Washington Post Does The Home-Brew Scene
There's a an interesting read over at the Washington Post about home-brew enthusiasts — whether gamers or devs — ad the lengths to which they will go to develop for 'closed' systems like the PSP, GBA, 360, etc.
There's nothing in here that even a half-hearted gamer won't already know: there's a home-brew gaming scene out there rich with some extremely creative and talented guys that the industry seems pretty much intent on clamping down on. What's most interesting about it is that it is a mainstream news source looking at the battle and making astute observations like these:
So lively is the homebrew scene that some PSP fans -- it's impossible to say how many -- say they don't buy or play new games because they don't want to upgrade their gadgets and lose their homebrew software. There's even a circulating joke slogan: "Friends don't let friends upgrade their PSPs."
Most reasonable people know that Sony's attempts to head-off hackers with constant PSP firmware updates actually loses more sales than the maneuver gains, but it's the first time I can think of where journalists have noticed the absurdity.
'Homebrew' community blends hackers, gamers [Washington Post]
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