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		<title>Weekend Bytes for 9/19</title>
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Apparently, everyone on the Internet hates Spore&#8217;s DRM..  First the anti-DRM fanatics bombed the Amazon review average.  Then they made Spore creatures.  EA responded with some changes, but more were needed.
 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Apparently, everyone on the Internet hates <a title="Spore's DRM" href="http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/09/16/spore-drm-update-ea-loosening-one-restriction/"><span style="color: #551a8b;">Spore&#8217;s DRM</span></a>.. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;"> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">First the anti-DRM fanatics bombed the <a title="Amazon review average" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/08/amazon-users-slam-spore-for-drm/"><span style="color: #551a8b;">Amazon review average</span></a>.  Then they made <a title="Spore creatures" href="http://www.gameculture.com/node/759" class="broken_link" ><span style="color: #551a8b;">Spore creatures</span></a>.  EA <a title="responded" href="http://kotaku.com/5052473/ea-respond-to-drm-complaints"><span style="color: #551a8b;">responded</span></a> with some changes, but <a title="more" href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/09/19/spore-will-allow-more-than-one-user-per-account/"><span style="color: #551a8b;">more</span></a> were <a title="needed" href="http://www.destructoid.com/ea-tackles-spore-complaints-changing-one-drm-policy-in-compromise-103985.phtml"><span style="color: #551a8b;">needed</span></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Updated </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;"><a title="Fallout 3 site" href="http://prepareforthefuture.com/"><strong><span>Fallout 3 site</span></strong></a><strong> totally worth your time.. </strong>Bethesda officially launched the site with a bevy of &#8217;50s era propaganda videos, subtly followed by relevant interactive content for each one.  Each button is a different video, so try them all out.  What does your &#8220;G.O.A.T.&#8221; psychological profile say about you?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Rock out with your friends, but don&#8217;t forget </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;"><a title="the code" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwiOt65VOKE"><strong><span>the code</span></strong></a><strong>.. </strong>Just like any good party game (cough.. Super Smash Bros Brawl), you&#8217;re required to spend tons of hours unlocking things before the fun can begin.  Unless you use this temporary unlock code: Red, Yellow, Blue, Red, Red, Blue, Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue.  Have fun with <a title="these code" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6L5tNABwGM"><span>these codes</span></a> as well!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">What&#8217;s better than yearly Guitar Hero games?  Try</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;"><a title="Triple" href="http://www.destructoid.com/activision-plans-to-triple-the-amount-of-guitar-hero-games-by-2010-103872.phtml"><span>triple</span></a> that amount.. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Does that mean Activision big wigs also get triple the gold toilets.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Peggle Nights is out. </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;"><a title="Play it!" href="http://popcap.com/games/peggle-nights?icid=pegglenights_HP_TOP10_1_A_07_01_08"><strong><span>Play it!</span></strong></a> Popcap should really be regulated by the FDA, because Peggle Nights is just as addictive as the first game.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Farewell to </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;"><a title="Jeff Green" href="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170023"><strong><span>Jeff Green</span></strong></a><strong>, former CGW/GFW editor-in-chief.. </strong>And farewell to the GFW Radio podcast, one of my weekly mainstays and always an enjoyable listen.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;">Oh and the next expansion to a little game called WoW is coming </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: black;"><a title="Nov 13th" href="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169925"><strong><span>Nov 13th</span></strong></a><strong>.. </strong>If you have any loved ones who play WoW, make the most of your time with them now.</span></p>
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