I was going to write something
But then I found out that Command & Conquer Red Alert is now free to download so I’ve been playing that and Red Alert 2 for the past few days.
It’s almost out of my system now. I’ve finished Red Alert and almost there with RA2.
A bit if trivia for you. I ended up in hospital in 1997 after playing Red Alert.
I was on my own in the apartment I shared in Cork City for an entire weekend and my ex was a nurse on night duty at the time so I had feck all to do except play Red Alert. As the game progressed, each level would take longer and longer to complete so after one almost two hour stint I had finally had to go to the toilet. So I stood up, opened my bedroom door and led out with my right foot which was completely dead from the knee down.
I was fortunate that I didn’t break my ankle but I did tear ligaments and earned myself two weeks off work that I used to finally finish the game 
Speaking of Command & Conquer, Red Alert 3 has been available since October but sadly I will probably never get to play it because it comes bundled with that SecuROM DRM shite. Yet another major disappointment having spent so long waiting for it to be released just like Grand Theft Auto 4.
Curiously, because of SecuROM, EA games alone have lost out on approximately €180 from me that I would have otherwise used to buy the games legitimately in 2008. If you include GTA IV which is published by Rockstar Games it now becomes €240 that I have saved myself. Of course that is but a drop in the ocean but surely I’m not the only person who refuses to buy games with such draconian licensing measures? If just 1000 people refused to buy a single game that retails for €60 it adds up to €60,000 which is not an inconsiderable sum.
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I bought GTA 4 but before I could get the cellophane off it, it was ‘borrowed’ by my cousin and I’ve yet to see or play it!
Could be worse, I borrowed the same cousins PS3 two months ago and he’s yet to see it…I’m holding it at random!
Aaron
It’s kind of funny how some people never really bother with games consoles or even miss them when they are gone. I bought a Nintendo Wii almost two years ago and only played it maybe half a dozen times. I much prefer the PC as a gaming platform.
Although my main PC is getting a bit old now and I have no idea who I loaned my Wii too
Is there no decent crack for securom?
the practice of using cracks for legitimate games is quite common these days. kinda sad really
They can be cracked alright Dan, the problem is that the shite gets installed silently along with the game and remains active even if you do crack the exe.
It’s also supposed to be damned hard to get rid of as well.
Hey mate, nice blog, just a note , the rss subscribe is broken, just a FYI !
Thanks for visiting Robert and thanks for letting me know about the RSS feed. Both feeds should be working ok now!