Comments on: In Soviet Russia, we choose your friends for you http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/ Random Comments About Gaming And Tractors Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: scottj http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5187 scottj Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:46:26 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/#comment-5187 If you go with the Communist theme, it probably should be Tovarishch Gamespy, but Tsar Gamespy also works given the Putin-era lurching towards autocracy and its associated fascination with Czarist history. If you go with the Communist theme, it probably should be Tovarishch Gamespy, but Tsar Gamespy also works given the Putin-era lurching towards autocracy and its associated fascination with Czarist history.

]]> By: Steven Brown http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5186 Steven Brown Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:21:03 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/#comment-5186 And it's official, they just "corrected" my account by deleting all the progress made since I first used Comrade. Somehow I don't think the value proposition for Comrade is enhanced by bundling a stat wipe along with an IM client, but admittedly I don't know business. And it’s official, they just “corrected” my account by deleting all the progress made since I first used Comrade. Somehow I don’t think the value proposition for Comrade is enhanced by bundling a stat wipe along with an IM client, but admittedly I don’t know business.

]]> By: IanB http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5185 IanB Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:53:13 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/#comment-5185 Tsar GameSpy? If GameSpy are the Communists, they definitely wouldn't be Tsar! Tsar GameSpy? If GameSpy are the Communists, they definitely wouldn’t be Tsar!

]]> By: D-0ne http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5184 D-0ne Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:31:46 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/#comment-5184 Battlefield 2142 is spyware people pay for.<br> <br> Blizzard started this way back when in the form of "We can spy on you and well, you'll just have to trust us while we do it.".<br> <br> It was only a matter of time before a game came along and didn't bother to announce it was spyware until after you bought it and that game actually sold your information.<br> <br> Not personally identifiable... BS. Ads aimed at me is pretty Fn personal. Battlefield 2142 is spyware people pay for.

Blizzard started this way back when in the form of “We can spy on you and well, you’ll just have to trust us while we do it.”.

It was only a matter of time before a game came along and didn’t bother to announce it was spyware until after you bought it and that game actually sold your information.

Not personally identifiable… BS. Ads aimed at me is pretty Fn personal.

]]> By: Heartless Gamer http://www.brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-5183 Heartless Gamer Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:37:21 +0000 http://brokentoys.org/2006/10/23/in-soviet-russia-we-choose-your-friends-for-you/#comment-5183 Well said. Lets not even forget the Microsoft security patch issues that are still unresolved. Well said. Lets not even forget the Microsoft security patch issues that are still unresolved.

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