{"id":3370,"date":"2013-05-03T10:26:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T16:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:47:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:47:57","slug":"the-best-anti-piracy-measure-ever-ign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/05\/03\/the-best-anti-piracy-measure-ever-ign\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Anti-Piracy Measure Ever &#8211; IGN"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><blockquote><p>As an experiment, the developer decided to release a cracked version of Game Dev Tycoon onto torrent sites along with the genuine version, pre-empting piracy. &#8220;The cracked version is nearly identical to the real thing except for one detail,&#8221; explains Greenheart on its website. &#8220;Initially we thought about telling them their copy is an illegal copy, but instead we didn\u2019t want to pass up the unique opportunity of holding a mirror in front of them and showing them what piracy can do to game developers.&#8221; After a few hours of building up your virtual game studio, this message appears:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ca.ign.com\/articles\/2013\/04\/29\/the-best-anti-piracy-measure-ever\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/oyster.ignimgs.com\/wordpress\/stg.ign.com\/2013\/04\/priate-message-610x406.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ca.ign.com\/articles\/2013\/04\/29\/the-best-anti-piracy-measure-ever\">The Best Anti-Piracy Measure Ever &#8211; IGN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What a great idea. Sadly, media has the greatest effect confirming already held beliefs and the least effect in changing them (source: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henry_Jenkins\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Jenkins III<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe&#8230; people are just getting thicker:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ca.ign.com\/articles\/2013\/04\/29\/the-best-anti-piracy-measure-ever\"><img src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/steam-610x409.png' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"nuan_ria_plugin\"><object id=\"plugin0\" style=\"position: absolute; z-index: 1000;\" type=\"application\/x-dgnria\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\"><param name=\"tabId\" value=\"undefined\" \/><param name=\"counter\" value=\"1023\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3370'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3370);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3370);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3370);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>As an experiment, the developer decided to release a cracked version of Game Dev Tycoon onto torrent sites along with the genuine version, pre-empting piracy. &#8220;The cracked version is nearly identical to the real thing except for one detail,&#8221; explains &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/05\/03\/the-best-anti-piracy-measure-ever-ign\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[44,127,342,13,76],"class_list":["post-3370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","category-general","tag-american-society","tag-game-design","tag-games-gaming","tag-games-in-society","tag-serious-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-Sm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4821,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/21\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification-my-version\/","url_meta":{"origin":3370,"position":0},"title":"Games vs Game-based Learning vs Gamification &#8211; My Version","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to the other day's post about the differences between these terms, I have produced my own table outlining the differences. 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(I also post them to Diigo, but since I don't like to leave stuff only in the cloud, I am also keeping a copy here. Careers in Games - Skillset Careers in Games Within these pages you can find information on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/computers-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4801,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/06\/19\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification\/","url_meta":{"origin":3370,"position":2},"title":"Games vs Game-based Learning vs Gamification","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"So many people are confused about the differences between these terms. Unfortunately, this article just muddies the waters further. Games vs Game-based Learning vs Gamification | The Upside Learning Blog. It's a great effort, but I'm afraid none of these are quite right.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Book","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/book\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.upsidelearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification-key-differences.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.upsidelearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification-key-differences.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.upsidelearning.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification-key-differences.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6750,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/02\/03\/whats-the-difference-between-serious-games-educational-games-and-game-based-learning\/","url_meta":{"origin":3370,"position":3},"title":"What&#8217;s the difference between serious games, educational games, and game-based learning?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"February 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This question keeps coming up. Here's a handy table to help. This is an updated version of the table I created back in 2015. Note: This image is not to be posted anywhere or re-used without my written permission. Citation: Becker, K. (Feb 3, 2018).\u00a0What's the difference between serious games,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/game-gbl-gamification-2-1024x758.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/game-gbl-gamification-2-1024x758.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/game-gbl-gamification-2-1024x758.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5760,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/09\/25\/games-vs-game-based-learning-vs-gamification-new-infographic-but-still-wrong\/","url_meta":{"origin":3370,"position":4},"title":"Games vs Game-based Learning vs Gamification : New Infographic, but still wrong.","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This same group (Upside Learning) posted a very similar infographic back in June. Although a few things have been changed, the table they present to show the differences is identical to the one they published in June. 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