As the line from the Bill Murray movies goes, “It’s Groundhog Day… again.” Back in 2015, Valve launched its “Paid Creations” platform on the Steam client, through which those who made game mods could list them in a marketplace for a cost. This was done at least in coordination with, if not at the behest of, Bethesda. The backlash was both swift and severe, with a gaming community, that was used to mods made by hobbyist, suddenly had to contend with fees for these mods determined by the modder themselves. It got so bad that Valve nixed the platform shortly after.