It's been a very interesting few weeks. The Q4 gaming rush has kicked off in style, with some great titles now (such as Saints Row and Dead Space) and plenty on the way (too many to mention). Though I want to comment on one of the more interesting events that has been happening as of late that might not seem like a big deal...but it's fascinating nonetheless.

If you've been paying attention to Kotaku (mainly them, not too sure if Joystiq are running the same article), they've been reporting on how several high profile games (namely Saints Row, Fallout 3, Fable 2, Gears of War 2 and Far Cry 2) have actually been leaked onto the internet - allowing anyone with a DVD Burner and modded consoles to play these games.

Now, before I continue with this, let me set something straight. Personally, I don't like piracy. Much like everyone else here, I think it's wrong and that if you make a game, you should be rewarded for it, regardless of quality. If you pirate, that's cool. I won't treat you any differently, it's your business after all. Just try explaining yourself to the **** that believe you're the cancer killing the industry, and trust me, there are PLENTY out there.

Anyway, the one that's really shocking about these games was that all of those games? 360 games. Normally, it's not too much of a problem with the 360 - mainly because it's kind of a hassle to actually mod the thing and ensure that you can still use Live (which, after all, is a key component to the system), but the fact that all of these games got leaked for the console? It's a surprise. Especially since the multi-platform games (Saints Row, Fallout and Far Cry), you'd normally see the PC version getting leaked.

Though the real shock comes in the reaction. Normally, when you'd see a PC game getting leaked, you'd hear cries of "PC GAMING IS DEAD" or some stupidly ignorant thing like that. With this, you would hear the exact opposite. I've heard people actually HAPPY that this has happened - and are so amazed that you can actually pirate 360 games, they want to know how to mod their 360's to play the games for free. If I could find the comments, I'd post them here.

What really drives me up the wall though is that many sites are reporting this as news. Personally, I don't think so. I mean, my belief is that if it can be pirated, chances are that it WILL be pirated. That's the way I've held PC piracy for years, and I'm still shocked as to whenever a game is leaked - it's reported as news. Granted, these are major games and they will attract clicks...but really, is it news? Then again, Kotaku posted the story - and EVERYONE knows that their definition of news is flawed..

That's all for now. Later.