"The Creation of Battle.net 2.0"
It is my not at all humble opinion that anyone with even a passing interest in video games and/or the video game industry should read this. The whole thing. While it's almost entirely about Blizzard and the how and why of their going from being a beloved developer to being the weeping genital blisters that they are today*, there is a decent bit of general ranting about the state of the game industry as a whole in the concluding section, the vast, vast majority of which I agree with fully.
* - It should be noted, however, that this was posted before all the news came out about the catastrophe that is Diablo 3 (although he makes a small addendum at the very end claiming that he isn't surprised at all by the news, and after reading his 6 part rant, I can believe that). Diablo 3 just serves to prove that Blizzard has gone even farther into weeping genital blister territory now than they had even then.
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Also, this. I think this guy has gained himself a new fan in me. (At least until he rants about something I actually like, then I'll probably go and get all indignant or something. Then again, I'm still a fan of Spoony even now, so I can probably take this guy trashing something I like as well. Similarly, I've never really hated on Yahtzee and he rants about things I like all the time.)
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* - It should be noted, however, that this was posted before all the news came out about the catastrophe that is Diablo 3 (although he makes a small addendum at the very end claiming that he isn't surprised at all by the news, and after reading his 6 part rant, I can believe that). Diablo 3 just serves to prove that Blizzard has gone even farther into weeping genital blister territory now than they had even then.
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Also, this. I think this guy has gained himself a new fan in me. (At least until he rants about something I actually like, then I'll probably go and get all indignant or something. Then again, I'm still a fan of Spoony even now, so I can probably take this guy trashing something I like as well. Similarly, I've never really hated on Yahtzee and he rants about things I like all the time.)
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