScrollers, thanks Craig!

Oh, what I would have given to have been there to see everyone's reaction to Destin running into the woman's bathroom... Definitely a vintage moment right there.

Always a great SideScrollers guys! Keep up the quality work.

The problem with buying games from Amazon and such is that they may only be in the NTSC(?) format where some places (like New Zealand where I am) use the PAL format. Also with the Emulation of the Old games I only do it because I have no money to buy already rare old school system here in NZ but I want to experience them especially the NES & SNES. Also I don't think its technically piracy is you don't play for it.

That news was going on since last friday here in Malaysia, they resume the news today, where the health consultant said having a long one doesnt mean great times. gahahah, this subject is so wrong...

I've pirated games in the past and I'll likely continue to do so for two reasons:

1) I live in Australia. Not only do we get shafted when it comes to release dates but most games cost a lot more than they do in the US. Now to give an example. Rock Band. The Australian release date for Rock Band is 10th October 2008 and its going to cost AU$120 for just the game. Now I could buy the stand alone game on playasia.com for US$65 (about AU$78). So not only is the game coming out almost one year late here but its going to cost about $40 more, and this isn't even factoring in the costs of the instruments needed to actually play the game.

Now ok, this is an extreme example but nearly every game release has around 2-3 months tacked onto it over here. To top it all off I can't just import games from amazon.com like you guys suggested because Australia is a PAL region and most consoles are region locked.

2) I'm actually more of a PC gamer and this only relates to PC games. Copy protection. That's right the very thing companies use to try to stop piracy makes me want to pirate games sometimes. Some of these systems are just retarded (I'm looking at you secuROM) and it makes me want to pirate the games just so the companies stop using them.

Limited game installs and games that wont run till you disable virtual CD drives can go to hell.

All this said I still try to buy all my games legit and if I download a game and I feel its worth the money I'll go out and buy it (assuming its actually out in Australia).

PS. Apologies for the giant wall of text.

Owww when Corey yelled played the music I had headphones on and that hurt, good job though, I was laughing and Craig you're probably gonna be right on what the G1s are gonna ask what Corey did, its none of my concern though lol.

I sadly download old games. It's not that I don't want them in my collection, it just hard to find them, and the one place I can they want to charge me 12 bucks for a NES game. I can see paying 2-5 dollars maybe but 12 bucks? F--- that, I will just download it and play it on my laptop. Although in other countries I can see why pirating is so big, would you pay 110 bucks for a new spanking game or 10 for the cheap stolen version? I'd buy the cheap if only I didn't have access to the internet, its damn ridiculous anyplace charges that much for a game. Hell it's hard enough for me now to buy a game, I usually wait until it drops 20 bucks or so.

- Towski

I walked into the restroom at the six flags theme park in California and thought huh no urinals oh well fine with me i like my personal space.So i walked into a stall and half way through my business i heard the giggles and chat but it did'nt hit me for few seconds. Thats when i peeked over the wall to complete my living nightmare.But luckily i had really long hair so i pulled it down the sides of my face opened the stall door and walked out swiftly and they ladies where none the wiser.And that plan did take some stressful time in the stall to come up with.
thanks for making me not the only one so far.And bringing that hilarious memory back to me.

Max

You've made it quite apparent that you frown upon emulation slightly for a number of reasons, but what is your opinion of Japanese-only games that, through emulation, you can play in English with a fan-made translation? Any SNES RPG fans may have remembered the disappointment in not having Seiken Densetsu 3 (the sequel to Secret of Mana) released in the West but now, thanks to the magic of the internet, you can play this game entirely in English. More recently, Mother 3 (Earthbound's long-awaited sequel) for the GBA has been translated and this game is still available at retail. Is it different to emulate a game for this purpose or do you hold the same opinion of it, ie. that you should still own the game, albeit in an unplayable form before you get a ROM?

Does that extend to modern games? Say for some strange reason,, Final Fantasy XIII was announced to not be released outside of Japan. What would your opinion be of people who downloaded the game alongside a fan-made patch so that they could play it? True, there's no way FFXIII won't come out here, but many great games never see Western stores so this is just an extreme example.

did corey like rape a kid or something

Who/what recieved booze from Corey?

THQ -> Company of Heroes, STALKER, Saints Row 2 (and like they said SmackDown! vs. RAW).

I feel same like that g1 who Craig talked about. I live in Estonia: Games are about 100$, there is no renting and there isn't stuff like Amazon. And a average person gets 3x times less money than people in USA...

Right now i'm importige stuff from UK and games are a little bit cheaper and after i have played it i sell it on second hand market because then i get most of my money back because even imported games cost a lot.

:(

i'm still downloading the podcast so i cant hear it just yet...

but it sounds like my email i sent to Craig, pointing to my only blog post ... if that's me, i cant believe you read it! thanks a lot!

im to exited to continue writing right now hahaha so i'll wait until it finishes downloading before say anything else =P

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...Craig is talking a lot of shit for a guy who admits to liking Belinda Effing Carlisle.

Do I need to know

Did she kick a puppy?
Did she burn down lots of stuff?
Did she break someones leg while on her Battletoads rampage?

