Conduit, Battlefront toolbar people, reply

March 17, 2009 at 6:10 am | Posted in Ponderings | Leave a Comment

tow2-a5-tnSo it wasn’t a bot, but instead one of the Conduit staffers who got in touch in the end. In case you’re wondering what this is all about Conduit are the people behind the Battlefront Community Tool Bar that, by default, is installed with every Battlefront demo or patch (yes, patches too!).

It’s an interesting email and I thought I would reproduce it here in full to highlight the fact that, by all accounts, the tool bar is entirely benign (something I found as well). That being said, I still find it a strange sort of marketing tool for Battlefront to use, and they deliver it in a strange way. Anyway, here’s the email: Continue reading Conduit, Battlefront toolbar people, reply…

Theater of War 2 demo + Adware. Available now!

March 15, 2009 at 8:25 am | Posted in Ponderings | 1 Comment
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tow2-a5-tnWord on the street is that the Theater of War 2 demo is out! I was planning on playing and writing up a bit of an AAR along with impressions, but before I’d even got it installed I noticed an interesting observation from forum poster flyinj on QuarterToThree.com. What he observed is that when you install the demo (or, reportedly, just about anything from Battlefront), the demo wants to install a “Battlefront Toolbar”. “Toolbar?” I hear you say. Yes, those things that were all the vogue for marketing companies back in 2003 and are now considered homes of spyware, adware and general evilness. So what’s the story with this thing? Read on for our analysis. Continue reading Theater of War 2 demo + Adware. Available now!…

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