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Comcast to restrict monthly broadband use

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2008-08-29 17:00:00 by Shawn Schuster in Massively
...restrictions from Comcast Cable , they've recently announced that they will soon be cracking down on excessive use of their Internet service. Starting October 1st , residential users who download and/or upload more than 250 GB of data each month will be asked to curb their usage. If that usage is exceeded a second time, they face account...
 
Tags: restrict monthly broadband, comcast, move, cable company, cable internet monopoly, download andor upload, move ultimately, company, comcast cable
 
 
 
 
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Scary Words: Boston Mayor Wants to Lay Down the (Video Game) Law

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2008-04-05 19:16:11 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
...restrict access to this violence. And everybodys well, the First Amendment, uh, you cant do it because this We always cant do something. My measure, lets do something to restrict young people from glorify- frombeing glorified with this violence. As I look at this, I watch little kids out there with these little video games. Theres shootings,...
 
Tags: game, video games, violent video games, video, game players, games, violent video game, video game industry, mayor
 
 
 
 
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Valve's Newell calls DRM strategies 'dumb'

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2008-12-02 19:41:00 by Brad Nicholson in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
...restrict, but rather make games more available to the consumer. Without saying it, Newell expressed that Steam (go figure) is one of the best methods of both protecting and ensuring playability with consumers From the letter: As far as DRM goes, most DRM strategies are just dumb. The goal should be to create greater value for customers...
 
Tags: drm, drm strategies, newell, drm offerings, game politics, game, dumb, goal, recent correspondence
 
 
 
 
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Miami-Dade Transit Officials Explain GTA IV Ad Ban Decision (sort of)

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2008-05-06 09:54:10 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
...restrict ads based on viewpoint MDT: Miami-Dade Transit is a department of Miami-Dade County and as such is a unit of County government, not a quasi-governmental transit agency GP comment: Thisanswer is puzzling. The First Circuit Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for a quasi-governmental agency to restrict free speech. Since MDT...
 
Tags: miami-dade county commission, miami-dade county, mdt, mdt answer, ads, pull ads, mdt familiar, restrict ads based, questionable ads
 
 
 
 
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Chewing Pixels: 'I Kill Children'

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2008-11-01 08:00:46 by Simon Parkin in GameSetWatch
...restrictions imposed by both technology and premise. Technologically, you cannot build a plane from scrap metal in Fallout 3 and fly away to a new, radiation-free existence as a sheep farmer in Australia, for example And the boundaries of the scenario mean that you could never be a pacifist in this world. Instead, the choices you have are...
 
Tags: game, game designer, realistic moral instruction, anarchic game, moral instruction, player freedom, player, word game, world
 
 
 
 
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The Shandalar Project - Trading

2008-07-10 07:00:00 by Tobold in Tobold's MMORPG Blog
 
...restrict all trades to only allow symmetrical trades This is possible because right now we only have two things in the game: points of various colors, and cards of various color and rarity. And we have NPCs who sell those cards for points, so we KNOW how many points every card is worth. Thus we can restrict all trades to symmetric trades,...
 
Tags: trade cards, cards, trade, trades, symmetric trades, card, fair trades, people, auction house
 
 
 
 
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Tobold's MMORPG Blog: The Shandalar Project - Trading

2008-07-10 01:17:00 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...restrict all trades to only allow symmetrical trades This is possible because right now we only have two things in the game: points of various colors, and cards of various color and rarity. And we have NPCs who sell those cards for points, so we KNOW how many points every card is worth. Thus we can restrict all trades to symmetric trades,...
 
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Interview: The Conduit's Corso On Pushing Wii Hardware For A Hardcore FPS

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2008-09-10 08:00:49 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...restrict the Y-axis when aiming. Could you speak a little on that MC: We did restrict the Y-aiming. There's a limit to how far up you can look and how far down. We really wanted to focus on moving forward, and the action on the battlefield. We do want to have a vertical gameplay You can jump up onto higher locations so that you can get a...
 
Tags: game, fun game, hardware, wii hardware, wii, cool game system, conduit, system, control
 
 
 
 
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In-Depth: Montreal Game Biz Sees Salary-Fixing Collusion?

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2008-11-18 20:00:46 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...restrict salaries in Montreal appears unethical and definitely contradicts EAs core values," Tascan said. "EA is currently reviewing records to affirm our understanding that no representatives from our company participated in the meetings referenced in these letters, and that no one from EA colluded with competitors to restrict employee...
 
Tags: employee, employee retention, restrict employee salaries, eidos employee, eidos montreal studio, montreal studio, eidos, gamasutra suggests, gamasutra
 
 
 
 
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GDC 2008 Recommendations: Steve 'Fullbright' Gaynor's Picks