Because defrauding people out of millions is definitely on par with charging an extra $10 for a luxury item and ruining the ending of a fictional story.

You can usually get an OEM copy with a new motherboard for $80, so it doesn't add too much to the cost.

Mine is eerily similar to the Enthusiast, with the only difference being a 6870 instead of a 7850, no SSD cache (yet), and no sound card. It ran me about $1000 with rebates, plus an extra $300 for a 3D monitor. So far it's been perfect for handling most of the games I throw at it.

So basically, games are going back towards the old days of PC shareware, where you get a taste of the game and, if you like it, pay for the full experience. If it's something closer to that than a microtransaction hell hole, fine by me. I hate the fact that most games require you to throw down $60 for an experience…

I am a PC gamer first and foremost, but if I may play devil's advocate...

The fact that EA made it to the finals of the (admittedly tongue and cheek) "Worst Company in America" competition over companies like Wal-Mart, Comcast, and AT&T, which are actually doing measurable damage to the country through destructive business practices and attempts to restrict our nation's information and data…

Game developers just need to do what auto makers and the clothing industry have done regarding used sales: accept them, but subtly condition us to believe that anyone who buys used is a filthy poor person and probably a member of the Occupy movement. I certainly look down my monocle at those who can't buy everything…

Buying a new game on sale gets money to the publisher and developer. Buying a used game doesn't, no matter what the price was. I don't see your logic here...

The problem isn't used game sales, per se. Funcoland, Babbages, pawn shops, and other smaller gaming stores have been around since the SNES days. If anything, it's the full-scale push Gamestop has made to push used sales so they can make hefty profits by buying games at a huge loss to gamers and reselling them for $5…

I am in the same boat, my friend. I started the original ME but never got very far, so jumped on the Amazon digital sale to get the first two for $12. So far, the story is intriguing, and the graphics aren't all that terrible, but man does the combat feel jerky and unresponsive. I am hoping I can learn to love it…

I assumed Taco Mail was the latest innovation from Taco Corp.

Yeah, my bad. Totally forgot that these are American companies. So despite my hate of Ubi DRM, they are exempt here.

Nah, there are different groups:

Really? I'd say Ubisoft's always online DRM trumps the evils of EA and the online pass. And where the hell is Zynga in all this?

Torn between the Tera closed beta and Star Wars: The Old Republic. So probably a little of both.

Indeed. How dare someone who isn't a master of the series offer an opinion on it? He must be the only person in the world who doesn't love Ninja Gaiden and hasn't aced all the games in the series. Except for the average gamer, who this review is written for of course.

Florida and "Family" (in reference to any association) are two automatic red flags on my crazy sorting algorithm. So needless to say I bowed out of this article four words in.

True, true. But at least paid off reviewers are eloquent and make good sound bites. "OMG!!! Angry Birds in space!!! My dreams have come true!!! :)))" doesn't exactly instill confidence in one's opinion. Though I appreciate the double-chinned smiley face.

Slightly off topic, but I cannot stand the new trend of using random Twitter quotes in ads for movies and games. How does one random person on the street's testimony add credence to your product? Hell, how do I know you didn't just make up a screen name?

I know, and am so happy about that. I just couldn't resist taking a pot shot at the disappointing season the show is coming off of, though.