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	Rep. Darrell Issa Wants To Make It Clear That You're Allowed To Rip Your DVDs Back in October, we noted that in the latest triennial DMCA exemption review, the Copyright Office/Librarian of Congress refused to say it was legal for you to rip... More...
	How Nintendo DRM trapped $400 of downloaded games on my failing Wii
	Downloading Nintendo’s massive, day-one Wii U firmware update took over an hour, but the length of time didn't bother me. More... App Developer Hijacks Customer Twitter Accounts In An Attempt To Shame Pirates I've always had a bit of a soft spot for DRM in my heart, mostly because it makes me laugh. If you think about it, it's generally rather funny in its uselessness. More...

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11.28.2012

Gaming News:

Indie Dev Extols the Importance of Play Testing
GamePolitics
Software bugs. If you're a gamer, you've no doubt encountered one at some point.

Game Maker DRM Permanently Vandalizing Paying Users' Games
GamePolitics
Popular indie game making tool, Game Maker, has a bit of a DRM problem. Over the weekend, some users noticed that the tool was permanently vandalizing their sprites with images of a skull.

Take-Two: console transition will leave casualties
GameSpot
GTA publisher CEO Strauss Zelnick predicts one or two third-party publishers will go out of business in coming years.

Apple Scores Dutch Ban on Older Samsung Galaxy Products
ATD
And on it goes...

Mobile technology can boost European economy
Neurope
Europe needs to bet on mobile communications to drive growth, increase employment, stimulate innovation and improve sustainability.

Yoshi's Land sounds like a Wii U sequel to Yoshi's Island
ShackNews
The previously leaked Yoshi's Land has resurfaced yet again. And based on a newly outed product listing, it sounds like the Wii U adventure is, indeed, a continuation of the Yoshi's Island series of games.

'Pac-Man' spotted on Saturn's moons
CBC
Pop culture references continue to pop up on the subject of Saturn's moons, where scientists have spotted — not once, but twice — what appears to be the videogame character Pac-Man.

Hang on, maybe Facebook did drive Black Friday sales after all
GigaOM
Depends on how you look at it...

'Skrillex Quest' Combines Dubstep And Zelda
GameInformer
Dubstep king Skrillex joined forces with Jason Oda to create a sort of 8-bit retro homage.

Destructoid's favorite Wii games: A farewell tribute
Destructoid
No matter what you might think of the Wii, there's no denying that Nintendo's seventh-generation home console changed the game.

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