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[anontimeago]

Hi. I bought a used copy of Dragon Age: Inquisition recently and got a couple "Disc is unreadable" errors early in the game. Since the disc was used, my first assumption was to blame the sender, but a quick Google search revealed that I was far from the only one with that problem. Fortunately, downloading a random add-on mentioned by a random person in a random online thread fixed the problem. Or so I thought.

After twenty hours of gameplay, I got the same error right after a major cutscene. (According to somebody on the internet, this cutscene is "where it gets awesome". Ironically, I found that thread while searching for the name of the cutscene followed by the word "crash".) The timing was so comical that I laughed out loud like a very sad, disappointed clown. Because the joke's on me, I guess, for assuming a game published by one of the biggest studios in the world wouldn't be unplayable four months after it was released. In fact, the joke appears to be on many, many people who have had the same problem as me and been outright ignored by both Bioware and EA. I can't help but imagine that, as nothing but lowly XBox 360 owners who probably can't afford a new XBox One like a normal person, we've been cast aside like homeless people outside the Republican National Convention.

I'm well aware that because I've purchased a used game you owe me no recompense, nor am I seeking any. I don't want my money back, I don't want an apology, and I don't want another copy of your broken game. All I want is to hope that somebody, even the most insignificant peon involved in the making of this game, happens upon this post and has a brief moment of remorse. You drew me into your creation and then denied it to me at the cruelest moment. I hope you were paid well for it, at least.

On a happier note, I think this is actually a good thing. I knew that I was condemning myself to a hundred or more hours of mindless entertainment when I bought the game, and it's kind of a relief that the choice has been taken away from me. I get no pleasure out of wasting so much of my time nowadays. It's just an old, ugly habit that makes the hours a little easier to ignore. The thought that this may be the final dagger in my video gaming career brings a smile to my face.

So, thank you. Thank you for reminding me what a video game is really worth. And who knows? This used copy of Dragon Age: Inquisition I'm about to throw away may end up being the best forty dollars I ever spent.