NaughtySpawn

Archive for January, 2010

I’ve been upgrading and installing software on my new machine this weekend and with that I moved from the now defunct Microsoft Money to Quicken 2010. Personally I think the interface and other features of Quicken are actually quite quirky, but that’s neither here nor there. One’s supported and the other isn’t. Anyway, after importing everything and setting up new accounts Quicken throws up this incredibly annoying screen that says I need to register to actually use their program to download my bank info. Excuse me? WTF? I have to make an account with you to use this program? That doesn’t fly. I have all my bank details and credit card info in here and now you want me to basically send that to you? I think not.

Just I was about to remove it and write a pissed off email I can across the answer: Disable Quicken Registration Prompt

Simply put, hold down the left CTRL + Shift and click the Update button. You’ll immediately get a confirmation that you won’t get prompted to register anymore, but you can still get bank updates like you would expect. Hopefully this little trick will keep working (I just did it in the 2010 version). Registering so I can actually use a program I bought is just plain stupid.

Let me know about your successes.

I think Cogs is a very stylish and clever game, but when I paid $0.99 for it, I didn’t think I would be done 20 minutes later. I breezed through the first 10 levels in mere minutes. The levels look great and were fun to play, but it very quickly became, "Is that it?" I don’t like the idea of having to pay yet more money to get more levels. I had my bit of fun and I’ll end it there. If what I downloaded was the demo and the full game was $1.99 or 2.99, I would be onboard. As it stands I feel like I paid for a demo game. I would hope the extra levels are more complicated and engaging, but someone else will have to tell me. I’m not saying the game isn’t worth the extra $0.99 per level, I’m just saying I’m not going to buy it.

Maybe if they make a full bundle and put it on sale they might capture my interest again.

It might be one of the weirdest games out there, but no matter how you feel, Battle Bears is FREE for Today Only!

I thought this game was odd when I first saw it, but it’s garnered quite a following and several updates. I can’t resist, I’m downloading the full version. Keep in mind, this bad boy is 134MB bear killing goodness!