You know that games can update themselves, no ‘launcher’ required, right?

We had that before the rise of steam. And it would mean manually updating your game with patches you had to download. So you would go to the game website take patch 1.2.2 then take 1.2.4 and realise you forgot 1.2.2 hotfix and couldn’t jump directly to the latest. And with the great internet of old your afternoon was…

...okay, and what do you do when the game has an update?

It’s not a monopoly if you’re the only one who bothers to sell a quality product.

I’m pretty sure the primary purpose of Battle.net is to cut out the middle-man and give Activision Blizzard 100% of all digital revenue. That’s the purpose of all publisher launchers.

While Battle.Net itself has, its client hasn’t.

What’s sad is how little Battle.net has evolved since then. When you compare it to Steam, the difference is quite stark.

Or, here’s another take.

Don’t know anything about British law but demanding they not allow mods seems sort of like demanding that a paper company prevent its paper from having copyrighted works printed on it....

Jalopnik writers, like most journalists, don’t specialize in data based analysis. It’s  easier to just get mad and make a bait driven hit piece.

seriously, these conclusions...

Yeah any sales number comparison that doesn’t lump Chevy & GMC together is bunk. A Silverado and Sierra are more similar than a Raptor and a base F150.

Now yours sounds like a truck I can appreciate. Honest, hardworking, and not the size of a fucking aircraft carrier. Most new trucks are just incredibly stupid with their space management.

I never owned a truck until May, upon moving to Texas. Trucks are kind of a thing here.

The wheels can be quickly swapped, and the hood scoop can be removed. You may even be tempted to make this car look tasteful and close to stock.

Because this is an obvious use case that they should have anticipated. They put on a massive sale with large numbers of discounts, people coming in and gobbling a bunch of them up is a logical thing to account for.

It's called "news". It's silly to choose to interpret it as hate. 

Diesel! Manual! Smaller! More efficient! Superior off-road setup!

This should have been the Explorer.

give it enough time to say 'hmm!' in your head and then move on, if you're wearing sunglasses, you get one more 'm' on that 'hmm'. if the gods smile upon you, you'll be able to glance back for another 'hmm' in a few minutes. but don't push it beyond 2. the gods don't like that.