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For the PC game players here.
Ubisoft gives away three games for free: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Watch Dogs, and World in Conflict: Happy Playdays 2017[^].
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For the uninitiated, what does "on uPlay PC" mean /require...?
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You have to register (or use an existing account) and install Uplay. That is the Ubisoft game portal application from where you can download and start games, and manage your account.
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OK, ta... as you can gather, I'm not much into these... haven't played a PC game in anger for 20 odd years... I go back to the original Wolfenstein, and then Doom and Quake a few years later... I quite enjoyed Wolfenstein, and the others were OK, but I found myself feeling so "wired" (for want of a better word) after playing that I soon gave up on them. IT wasn't a nice feeling - on edge and tense.... weird, really - but it wasn't nice or fun. Maybe they're different now.... but finding the time for them now is another matter - I seem to recall hours could pass....
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It's their crappy knockoff of Steam.
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Oh thanks, watch dogs is still missing in my library.
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Watch Dogs has been free for several weeks now - but I still don't own Assassin's Creed.
Thanks for pointing this out!
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They don't make it easy, do they?
I've lost count of the number of times I've logged in - on the same PC, using the same browser - and finally worked out how to access the UPlay launcher: find the download link, and right click it, then select "open in a new window". Then it'll download.
My confidence in their games is not high ... 
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Uplay was already installed here.
But you have to login on the web page to get the games. Did not found the passord anymore; so I had to reset it in Uplay. Configured for 2-factor auth. Had to pick up the mobile to get the GoogleAuthenticator code and enter it, set new password, login on web page ...
At least people like us should be able to get it finally
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Jochen Arndt wrote: Free games
today...
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Woah thanks, this evening I will take them!
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So...you are allowed to play those games beyond that Dec 18-23 timeframe, or is that just the time during which you can download the games for free? With my connection speed, I probably won't even be done downloading the games...
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The time frame is for getting them via the provided link. They are added to your games and can be played forever. I would also expect that you just have to add them to your account and can download them even after the time frame like which any game from an account (can be removed to free disk space and downloaded again later to be played once more).
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Yikes.
Watchdogs is 14GB - I let it download in the background all day - I have no idea how long it actually took.
Assassin's Creed is 25GB. I'm letting it download overnight, and it's currently saying it'll take 12 hours. I have no idea how big World in Conflict is.
I wish (there might be a way, I haven't looked) the installers could be moved elsewhere so they could be re-launched at any point without having to re-download these beasts...
Still, I'm not going to complain about free games - thanks again for the heads-up.
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I'd suggest you post this on the Design and Architecture forum: [^], and include content about your design concerns, the type of clients you wish to work for/advertise to. What type of feedback are you looking for ?
If you post on that forum, and add detail, I will respond, there.
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I was thinking 'my God, it's full of stars!' 
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Benevolent humanity, recognizing your abuse and dis-enfranchisement at the hands of homosapist oppressors, now will seek to atone for its viricidal history by making you even more deadly [^].Quote: Federal officials on Tuesday ended a moratorium imposed three years ago on funding research that alters germs to make them more lethal.
Such work can now proceed, said Dr. Francis S. Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, but only if a scientific panel decides that the benefits justify the risks.
Some scientists are eager to pursue these studies because they may show, for example, how a bird flu could mutate to more easily infect humans, or could yield clues to making a better vaccine.
Gosh, what could possibly go wrong ?
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Who was it that was signing up for Flu Camp? No wonder they are offering so much.
What's next from the lab coats? Using an elephant gun on rats, "to see what happens"
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Some genetics research companies sell gene editing kits.
The dirty open secret, which everyone knows, is that anyone could get hold of one of these kits and with enough patience and expertise create their own nasty virus, as the mechanism which inserts new genetic material is itself a virus.
As far as I know there is little regulation other than not being allowed to sell these kits to Iran.
So in some ways this is just the government owning up to this already going on...
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BillWoodruff wrote: Gosh, what could possibly go wrong ?
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