FAIRFAX, Virginia - High school sophomore Ben Goldstein of Norwalk, Connecticut called WAR the “worst game eva” on his Facebook page today. In his blog, an artfully designed page with a black background and red text in Copperplate Gothic Light font, Mr. Goldstein said in part:

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Gaming News managed to arrange a sit down interview with Mark Jacobs, Mythic’s General Manager who was writing something when I came in. It appeared to be a list of personal items with names beside them.

Gaming News: Mark, thanks for taking the time to talk to us today. Tell me, where were you when you heard the news?

Mark Jacobs: Well I was in a development meeting, we were finally nailing down a list of content for our first big patch when one of the people we pay to monitor the internet for chatter about WAR came rushing in. She handed me a printout of Ben’s blog and I read it. Then I read it again, I couldn’t believe it, it was over.

GN: What happened next?

MJ: I tried to go back to the meeting, I guess I was in denial, but Ben’s words kept echoing through my mind. I tried to put on a brave face but they could all tell something was wrong so I told them to talk half a day and sent them home. I mean the game has been out for almost two weeks, what’s the point of putting out a patch now? I have been working on this letter to my wife ever since. Do you think a few hours at the bottom of a lake will smudge the ink?

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