On WAR vs WOW.

"WAR is not WoW. But it is a lot like it in a number of crucial ways, and for one essential reason: money. I suspect Mythic and EA aren’t too concerned about the comparison themselves - they might disagree with the sweeping generalisation, but if they didn’t want to be compared they would have gone for an entirely different interface and art approach. Saying WAR is like WoW is not the same as saying it’s a bad or a lazy game, but unfortunately there are guys who do intentionally make the comparison unfavourably, and that’s perhaps understandably made a lot of WAR fans very touchy. I wish they wouldn’t take it so personally, but it can’t realistically be stopped."

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/09/06/a-dirty-word/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/09/06/a-dirty-word/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/09/06/a-dirty-word/

The manual for Spore says exactly: "You may have multiple Spore accounts for each installation of the game."

Users, however, have been complaining that doesn't seem possible, and while it took a while, an EA rep finally admitted "our bad": "That section in the manual was a misprint and will be corrected in future printings of the manual. There is one Spore registration/account per game/serial code so you are correct in that you cannot make multiple accounts at this time."

Pft. A misprint??? You gotta be kidding me. Full text on:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080912/0031172248.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080912/0031172248.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080912/0031172248.shtml