10 Anti-Piracy Measures In Video Games That Were Total Genius

Here's a puzzle for you, readers. You've booted up the fabulous puzzler The Talos Principle. Shockingly, you're an android now, and you find yourself in a mysterious island full of ruins and grass. A loud but soothing voice greets you and implies He is your creator (just roll with it).

After completing a few puzzles, you feel like you're starting to make some progress. Jamming the floating drones, deadly turrets and energy barriers seem like a doddle, for the most part. Picking sigils soon becomes as easy as picking flowers for your sweetheart.

Soon enough, you find a teleportation pad, and enter a temple with a lift (otherwise known as an elevator to all you yanks out there). You step inside, awaiting the next challenge.

And yet, nothing happens.

So, how can you get out of this predicament? The buttons aren't working. You can't fight, and there appear to be no gadgets to get you out. Cheating isn't an option either.

The answer? Buy a copy of the game, you muppet. Whether this was part of some sort of divine intervention or not is debatable; perhaps Elohim wanted to punish those who violated their moral codes by snagging free copies of The Talos Principle?

Either way, all these pirates are getting out of this one is a game with the length of a free demo.