I would think people into social justice would like to work for Bioware. Also, they're known as the "writing first" dev studio. So that would draw in plebs who think they're not plebs.
In the original video, there's this juiced out bodybuilder that just won some big trophy and he starts crying and talking about how hard he worked for it. The angle is wider too so you can see the girl touch her crotch when she bites her lip. I think the guy's name was like Flex Lewis or Flex Wheeler or something stupid like that if you want to track it down.
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They end up looking like cavemen. It's about as masculine as you can get.
I think they said something about it working with Steam. Which would be really cool. If you could just fire up either galaxy or steam and play with anyone on either.
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Ehh, it makes sense considering the bajillion of players they have. Most of them are probably the guys taking care of the servers.
The problem is any retard can buy a single player game, finish it, and then claim it's defective. They'll probably come to some compromise where a play time limit is required.Kotaku Warning (though it is Kotaku Australia)
The ACCC Is Suing Valve
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We’ve just received word that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is suing Valve over its refund policy, which it claims is operating in breach of the Australian Consumer Law.
The issue, it appears, centres around its refund policy. Valve apparently does not provide refunds of any kind and the ACCC is taking issue with this, considering it goes directly against Australian consumer law.
The ACCC alleges that Valve made false or misleading representations to Australian customers of Steam that:
- consumers were not entitled to a refund for any games sold by Valve via Steam in any circumstances;
- Valve had excluded, restricted or modified statutory guarantees and/or warranties that goods would be of acceptable quality;
- Valve was not under any obligation to repair, replace or provide a refund for a game where the consumer had not contacted and attempted to resolve the problem with the computer game developer; and the statutory consumer guarantees did not apply to games sold by Valve.
“The Australian Consumer Law applies to any business providing goods or services within Australia,” explained ACCC Chairman Rod Sims. “Valve may be an American based company with no physical presence in Australia, but it is carrying on business in Australia by selling to Australian consumers, who are protected by the Australian Consumer Law.
“It is a breach of the Australian Consumer Law for businesses to state that they do not give refunds under any circumstances, including for gifts and during sales. Under the Australian Consumer Law, consumers can insist on a refund or replacement at their option if a product has a major fault.
“The consumer guarantees provided under the Australian Consumer Law cannot be excluded, restricted or modified.”
A date for the first hearing is set for 7 October 2014 at the Federal Court in Sydney before Justice Jagot.
You can read Valve’s response here.
Response here and below
Valve Responds To Being Sued By The ACCC
This morning the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission announced that it would be suing Valve over its refund policy, as it allegedly goes against Australian consumer law. According to Doug Lombardi of Valve, it plans to co-operate fully.
“We are making every effort to cooperate with the Australian officials on this matter,” said Doug Lombardi, “while continuing to provide Steam services to our customers across the world, including Australian gamers.”
Currently the refund policy at Valve is as follows.
As with most software products, unless required by local law, we do not offer refunds or exchanges on games, DLC or in-game items purchased on our website or through the Steam Client. Please review Section 3 of the Steam Subscriber Agreement for more information.
The section in bold is perhaps the most interesting, since local law does state that refunds are required if the product is faulty.
More news as we get it.
"If your game sucks massive balls, you should rather put it in that section where it's socially acceptable for your game to suck balls and no one will scrutinize it".
The point is that with limited resources (IE an indie dev) can't do proper testing and qa on their own. EA provides three resources they don't have. Money to keep working, many more eyes on the project, and a variety of systems to test hardware issues on.
