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How Spore Doesn’t Work

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We have been hearing about Spore for years, and now it is finally here.

Unfortunately, Spore is getting lots of negative publicity for its Digital Rights Management (DRM), AKA copy-protection. This article describes the problem:

Gamers fight back against lackluster Spore gameplay, bad DRM

From the article:

Another gamer was just as blunt. “The DRM on this thing is less friendly than my recent colonoscopy—you get three installs. That’s it. No install returned for uninstallation, or anything else. You install it three times, then you’re out $50,” they wrote. “I won’t rent my video games, EA.”

The game itself is getting decent reviews, like this:

12 years later… we’re playing Spore

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