Blackmoor Vituperative

By all accounts, Half-Life 2 is a good game. Unfortunately, you can’t play it until you “activate” it over the Internet, using the publisher’s “Steam” server. “Steam” is why I will not buy this game, even though the first Half-Life is one of my all-time favorite computer games. I will not support companies that treat their customers like criminals. Just say no to “product activation”.

Besides, game companies go out of business all the time. What if “Steam” isn’t available a year from now? The game would be unplayable. I will not buy a game that is held hostage to a server that may not even be there a year from now. Whoever thought that was a good idea is a paper-pushing idiot.