Cody Taylor

There comes a time late in games when Louisville players believe they can spot the tipping point.Their opponents, gassed from constant pressure and harassment, begin to get weak

Pirates are never short of an excuse for why they download the latest games. The trouble is, it’s getting increasingly tough to be on the industry’s side.

Ever since I found out that Sonic Team was little more than a big blue sweatshop, I have come to terms with the fact that anything coming from that studio will just be a disappointment. Sonic games come from a place that has no soul, and expecting any more than mediocrity from people who have been forced to only assemble and not create games is exp

A look ahead to some of the great games coming out for the PSP in 2009. Several of those games are high-class RPG titles including Final Fantasy, Phantasy Star, Star Ocean, and Kingdom Hearts.

GameDaily recently spoke with Jason Holtman, director of business development and legal affairs for Valve, about online sales and piracy. Holtman took a surprising stance on the latter, effectively taking responsibility for at least a portion of pirated games. Quoting: “‘There’s a big business feeling that there’s piracy,’ he says. But the truth is: ‘Pirates are underserved customers. When you think about it that way, you think, “Oh my gosh, I can do some interesting things and make some interesting money off of it.” We take all of our games day-and-date to Russia,’ Holtman says of Valve. ‘The reason people pirated things in Russia,’ he explains, ‘is because Russians are reading magazines and watching television — they say “Man, I want to play that game so bad,” but the publishers respond “you can play that game in six months…maybe.” We found that our piracy rates dropped off significantly,’ Holtman says.” Attitudes like this seem to be prevalent at Valve; last month we talked about founder Gabe Newell’s comments that “most DRM strategies are just dumb.”

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