Id’s lead design chap, Tim Willits, has been talking t' Eurogamer about the “always on” thing. He said this: “Diablo 3 will make everyone else accept the fact ye have t' be connected. If ye have a juggernaut, ye can make change. I’m all for that. If we could force people t' always be connected when ye play the game, 'n then have that be acceptable, awesome. In the end, it’s better for everybody.” Everybody except those people who aren’t online for whatever reason.

“Imagine picking up a game 'n it’s automatically updated. Or there’s something new ye didn’t know about, 'n ye didn’t have t' click away. It’s all automatically there. But it does take juggernauts like [Diablo 3] t' make change. I’m a big proponent a always connected. I’m always connected. Our fans be always connected.”

Except when they’re not, eh? I think he’s right about Diablo III being unstoppable, but it’s not going t' make it any less annoying or intrusive. Also, I totally love it when an app or game I click on tells me t' hang on for a moment, because it has t' update before I can use it. That’s super, really. Great stuff.