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[Apr 20, 2011, 11:33 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Ars Technica - Why complaints about Valve's Portal 2 ARG miss the point.
As the "main" game progressed, the titles in the Potato Sack were updated with new levels and content. If you were able to finish that content you earned Potatoes that were used to move the whole thing along. The thing is, the new content was all Portal themed, and gave new life to games people may have already finished. In a world where people are used to paying real money for new content for their games, these developers were giving away new content for free.

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But there's no escaping the fact that some of you, and some of the wider gaming public, are – for want of a more eloquent description – morons. Last month we had to shut down comments on MCVuk.com because of this very phenomenon. A tragic and feeble few were ruining the fun for the decent and noble many.

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Re: Op Ed

Apr 20, 2011, 16:10

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I had to stop for a moment while reading this to gape in awe at some of the whiniest, most self entitled babble I've seen on the Internet. Do you understand the purpose of an ARG? People like this should be shot out of a cannon aimed at a mountain of animal feces for not understanding the difference between an actual scam and personal disappointment, the latter resulting from your own ridiculous assumptions and behavior. If you ever manage to climb out of said mountain please do not rejoin society. Many people disparage console gamers on this site but comments like that make the average screaming ten year old playing call of duty 7 look good.

LOL, that comment looked so nice before I read it. Nice and long, should be a well thought out statement, can't wait to read it....

LOL.




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