http://invested.in/U10274/black-isle-studios

The differences between Valve and every single other video game company today are astounding. Especially for the corporations that grab up smaller companies, dismember all value from them, then feed like a tick off of the the hopes and dreams of their fans; or the companies that don’t actually exist but want your money for nothing anyway. Seriously, you’re not even selling anything, yet you want our money? When was this ever a business model?! It’s called being a THIEF… but I PREFER treasure hunter!

@Lusipurr: I’ve never seen you attempt to generate revenue for nothing. You provide a few people with excellent news and entertainment all the time; that is most definitely something of worth. It just simply comes with a threat of unpleasant sexual experiences to those who have not yet mentally connected value received with value deserved. Nothing improper about that.

“– Update #2 — Why you shouldn’t donate.

Something you should think about before donating or telling your friends to donate. You might be the cause of a small number of people sitting in their cramped, dark f****** shelter depressed because they’re not sitting in their cramped, dark f****** for real because the world didn’t really end.

Got that? Some people won’t be happy you’re helping.

So, if you have no compassion for those apocaleptics who want it all to come down around our ears (but not theirs), then you probably shouldn’t put in a contribution. But if those people, sitting in their ivory dungeons, annoy the hell out of you with their barrels of water, stacks of freeze dried, and smug attitudes, then maybe you should just empty the bank account on this project. Just to spite them.

Create some apoplectic apocaleptics. (Yeah, try saying it out loud.)

http://www.blackisle.com/“

EA cannot have something nice without ruining it. They just can’t help themselves.

But Big Rigs!

EA has categorically ruined Maxis. When they got their greedy mitts on them back in the day, I was very worried. Over the years, those worries have proved true. Every SimCity since EA acquired them has been worse than those which were made by Maxis proper. In fact, SimCity 2000 still reigns as the finest SimCity game ever made.

As for Fake Black Isle, every person who gives them money should have their head staved in with a cudgel. I’ve never seen such a craven attempt to generate revenue for nothing–not even here at Lusipurr.com, despite my very best efforts to come up with craven efforts to generate revenue for nothing. I’d be in awe if I weren’t so disgusted.