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If you could relive your life, would you do it all over again the same way? What if you could live your life in a better, or at least different, way? Positech’s Kudos 2 lets you chart ten years in the life of someone just starting out in the world, working at some menial job that just barely pays the bills.

Why do people pirate games? This is the question Cliff Harris, Positech Games developer, asked on his blog and for which he managed to find answers. So what started off as a way to make people more aware of his creations and lead them to purchase more of his games on his Website turned into a real

A couple of days ago I followed a discussion on piracy initiated by Cliff Harris of the one-man-game-company Positech, who removed DRM and lowered the prices of his game after he got back the results of his survey. This whole thing was covered on RPS and also got slashdotted.

Over the last couple weeks, there has been some interesting developments on the computer game pirating front.  As reported by arstechnica.com, Cliff Harris, an independent game developer with Positech Games, put out an invitation to the average gamer to explain why they pirated games.  Simply

Cliff Harris, the man behind one-man UK computer game development shop Positech, wondered recently why people were pirating his games. So a few days ago, Harris posted on his blog asking people to tell him why they downloaded his games without paying.

Cliffski writes "A few days ago, indie PC games contributor Positech publicly called for people pirating their games to explain why, in an open and honest attempt to see what the causes of gaming piracy were. Hundreds of blog posts, hundreds more emails and several server-reboots later, the developer's reply is up on their site.

Video Game Developer Talks To Pirates: Realizes He Can Compete W... Techdirt Thu, 08/14/2008 - 14:11 Slashdot points us to an interesting story of a video game developer in the UK, Positech Games, who put up a blog post recently, asking people who "pirated" the company's software to explain why they did it.

By Frank Caron, Assistant Gaming Editor, Ars Technica Whether PC gaming is dying or not, one thing is certain: Piracy of PC games is a serious talking point for developers on either side of the debate. A growing number of developers big and small have become increasingly vocal about piracy rates for PC games.

Regular Price: $19.95 Game du Jour Price: $9.98 (Discount ends today at midnight Central Time) Windows sim game Positech Games Kudos: Rock Legend -- Do you want to be a Rock Star? Then this new game from the makers of Kudos and Democracy is just for you... The game is part RPG, part life-sim, part Tycoon game.

Starship Tycoon puts you in charge of an interplanetary shipping company, you compete against AI controlled companies to survive in the cut-throat world of space commerce. Configure and upgrade your starships, hire and fire the crew, smuggle illegal goods, and wage price wars against your competitors.