A Specific Pathology

So, I’m still wrapping my mind around a man who figures criminalizing sex outside of marriage is OK.  I’m trying to imagine how he thinks that would work, or if it’d work in our society, or . . .

Well the truth is, people like him aren’t thinking.

There’s a strain of people who are absolutely obsessed with everyone else’s sex life.  They’re worried who you’re having it with, if you use contraception, if you’re gay or straight, and more.  They certainly go on about everyone else’s love lives over and over again, and are focused on regulating it, controlling it, and owning it.

I think it’s time to admit this.

These people have a sexual pathology.  They have a problem.  They have a disorder.

Their obsession with controlling other people’s sex lives is an obsession that clearly makes them unable to function effectively in society.  They must control and regulate everyone else, and thus bring conflict.  They show a truly unhealthy interest in other people’s lives that shows signs of obsessive behavior.  In several cases they show paranoia as they detail what others do and what’s wrong with them.

They shouldn’t be listened to.  They have problems.

And sadly, I’m not sure how sarcastic this post is, because look, something is wrong with these people.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Yeah, Yeah, I Couldn’t Resist

Well, I had to post on the Sim City Launch Disaster.  I couldn’t resist.

I mean seriously, this was stupid.  The DRM concept is stupid.  The software-as-a-service model has merit, but not like this.  This just . . . happened.

Pretty much between this and the Deadspace Microtransactions I’ve lost about any interest in an EA game.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

The Inevitable SimCity Launch Post

Look you knew it was coming.  I’ve been analyzing game careers for awhile, and then EA dumps a big pile of SimCity follies in my lap.  Of course I was going to write about.

If you didn’t hear what happened with SimCity 2013, here’s the skinny: EA’s latest version of the game required a persistent internet connection (yeah, DRM any way you slice it).  The downloads, the server load, etc. caused all sorts of outages that in turn made it awful hard for people to actually play the game they paid for.

Of course they were mocked understandable across the internet.  EA added more servers and offered a free game to early adopters – after removing the supposedly so-critical features that required an always-on-internet connection.  Marketing was apparently suspendedAmazon pulled downloads.  There’s a petition to just yank the DRM, and a Kickstarter for a DRM-free competitor.

And so, here I am, looking at the bizarre mess trying to figure what to say.  So first, let me get to my analysis.

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