Funny premises and a seemingly interesting/entertaining branching story, but, $9 is a bit too much for those limited production values. $1-2 maybe, but a full $9 could buy you an entire paperback novel (or the digital download of one) that would entertain you three times longer and would probably have a better laid…

The question, I think, comes down to whether or not the wireless dongle’s drivers will register the controller as XInput or DirectInput in Windows. DirectInput controllers come across only via a basic joypad api with numbered buttons and axes. XInput (the far newer technology) is what MS has been using and pushing…

Is it really Nintendo’s wishes though? If some on retainer law firm just sends out DMCAs any time something might have been infringed on, is it really Nintendo bothering to state an opinion? Or do they simply maintain a disinterested stance while their contracted lawyers “take care of business”?

Fun fact: AM2R never got C&D’ed, just had it’s download mirrors (the ones inside the US) DMCA’ed. Any and all news articles talking about a C&D being received can’t tell the difference between a C&D and DMCA takedowns. The project’s blog and forum are still alive and well.

Just ask Google, it’ll brighten your day.

Hasn’t disappeared from Google, it’s all over the place.

IP protection exists to protect a company with an Intellectual Property from other companies making money off it or otherwise significantly devaluing the property.

Looks like the lawyers are smelling blood in the water, the release blog post along with all the download links got toasted.

Doc talked about an Android port in one of his blog posts. The software package he created the game with does have that as a build option, and he tinkered with it a bit, but decided to put it off in favor of finishing the PC release first.

I don’t think he nixed the idea of an Android port though, just put it on the back burner so as to not delay the primary release for it. Plenty of bluetooth game controllers for Android out and around.

Isn’t that why Steam takes it’s 30% cut? So that its Steam’s problem to handle any fraudulent purchases? If the dev can’t afford or is otherwise incapable of dealing with fraud then they shouldn’t be selling Steam keys directly.

Might want to check your facts about G2A Shield. While they do offer a cheaper subscription model for repeat customers they also sell G2A Shield insurance on a per purchase basis by default with every purchase. The only difference is that they allow the customer the option to take the risk into their own hands and…

How do these reports make G2A any less legitimate than eBay? A marketplace is a marketplace - it’s the sellers that are being illegitimate. Now if G2A receives reports that keys sold by a given seller have been purchased using stolen credit cards and then they don’t investigate/ban/block/litigate that seller then…

Add to that highlighting how the indie devs are using their homebrewed insecure stores in an attempt to dodge around “the steam tax” and then whining about how they’re getting ripped off by stolen credit cards.

It’s the old Pump and Dump scheme. You can bet that at least a few stock brokers made a fortune over the last week.

The quote from the developer talks about “chargebacks” which would mean game purchases made with stolen credit cards.

You can save $50 and just grab a “Classic USB NES Controller for PC” for less than $10 off Amazon while firing up an emulator if you want a close approximation of the original experience.

If anything I half expect them to use this as a kind of copyright reaffirmation to go after emulator sites hosting rom files. Rather than let the 20-30+ year old software be considered in the public domain. (Of course, it’s been a long time since copyrights actually had any kind of meaningful expiration date.)

Assuming Steam allows it (they might not) it wouldn’t be a bad thing for developers to make an obvious note in the game’s description indicating the censorship - while mentioning that would be purchasers can find the uncensored version available for purchase elsewhere.

Wouldn’t be surprised if the sudden popularity might lead to some after hours changes in the law if it keeps up.