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TechTalk Gaming And Hardware Discussion

Programme
TechTalk
Date
26 October 2008
Length
1 h 1 min

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Introduction

In this episode of TechTalk, Dominik and a guest discuss gaming and computing. Key moments include a review of the game Spore and its restrictive DRM, a look at the physics game Line Rider, and a critique of Apple hardware and the 'Apple tax'.

Dominik and a guest discuss various aspects of gaming and computing. Dominik recalls early games like Monkey Island and Castle Wolfenstein, and describes Line Rider as an imaginative game where a stick figure on a sled can die in a way he finds hilarious. The conversation covers the disappointment some felt toward Spore, specifically citing restrictive DRM that led users to seek pirated versions. The discussion shifts to hardware, noting that games drive graphics card development and that high-end titles are often missing on Mac. Dominik also critiques the Apple interface as counterintuitive and mentions Microsoft's 'Apple tax' advertisement, noting that the cheapest US Mac costs a thousand dollars.

Topics

  • Personal experiences with computer games
  • Gaming consoles and software
  • Apple hardware and user interface
  • Mac vs Windows usability and navigation
  • Pricing and value of Apple products

Participants

  • Dominik
  • Unidentified speaker

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Match the character on a sled, going down, and then and then you have to draw the line so they can go as far as he can and not kill himself. So if he tries to steer, then he falls and and dies. It's kind of funny because it's hilarious. Well, a dead you know a dead sort of stick figure isn't isn't you know isn't quite the same and and.

Then, then you're being punished. Whereas, as you know, but if you don't, so there was actually people who were saying, "Well, I bought the game, but then I went ahead, went on the internet and downloaded a cracked, pirated version, just so I don't have to worry about the DRM." So I always wonder with games.

A laptop, full features laptop for four hundred dollars less in that country. And well, that's the thing. Everything Appleish is is really, um, really beautiful, but but really, really overpriced. Yeah, but we are hideously running out of time. We are, and we we didn't even start.

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