OMG. That certainly backfired on ol' Ben.

Someone certainly had an agenda against ARR, condemning a game from its *pre-beta* in a *preview* article. At this point I'm thinking it is Ben Kuchera, who has come across, in my opinion, as a total ass, never missing an opportunity to "Plan 9"-style rant ("You're all Stupid! Stupid!" and "Your puny minds!" etc.) against a whole community, rather than Sophie Prell, who seems more level-headed about both FFXI and ARR in comments elsewhere. I wonder if or how different the article Sophie turned in was, compared to what got published.

Hmm... Maybe it was a big troll by Ben all along? He certainly provoked anger and got his rant and last word out of it.