May 17th, 2010 
Cliff Riseborough 
This isn’t exactly an original idea for an article to write, but in the aftermath of the announcement that Civilization V is using Steamworks, it seems like a good time to cover it.
The minute I had finished reading the press release making that announcement, I felt a sense of dread. Why? I knew what the result would be. Let’s be honest…all of us did. We were all about to be embroiled in to the usual battle between the extremists on the DRM debate, Steam Edition.
And it didn’t take long! No, the Steam fanboi brigade was out in full force, engaging in the usual idiocy that fanboiz are renowned for as they essentially took the “If you ain’t with us, you’re against us.” section of the Bush foreign policy and used it on anyone who so much as paused before bowing before the golden altar of the almighty Steam.
And on the other side we were treated to the equally obnoxious rantings of the hardcore anti-Steam types, as they described everyone who doesn’t consider Steam to be the work of Satan himself to be an idiot, a sheep and in aid of the destruction of the PC platform itself.
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