You will remember that earlier this year the Internet was up in arms because their latest title, Spore, was going to be using the much criticised SecuROM DRM to prevent piracy. People were upset because they could only install the game 3 times before having to phone EA customer support for new keys, now I honestly am not sure why …

A lot has been said about the draconian DRM embedded in Spore at the moment but EA games are far from being the only company to try to thwart piracy. It seems that the movies you download from the PSN have a similar feature. The rentals are able to be kept for 24 hours which I think is perfectly fair …

After all the controversy and internet hate that Spore and its draconian DRM have been receiving it was really only a matter of time until EA did something about it. Well the first patch is here, it fixes a number of bugs and tweaks some game play settings. Some of the visuals and textures have been upgraded as well. A …

I am really trying to steer clear of everything Spore related at the moment but this just can’t be ignored. For the majority, the battle with EA has been fought on the Internet but now the anger with EA’s DRM has shifted into the game. Some very interesting creatures have started appearing. It’s sad to think that all the creativity …

Last week Monday I posted an article on the comments on Amazon about Spore and how EA needed to get the message. Last Updated: September 15, 2008