Steam review bombing is gaming's most powerful method of protest: 3 takeaways from Helldivers 2's weekend meltdown

You might have heard about Helldivers 2's terrible, no good, very bad weekend. It went like this: 

1. Last Friday, Sony announced that Helldivers 2 PC players would soon need a PSN login to play, in the name of security
2. Players said "that's messed up" 
3. Arrowhead reminded players this is technically how it was supposed to be at launch
4. Players responded by flooding the game with 200,000 negative reviews in less than 48 hours

By Saturday, Helldivers 2's...