"Dragon Age 2 lead dev: 'we stripped some stuff out of DA because it was busted'"

Link.

And yet, they also left in a lot of stuff that was busted too. *shrug* Of course, the reason for why these things are the way they are is incredibly obvious.

"Blizzard VP 'Surprised' Over Fan Reaction To 'Diablo 3' Online Requirements"

Yeah, color me not surprised that Blizzard is surprised by this. As I already said, it's becoming increasingly obvious that Blizzard is simply out of touch with its customers these days.

And yeah, I totally believe that VP guy when he says anti-piracy wasn't a factor. Right. Just like I believed every other asinine stuffed suit who has ever claimed the exact same thing while simultaneously trying to ram through some idiotic DRM scheme.

"Let's say we want to create an offline capacity," he explained. "You're introducing a separate user flow, a separate path that players are going to go down. And, at the end of the day, how many people are going to want to do that?"

I do! I want to do that! I did that in Diablo 1 and I did that in Diablo 2 and I had zero problem with it! So why, all of a sudden, would you think I'd have a problem with that in Diablo 3?! Seriously out of touch, I say.

"Yes, you're going to have a connection, yes, your character will be stored on a server, but..." No I'm not and no it won't, since because of this... *clears throat*

( Okay, I *will* put this bit behind a cut, because it involves huge text and is rather obnoxious )

Really, truly, amazingly out of touch.

"I think it's not just 'Diablo 3' but with our games as a whole we're tying everything into Battle.net these days...We can provide a much a much more stable, connected, safer experience than we could if we let people play off-line."

All that right there deserves is a simple Flat What.

What.

Well, whatever. Thanks ever so much for giving me a reason to never buy another Blizzard game ever again.

"Bethesda claim Mojang’s 'Scrolls' infringes on Skyrim trademark"

Right after I compliment them for being one of the few sane game companies still around, they go and pull something like this.

*facepalm*

Seriously? When talking about Arena, Daggerfall, Redguard, Battlespire, Morrowind, Oblivion, and now Skyrim, who ever bothers to append "The Elder Scrolls" to any of those? Maybe if you're talking about the series as a whole, but that's about it.

This is in the same ballpark of crazy as that Edge guy. Hopefully, more level heads over at Bethesda will rein in their overzealous lawyers.

(Also, why would it take a 15 frickin' page document just to say "Hey, Notch, stop using the word 'Scrolls' as the title of your new game because it's infringing on our trademark (somehow).")

(EDIT)

Looks like this is actually going to be a Thing™ after all. Seriously, Bethesda? Seriously?

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