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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Borderlands 2
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 16:10:05 -0000 (UTC)
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Mike S <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote at 13:01 this Friday (GMT):
> On Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:06:04 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Thursday free games again, but this time on Steam and not Epic! It's a
>>mind-shattering difference!
>>
>>* Borderlands 2
>>https://store.steampowered.com/app/49520/Borderlands_2/
>>   This game doesn't need much introduction so let's talk 
>>   about the why. Is it because "Borderlands 4" is coming 
>>   out or because Randy Pitchford keeps getting himself in 
>>   trouble with his mouth? I think it's a little from column A, 
>>   and a little from column B. Also, this version has banned 
>>   mods and made some pretty unnecessary changes to the EULA 
>>   which fans are understandably mad about. 'Cause why let 
>>   a good thing go to waste when you can piss off the fans, 
>>   right Randy?
>>
>>
>>But if you still just want the game, grab it before it goes un-free in
>>two weeks.
>
> I think this is the first game being given away for free that I bought
> and paid for awhile back. I am guessing this has happened to you
> already. :)
>
> Recent reviews are Overwhelmingly Negative. I am sure that has
> something to do with what you mention above.


Something about how the EULA is extremely anti-consumer, I think.
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