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Being nice to the librarian used to be much, much, more important. Not pictured above: The first severe beating of an individual over a dog-eared volume.



There's two bits of Ubisoft news today, one of which we're still investigating. First up, the company apparently payed attention to the outrage of gamers who discovered the DRM in the PC version of Assassin's Creed II would throw them out of game without saving if they lost an Internet connection in a single-player game. AC2 won't be released until March 16, but the company has already issued a patch thatallow gamers to resume playing in the event of a connection break, rather than forcing them back to the last saved game. The second (and amusing) snippet of news is that Ubisoft debuted(Gov.am, February 8). The government’s anti-corruption efforts have been praised by representatives of the European Union, who expressed readiness to support the creation of a special anti-corruption body with know-how and financing, as well as to increase financial aid to Armenia in general (Aravot.am, April 17). The Armenian parliament is soon expected to discuss a draft law against illegal enrichment, in line with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. The leader of the parliamentary majority, Lilit Makunts, also stated an intention to adopt new amendments to the constitution (1in.am, April 18). Yet, she did not elaborate as to what degree the proposed amendments would deal with the issue of the disproportionate power of the executive, which is embedded in the constitution adopted in 2015. Then-president Serzh Sargsyan, who