Re: [pygame] GMArcade.com ~ The Friendly Game Host & Community

["Luke Paireepinart" <rabidpoobear@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Noah Kantrowitz <noah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Jan 5, 2009, at 9:34 AM, Joe Strout wrote:
>
>> Matt Kremer wrote:
>>
>>> http://GMArcade.com provides Indie game developers with a means to
>>> upload and share their games. Our Play Game Online technology is new
>>> and improved, allowing all of your games to be played online without
>>> saving and keeping them on your computer.
>>
>> How does that work, exactly?
>
> At least as of a little while ago, it was a Java applet that downloads the
> game executable and files to your machine and runs them without any form of
> protection.

This isn't so much different than downloading the game yourself and
running it, is it?
You still make the conscious decision to click on a specific game,
with the knowledge that it'll do this.