Polycat has written a fascinating editorial on the subject of bugs- no, not those things in your kitchen that run for cover when you reach for the Raid, but those random segments of code that foul up your favourite game!

This is just one of many examples of a recent downgrade in release quality that the gaming industry has seen over the period of the last couple of years. A certain deluge of bugs has always been expected in a few titles: The Elder Scrolls series, the Bioware games, and most MMORPGs… Though if there are any prevalent bugs in the latter, then you open the floodgates to thousands upon thousands of customers screaming “But we pay more than your average gamer! We demand complete satisfaction! Quit giving Shaman access to keyboards!,” but I digress. The point is that gamers seem to be relatively okay with large, epic games having their fair share of bugs.

Read the rest of this editorial right here!