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Retro Commercialism: Don't Copy That Floppy: The next generation

July 9, 9:02 AMLA Classic Game ExaminerJuan Martinez
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All right, then.  Back in 1992, this was a relatively popular anti-piracy video that showed the children the dangers of copying floppy disks.  And just like all children, they didn't learn their lesson and passed on their piracy ways to the next generation of irresponsible kids.  Nowadays, MC Double Def has to contend with torrents, burned CDs, and streaming video sites.  So what is a rapper with a bad gimmick to do?  Release a video in 2009 that looks like it was made in 1999 by the fine folks who make ads for the DeVry school of game design.  Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like they tightened up the graphics for level 3...

 

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