User blog comment:Th3 razor/Electronic Arts voted 'Worst American Company' by Consumerist readers/@comment-1441235-20120407031127/@comment-1441235-20120408051204

First off, I don't need to have an English degree to decide that when my classmate wrote down "I Like Catz!" 50 times instead of the 5 page essay he was supposed to have written that that obviously was poor execution and is deserving of the poor grade he will get.

Secondly, I'm not reviewing games for the benefit of the others, nor do I claim to be.

I certainly don't need to be a software engineer, or a car manufacturer, or have any other specialized training to decide what is and is not worth my money. I don't need to have a degree in computer programming to decide whether or not the gameplay mechanics in a certain title work well or not. I don't need to have a culinary degree to decide whether a restaurant's food is up to par. I don't need an engineering degree to decide whether the shitbox the dealer is trying to sell me is worth the money I'll be putting down on it. Possession of specialized training or lack thereof is not even close to being required to decide whether something is up to where you think it should be! When deciding what is and isn't garbage to you is totally up to your preference. I highly dislike Call of Duty compared to Battlefield because of the differences in gameplay: I prefer my Mustang over the Ranger I had before it because I value it's performance and style over the functionality of the Ranger because I hardly had need of said functionality; the ending of Mass Effect 3 was extremely subpar in my opinion so I will voice said opinion when the topic come up.

Last, I'd again like to point out that all the negative points I've leveled against the various products I've talked about are my opinion. I am not making any effort to sway anyone against or for EA. EA, in my opinion, has been causing the companies they own to produce what I think are subpar products compared to what said companies produced pre-EA, hence my dislike for them. If you choose to continue to support EA and their profligate ways, that's on you. I disagree with it, but its on you.

And finally, the Online Pass:

It's not the difficulty or th expensiveness of it that is the problem: its the principal of it. I think my car company analogy is a great example of how outrageous it would be if other industries started applying the same practices that EA is currently using. I'll even go so far as to give you a detailed for instance: Lets say you bought that 93 Ranger of yours in 2000 or so. Being a seven year old vehicle, its been marked down a good bit. You buy it and roll out of the parking lot to discover something amiss: None of the electrical system works anymore. Ford then calls you to demand a good percentage of the price you just paid for what you thought was a complete and working vehicle, only to find out they are holding the headlights, A/C, and radio hostage until you pay them their money. Now doesn't that seem just a tad outrageous?