The problem is, for a lot of business, "good deals and excellent customer service" basically means capitalizing as much as possible and stretching things as far as the market will bear. Hence Day-1 DLC, Day-1 patching, online passes, Extended Editions with extra content, etc.

Very true. And I do love how you can see how the different iterations from the same quotes panned out.

The funny thing is, the Molydeux quotes are hilarious and absurd, but in a lot of ways they pose wonderfully abstract ideas of design that could and should be used.

By the dear, benevolent Lord Ao, get this thing polished up and with some network code! If this could be played via LAN or online matchmaking, people would totally pick this up. It seems like a really fun idea. It's a totally goofy concept, but it actually does look like a lot of fun.

And BF3 doesn't even use anything from Origin...

FW: Choice is good. Green Man Gaming? Great site! You can also resell your games! How 'bout that? Good Old Games? Well, you can't get the latest stuff, but it's still a great site for older games. I would buy Kingpin on GOG over Steam. Gamers Gate usually has tons of sales, and they're usually just as good or better…

Especially considering Origin does absolutely nothing for BF3.

EA has had 7 YEARS to iron things out. 7 YEARS to try and compete with Steam. They have had their "foot in the door" for 7 YEARS now.

Exactly. On top of that; Valve started Steam, which was completely uncharted territory at the time, with very little capital. EA is one of the biggest publishers in the industry. Steam built themselves from the ground up and created the current environment for digital game distribution. Origin is a vain rebranding…

EA has had a digital distro service for 7 years now.

The agreement is that DLC must also be made available on Steam. You can still sell it yourself, it just has to be able to also be purchasable from Steam.

Choice is good. Green Man Gaming? Great site! You can also resell your games! How 'bout that? Good Old Games? Well, you can't get the latest stuff, but it's still a great site for older games. I would buy Kingpin on GOG over Steam. Gamers Gate usually has tons of sales, and they're usually just as good or better than…

Considering this is basically just an updated EA Store, and it's taken them 7 years just to get here, I remain doubtful that much will improve.

"I haven't finished it yet, and while it's a solid game I find it lacks in a number of departments for what I expect for a PC game. For me it falls between a PC and a Console game, having no real identity with either."

iD were going to license out iDTech5 back when RAGE was still an EA Partners release. They were talking about support and tiered licensing, but that changed after being acquired by ZeniMax. Last I heard was that iDTech5 is staying within ZeniMax owned companies and there will be zero external licensing. iD still plan…

RAGE is not a Games For Windows LIVE title. It is a "Games For Windows" game, but that isn't the same thing. In fact, RAGE is a Steamworks title, using cloud sync, achievements, and VAC.

The VGAs are a huge joke. It's 99% industry circle jerking paid for by the publishers. It's a worthless craphole and everyone who has any notion of gaming knows that. I watched it one year, several years ago, and haven't bothered since. It's like the Grammys and Oscars. Real talent and creativity are shrugged-off in…

And, of course, people still can't get it right. It's not a big deal, but, it's "I used to be an adventurer like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee..."

Digging around a bit more, it seems that there is 100% no doubt that forced arbitration is legal under the view of the Supreme Court. The previously mentioned cases have been eschewed in favor of Concepcions vs AT&T, which AT&T took all the way to the Supreme Court. The previous cases were decided or being decided in…

Glad I could be of help. I'm trying to find more info on the AT&T case that went before the federal Supreme Court, and how that differs, or if it does, from what's going on in Illinois's Supreme Court and so forth.