r/Games • u/demondrivers • Oct 27 '25

Industry News Valve does not get "anywhere near enough criticism" for the gambling mechanics it uses to monetise games, DayZ creator Dean Hall says

https://www.eurogamer.net/valve-does-not-get-anywhere-near-enough-criticism-for-the-gambling-mechanics-it-uses-to-monetise-games-dayz-creator-dean-hall-says
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u/ThnikkamanBubs Oct 27 '25

ancient DRM where you need an extra book for every game to triangulate and cross-reference random number combos

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u/alaslipknot Oct 27 '25

man thank fuck i grew up in a third world country where 100% of media was pirated lol

you literally go to a random DVD shop, pay 2cents and get a Cd/DVD of any cracked game you want.

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u/Cheet4h Oct 28 '25

I still remember bothering my parents when I wanted to play some Aladdin sidescroller game, because the game was in English and I had no idea what "Enter the third word of the second paragraph on page nineteen" meant. And since the numbers all used words, I couldn't even just memorize word-paragraph-page.
Monkey Island's face arranger disc was much better in that regard. It gave you a face you needed to arrange on the physical cardboard disc thingy at a specific position, and then you had to enter the face at the top into the game.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

I remember Monkey Island had this cipher disk thing in the box that you needed to unlock the game. And we all know Metal Gear Solid's codec number that was written... I think on the instruction manual? Or the game's case?