Once again, we get some fresh brains on morally grey matters!

Publishers have long desired to counter your thrifty ways by convincing you that buying used video games hurts the industry and causes cancer in puppies. Well, since you're obviously a filthy cat person, they've decided to punish you instead. The online pass -- a term coined by Electronic Arts but now used by others -- locks certain on-disc content until you input a one-time-use code. Second-hand buyers have to buy that code separately or go without.

Previously, that applied mainly to bonus content, but now publishers stepped things up. As an example, Resistance 3 -- one of Sony's flagship franchises -- arrives with its entire multiplayer mode locked, turning the before/after markets into the haves/have nots. Is that fair? Is that right? Is that what it takes to prevent puppy cancer you heartless fiend?

"You goldbricking hippies oughta get real jobs like Gandhi did! We got landmines that need testing! Easy money for a maggot like you, and we'll even throw in the hammer for free!"

- The Soldier, Team Fortress 2

"Time was, a man bought something, he owned it. 'Course, I once took a similar view to stealin'."

- John Marston, Red Dead Redemption

"I like to think of it as a reward for people who support developers instead of retailers who offer $2.50 in store credit for a stack of month-old games."

- Clank, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One

"It's things like this that make me want to brush people's teeth with a hand grenade. That's a sure-fire cure for stupidity and cavities."

- Captain Price, Modern Warfare 3

"That reminds me of the time my buddy Keith got into the recycling business. We had all these empty motor oil cans around the garage, and Keith figured he could just throw a bunch of sliced peaches in those and cover 'em in plastic wrap. Man, Keith loved peaches, even the black and greasy motor-oil kind. I don't think he was as big a fan of the brain damage, but I gotta say, he made the whole lazy-eye thing look good."

- Ellis, Left 4 Dead 2

"It's like I always tell hookers...you can take my money and every bodily fluid I secrete or excrete...but...but you'll never get my heart!"

- Isaac Clarke, Dead Space 2

"They should be grateful anybody even wants their game, used or not. I wouldn't give you half a bucket of camel puke for another shooter with aliens in it. Play 'em and dump 'em into the same landfill all the E.T. carts are in."

- Ridley, Metroid: Other M

"Personally, I'd prefer an a-la-carte pricing system for game modes. After the umpteenth teenager asked me if I had a boyfriend, I've decided I'm finished with multiplayer. I'm quite serious. Don't expect to see Jiggly48DDD online anymore."

- Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

"Jesus, and people say I'M annoying."

- Navi, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

"Hey, I like it! Now we just gotta add a controller-usage surcharge and clean-up fees for all the broken blocks and dead bodies, and we'll be rollin' in dough!"

- Victor Sullivan, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception