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Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

One of the most famous moments of Metal Gear Solid is an anti-piracy measure.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 59 minutes ago (1 children)

You talking about the radio frequency to contact Marrow? Not much for anti piracy, really. If you called Colonel Campbell three times total, her frequency was added to your saved frequency list.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 28 minutes ago

Ah, I never knew that. But even that was a callback to them using a very similar trick in the old MSX games as anti-piracy. (Meryl, btw.)