Jim's my only friend. Jim's not my only friend, but Jim's a little glowing friend. But really, Jim's not actually my friend. But Jim is...
Well, once again, I agree; I think Jim is spot on, and it's rather disturbing the degree to which people start feeling loyalty to things in a way that resembles Stockholm Syndrome. I know I'm not entirely immune to this; the busload of unplayed or barely-played $5 AAA games I have on Steam leaves me a warm and sunny glow that would probably turn into slack-jawed, hollow-eyed betrayal if Valve ever actually pulled the plug on my ability to access their service.
But EA... Ugh. Goddammit, watching them do this to Popcap makes me a little sick. Maybe Popcap would have ended up doing it to themselves, in time; this is the way the market seems to be headed, regardless of the near-certainty that publishers as a whole are poisoning the well, flooding the market with sub-par Skinner boxes that will lead to people thinking even more than they do that all games should be free while simultaneously treating them all like trap-laden witches' gingerbread houses.
And Kotaku, good God, are they trying to become "Your source for editorial content that's self-congratulatory, self-righteous, and wrong...?"
Feh. Feh, I say. I need to gargle mouthwash to get the taste of this dreck out.