Valve basically invented lootboxes. So no, it’s more like Valve paved the way for EA

EEDIT: not true, I was mistaken. It is more accurate to say Valve helped popularise the mechanic

Imagine living in Queensland rn. Where the phrase “from the river to the sea” is banned…

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/qld-hate-speech-laws-passed-parliament/106420306

Until something is Any or Unknown and everything stops working

Yeah this is usually where we’d have italics come in to help. Doesn’t work when it’s plaintext but oh well.

i.e. Rising costs forcing 3m UK households to skip meals, Which? report finds