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"Battlefront 2" may have just killed EA. People who consider themselves "hardcore gamers" may be familiar with Electronic Arts, one of the giants of the gaming industry. They're known for "Fifa", "Madden", and aggressive in-game moneymaking strategies. They literally try to get you to pay extra money to unlock content for a game you already purchased. They're called "microtransactions." In the early days in which microtransactions first started being utilized, the companies that included microtransactions used them for what could be considered "extra" or "bonus" content. Those who chose a more "vanilla" form of the game wouldn't necessarily miss out on the vast majority of the game's content, especially content advertised as a primary selling point of the game. Some games, like "Team Fortress 2", continue to use this strategy in such a way; players can pay real money to unlock ...

If you're reading this, you've found my new blog. Huzzah! I can't think of much to say, this post being essentially a placeholder marking my new blog's address. Fun facts: I actually started writing this post the same night I posted my "Updates 11/28/17" post on my old blog. Including, but not limited to, these very words! "Raebolio" is what a buddy of mine by the name of Alex Gorsky used to call me in college. I can't believe it's taken me this long to realize that word sounds like the perfect name for a blog that I run. I'm going to start branching out from here on out. I'm still going to be writing, but I also want to do a lot more podcasting. I'm also working on creating a Youtube channel. I used to have a widget on my old site called "Daily Puppies", which would randomly generate stock photos of cute puppies. Getting rid of it was one of the biggest mistakes Google has ever made. I'm still going to...