vuvuzelas used to discourage software piracy

December 6, 2010

vuvuzelas used to discourage software piracy

A novel anti-piracy measure baked into the Nintendo DS version of Michael Jackson: The Experience makes copied versions of the game unplayable and taunts gamers with the blaring sound of vuvuzelas.

Instead of “Beat It,” players get “Bleat It.”

posted by Andrew Simone in crime, games | * | 1 comment

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Joel Bernstein on December 6th, 2010 at 5:17 pm

Unfortunately, the novel anti-piracy measure was wasted as no software pirates actually wanted to play Michael Jackson: The Experience.

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