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In Vermont, an ultralocal social network is as popular as Facebook (www.lemonde.fr)

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[–] Cocodapuf 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, it makes me think of Blizzard, now Activision Blizzard.

For decades Blizzard was a shining star, it had literally never made a bad game. They famously released games "when they're done", rather than just in time for Christmas. As a result, they had a perfect, spotless record of releasing only top quality, genre defining games that players nearly universally loved. But that streak ended with Diablo 3 in 2012, it was their first major release since Blizzard was purchased by Activision in 2008. For the first time their release was controversial and the game just wasn't fun (in its current form).

I remember it actually made me very sad at the time, it felt like the end of an era. It also made me worry about the other PC gaming golden child, Valve.