Giant Bombcast 03-12-2013

You don't want to get on the bad side of The Gopher Cartel.

What? I don't understand your point about the Mass Effect thing.

It's their job to talk about games, yes? Shouldn't this go double when a game stirs up controversy and news? Who was stopping them talking about ME3 on the podcast last year? Professionalism woo

They both have legitimate points of view. Vinny's idealistic, but naive, perspective is the one we should yearn for, in which the thing you bought actually works and if not, you can return it (which is a double fuck you to EA - I hope there's some class action lawsuit incoming for their shitty return policy, not so that I can get in on the action, but to set precedent). However, as logical and obvious as that sounds, Brad is absolutely right, at least about the responsibility of the consumer to protect themselves from shitty publisher behavior. While I don't remember Brad saying to "expect" games to be broken at launch (and I'm listening to this cast right now) he did say to do your research and be informed, which I'm all for. I get the appeal of being in day one, being part of the hype and the discussion, but that's by no means a requisite to buying/playing a game. Wait a couple days to make sure you're not getting a lemon, then decide for yourself - blaming EA for the shitty return policy is valid, blaming them because you purchased it on a whim isn't.

Patrick going "OHHHHH" at 2:44:22