The value of a job
The PC Game Half-Life 2 is being released on Tuesday, and Valve, the creators, are being comicly militant about the street-date. Somehow, they have managed to tap into some metaphysical realm where they are able to punish street-date violators by syphoning their immortal souls. Of course, I jest. They'll just break your legs.
Anyway, the real humour of this post comes from the (actual) fact that three EB Games managers were fired this past week for selling the game early. Fired. And the brilliance of the firings is that, until Tuesday, the game is basically a shiny plastic tree ornament. When you install the game, you have to log onto Valve's website, and verify that you actually bought the game, and it's not just stolen. So, up until Tuesday, anyone who tries to verify the game's authenticity gets laughed at.
Plus, of course, the soul reaving.
The PC Game Half-Life 2 is being released on Tuesday, and Valve, the creators, are being comicly militant about the street-date. Somehow, they have managed to tap into some metaphysical realm where they are able to punish street-date violators by syphoning their immortal souls. Of course, I jest. They'll just break your legs.
Anyway, the real humour of this post comes from the (actual) fact that three EB Games managers were fired this past week for selling the game early. Fired. And the brilliance of the firings is that, until Tuesday, the game is basically a shiny plastic tree ornament. When you install the game, you have to log onto Valve's website, and verify that you actually bought the game, and it's not just stolen. So, up until Tuesday, anyone who tries to verify the game's authenticity gets laughed at.
Plus, of course, the soul reaving.
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