Greeting me from the tips inbox today was an email so full of white-hot rage, profound spiritual hurt, and f-bombs that I thought I was getting Florian's fanmails by accident again.

But soft! I was wrong. It was just the Ineffable Jut, weighing in on the bumblefuckery that is the Lumines Live microtransaction stack:

They fuck you just a little at a time, so you don't feel your asshole tearing.

I just downloaded Lumines live. It's a good game, but it's right full of fucking microtransactions. Puzzle-mode; 5 levels until you buy the puzzle pack. Mission-mode; 5 levels until you buy the mission pack. This pisses me right off! Minus the online, the PSP version has more to it than the XBLA version.
I don't want to get this excited about a fully awesome XBLA game only to find out it's only partially awesome unless I plop down another $25 to get the full package.

If more games are going this microtransaction route, I'm going to flip my proverbial lid!

Stickypig was likewise incensed, and spent several hours this morning shoving slices of sandwich meats under my door while muttering ancient invocations to demons. Each slice had the name of an Xbox Live employee written on it. I think he's under the impression that I am some flesh-hungry devil godling who can grant wishes.

But really, anyone could've made that mistake. Eliza Gauger

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