I need to know

Corey please tull us, we'll give money :D

I'll be up for 20dollars! Who's with me?

As a developer, you know that people are going to pirate your work. I just wish that the publishers would not use such a brute force security. I think having some protection that will allow the average user not be able to share a single copy of the game with all their friends, that's good. That tech savvy users will hack the game the day it comes out.

I don't know the answer to this puzzle, but many have tried. Try making the game the same price as a DVD, it still gets pirated. Add thick layer authentication, you get bad disks, confused users, and still pirated. And the game industry even releases it for free, supported by in-game ads, hackers make an update so you don't see any of the ads, so the publisher/developers don't make back the investment.

Soon your going see games that you can only play if your logged onto the net, regardless if its a multilayer game or not. Checking your data to make sure it was not messed with.

I like the online delivery game system Steam, from both the standpoint of player and developer. You buy the games though the steam and play it using steam. I think strong multiplayer game like Team Fortress 2 have a better time defending from piracy, due to the game being tied to the steam app.

I only worry about the game industry popping like a bubble from piracy. Publishers are forced to cut +75% of games that are mid to large scale. Then the pirates wont have any good games to pirate from... Then all we get play are free web based flash games... I lose my house, wife and children... Living in a Van down by the river, Eating government cheese.

come on!! we want to know!!

Poor Corey, leave her alone, your gonna drive the poor girl insane. lol

Well I live in the country next to Argentina, Chile.

Here the prices are a little bit higher, but not insanely higher.

For example Metal Gear Solid 4, Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 cost me 35000 chilean pesos each one, that like 72 USD each game.

I think its a reasonable price, but there are people that dont agree with me and prefers piracy.

yeey for Tuesday SideScrollers!

craig, that remix is from snake man level, not spark man u dumb fuck

Corey let a friend take acid (while driving), park right next to a farm, and let the friend screw a sheep. I was the farmer's son.

Yes, Corey was really young, but she actually
bludgeoned a child to death with a Game Boy after he brought it to school with a copy of Battletoads in it!

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Awesome podcast.
Did Corey set a dog on fire or something? xD

Damn...that's just cruel making such a big deal about the Corey thing and then not even telling us. D:

cool nice show!!

oh Corey my little gamer goddess 'am eager to know what is your dirty little secret. Share it with the G1's so we can all go to hell with you.

One thing, was Craig eating or drinking something.... That's not so classy, if y misheard sorry for that.

Best Sidescrollers ever Ever....

The piracy issue is a big thing social economical issue let's leave it there.

Jose someone has to give you Puntos on how to acquire your drivers license, man your getting pwned.

Corey please say Penis..LOL

By the way guys please a little bit more volume... please more volume... thank you

^^Where did the Ozzy cookies go?^_^

Just listened to it. Around 26:00 there's some retro music... is it from Ninja Gaiden or Shadow of the Ninja? Couldn't figure it out.

aka gamejew does a live show

its on tonite at 7pst

What file format does SideScrollers use?

I've been having to download it to my computer, but in the past I've been able to stream it.

Corey was young and needed the money. End of story!

But seroiusly, what happened?
My Theories:
Corey got drunk, got her parents camera, and made a sex tape of her and her 3 best friends.
Corey beat a poor, defenseless kitten cuz she was trippin on acid.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST!
Corey killed the man who made Battletoads and videotaped it, similar to the Joker in the Dark Knight

Haha awesome my hometown Modesto, CA got into Sidescrollers. My girlfriend was in the Denny's that guy walked into. She said he was carrying a big ass knife and there was blood all over him. Everyone was evacuated out the door and the cops came and had a standoff. My girlfriend wanted to see him get shot down but they tazered him, hehe my girlfriend is kinda unusual. Her car was parked right near where the standoff was so she had to come back late at night to pick up her car. Yay my hometown, we grow two things here car-thieves and methheads. Our county has the highest rate of Grand Theft Auto per capita in the nation! Woohoo! Next GTA game should be set in my town.

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The only games that I personally would ever emulate are games that Nintendo refused to translated Like mother, Mother 3, Bahamut Lagoon. I always check to make sure that their are no translation in existence and as soon as one is released I delete the ROM and buy it. For example I will erase DQ5 rom as soon as it comes out on DS. Other than that it's evil.

at that price there stealing from you!!!

lol

They have got the dawn of war series, and those games are awesome.

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people from mexico, argentinia etc. could just order from amazon is pretty convincing.

Just look at the GDP of these countries per resident.
These countries are nearly "Third World countries".

Just compare the GDP per person (2007):

Mexico: 8.479
Argentina: 6.606

USA: 45.845

So. You could think anyone would buy a game if it is even expensive for the residents and is a luxury article?

I dont really think that this argument is convincing.
Its more like: "I couldnt even afford it if I bought it from the US."
And since I live here in Germany, I can say, that the international shipping fees from amazon.com are fucking expensive, at least when I tried to order some Cds...

Whether its 50$ or 210$. Its too expensive for residents from such countries like Mexico, Argentina etc.

And here I like europe. You just have to go to Western Russia or even Poland and you can get original games for a cheap price.
Even Bad Day L.A. wasnt sold ordinary. You could get it in some magazine for 5€ on its release day.