Here's something interesting I found in the QR MISSIONS game that's part of the promotional material for the same game: "To enter the contest you must be 17 years or older and must be registered by connecting to Facebook"
elaborated on in the
Official Contest Rules:
"5. When installing the QR Missions qpp, you will be asked to permit Square Enix access to your basic information on Facebook. You will need click "Allow" in order to participate. However, the only personal information Square Enix will collect through the "QR Missions" app is your email address, which will be used solely for purposes of notifying you if you are a winner..."
(Here's the weirder part, I don't want to do that. I could give them an e-mail address, no problem, but I hesitate them to invite them to use a profile I'm already committed to sharing with friends of my family. Maybe that's the point? )
It's actually one of the more intelligible (to a non-lawyer) Terms of Service that I've seen, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
It just stood out to me that this game about cyborgs won't acknowledge a human player without a Facebook profile.
Xavier Matos — July 31, 2011
good trailer, i seriously hope that the game actually does a good job of presenting a world struggling with the social issues suggested in the video, and isn't just a fun action/RPG
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Quib — July 31, 2011
Here's something interesting I found in the QR MISSIONS game that's part of the promotional material for the same game: "To enter the contest you must be 17 years or older and must be registered by connecting to Facebook"
elaborated on in the
Official Contest Rules:
"5. When installing the QR Missions qpp, you will be asked to permit Square Enix access to your basic information on Facebook. You will need click "Allow" in order to participate. However, the only personal information Square Enix will collect through the "QR Missions" app is your email address, which will be used solely for purposes of notifying you if you are a winner..."
(Here's the weirder part, I don't want to do that. I could give them an e-mail address, no problem, but I hesitate them to invite them to use a profile I'm already committed to sharing with friends of my family. Maybe that's the point? )
It's actually one of the more intelligible (to a non-lawyer) Terms of Service that I've seen, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it.
It just stood out to me that this game about cyborgs won't acknowledge a human player without a Facebook profile.
Xavier Matos — July 31, 2011
good trailer, i seriously hope that the game actually does a good job of presenting a world struggling with the social issues suggested in the video, and isn't just a fun action/RPG