I've received this LA Times "Playola" article from a few people - Gabe mentions it in his post, but it might be worth focusing on for a second.
Verant gave out RAM along with their Shadows of Luclin expansion - we dealt with that in a strip a while ago. It seemed to freak people out. In the post, I put forth that the reviewer receives the game too, and that seems to be totally okay. I understand that it looks bad, but when you've been reviewing games for two years or more, I'll bet everything looks like absolute shit.
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