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I don't think I ever did compare them to lost sales? I'm obviously opposed to the massive corporate dimension of the mainstream games/music/media industry (cf. previous posts). Heck, I'm for a broader critique of capitalism (we'll save that for another post). But I'm also opposed to the kind of self...

One of the guys from Reflexive had a sidebar article in Game Developer magazine several months ago about the effect of piracy on the sales of Ricochet. They had way more people posting scores to the online leaderboard than they had sales, so they had an idea of how many sales to pirate copies there...

Just got the game yesterday - runs great on my mom's 4-year-old laptop (makes it work though). I only had one glitch so far; in the middle of one of the levels (I think in the S2 range) all of the AI motes disappeared, leaving just bubbles. It only happened once and no other issues have surfaced... ...

I kind of understand the "teenager with no job" thing but at the same time... ten bucks? Come on now.

Oh well... the world we live in...

This stuff is great eh?

I highly recommend the following albums:

Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet
Oval - 94 diskont
Polmo Polpo - The Science of Breath
Microstoria - init ding

2D Boy estimates 90% of the computer versions of their game are pirated: http://2dboy.com/2008/11/13/90/ However, they also say that they don't believe any amount of DRM or anti-piracy measures would contribute to additional sales. I do think DRM is a bad idea - cumbersome, irritating, and just a ba...