My thoughts exactly, only said better and calmer than I feel I could have
said it, hence the reason I didn't get involved.
As it happens, despite pretty much paying for the games twice due to
annoying but understandable circumstances, I have now paid for them a third
time in order that I can unlock the software when needed, but just as
importantly, to give Justin the money I feel he deserves after so long and
so much time and effort spent on his part. There is no donate button, so to
me, paying for three licences for every product is just as good.
Kind regards,
Damien C.S. Pendleton.
-----Original Message-----
From: Draconis
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:10 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: [Audyssey] BSC Games shutting down, and reactions…
Hi all,
BSC was a pioneer in the early days of accessible audio games for modern
platforms. There are a handful of companies and developers without whom the
industry would not exist as it does today, and Justin is one of those.
I'm disappointed, but not really surprised, to see some of the sentiments
being batted around on list. Essentially, like always, everyone wants
something for nothing, and never mind the time, effort or trouble that
Justin put into the games over the past dozen years, whether or not he has
released anything new recently. The shortsightedness of the community is to
its detriment.
Kids won't be kids forever. Perhaps Justin is reserving the right to return
to creating and/or updating these games eventually, when his kids are grown.
Perhaps he just wants to be fairly compensated for the hours he spent
developing them in the first place. Whatever his reasons or movations, I
have no doubt that some of you will pirate the heck out of these games
without a thought to their creator.
Should Activision give away the Infocom collection for free? Should Nintendo
allow anyone to make clones of NES or SNES cartridges of the old Super Mario
Brothers Games? Maybe Paramount should give up the rights to Star Trek the
Next Generation, after all, they aren't making that series anymore.
Rather than calling justin greedy for giving folks the chance to do the
right, legal, and ethical thing and purchase games they may want before
their gone for a ridiculously reduced price, you should all be thanking him
for the hours of entertainment and enjoyment he brought to you over the
years.
Personally, I'd like to thank Justin for paving the way for developers like
me to do what we love. I don't think it is him who is being greedy.
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