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The problem with EA's strategy is that at this point, they no longer sell video games. They sell lifetime membership to small MMOs with a large solo component, to run for an indeterminate amount of time until that service is no longer profitable for them, they shut it down, and the game no...

According to the RSS, the audio version of this episode is at http://www.themis-media.com/videos/get/0/e15a29097a5b663fa43b258772591ecc/6974.mp3 which redirects to http://video2.themis-media.com/766d9ea2d7d02d7e2dec3a7c47146f9d/mp3/escapist/escapist-podcast/407591a6bd29a27cce7def3aee1f45a5.mp3...

One of my better employers used to thin the herd by shuffling the applications and binning half the stack unseen, on the basis that he didn't employ unlucky people. That seemed bizarrely fair.

Naive perhaps, but I cannot fault the lady in question for being indignant. Anger is the correct emotional response to injustice, it fueled the sixties, punk & rock and roll, and drives each new generation to drag their elders kicking and screaming along the ratchet of progress. You go, girl...