June 21, 2013

Predicting the Future Console DRMs

What a crazy month in gaming! Not only has Sony stated that they will retain with their current DRM strategy, but Microsoft's required internet connection DRM is now gone. Both the PlayStation 4 (PS4) and Xbox One (XBO) are going to have similar disc DRMs. But how are their digital download DRMs going to play out? Let's look at their current systems and policies and try to predict what their new generation systems are going to do.

June 11, 2013

E3 2013: Conference Impressions

E3 2013 kicked off yesterday with some press conferences from some key publishers: Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, and Sony. But the important ones were the console manufacturers. Here are my impressions of their conferences. These are just my opinions based on the type of games I prefer.

E3 2013: Day 0 Games

The first day of E3 is always a day of press conferences and announces. This year is special, though. This year is the year when new consoles are announced along with information about them and the games being released for them. So, what games have me psyched?

Switching from JBOD to LVM RAID5

Before getting into the nitty-gritty, I want to make sure we have some understanding of the tools in place. For the sake of argument, we...