I'm afraid to ask, but I will. Is that what I think it is?

I want to see this movie, but it also looks really, really stupid.

I think it's a mostly manufacturing-side arrangement. I only know a little about it, but there are several hundred companies in northern Spain that work together in this very interesting way. I don't know if it would-cross apply to game development specifically, but when you think about it, why not? Especially with…

Right. Because, at the end of it all, even if he fucks up, loses money for the company, and has to lay off thousands of people, he still walks away with a truckful of money. But yeah, totally, poor him.

Why not try the Mondragon model? CEOs make no more than 6 times what their employees make; when layoffs happen, they move the workers to another company that retrains them to work in a new industry. Of course, it's been in place for decades (at least) in northern Spain, and is kind of a culturaly tradition now. Who…

It's really not at all clear what he does that "adds value," aside from screwing developers out of profits that they deserve a share of, because they helped the company earn them. If you don't remember what I'm talking about, see the litigation involving Infinity Ward cofounders versus Activision. This is the problem…

Not many: A-Rod makes about $30 million a year, and all of that is in actual money. (Also, this is just his salary from the Yankees, he makes even more through endorsements, if he still has any—he might not, though, because he seems like such an epic asshole.) Nevertheless, it makes me sick to see Kotick make that…

This is not a good year for games. Holy shit. Can anyone tell me if it's always this crazy in game development, or is this a new trend of complete mismanagement and collapse?

Maybe Pete Campbell could quit the ad business and apply to become an astronaut?

I had always heard Seattle was the best read city in America. I'm gonna go with that. Nothing to do up there but stay indoors and read, unless you like being wet all the time.

I was all like, "Wait, five of these cities are in Florida, which is educationally a total mess, and in many other was a festering sore of ignorance," and then I saw what kinds of books they were ordering. Reading "50 Shades of Grey" (even if you do read all three of the books) does not make you well read. You have to…

Why the obligatory Kinect? It just doens't make any sense. Is it so they can spy on my playing games in my underwear? That's it, right?

God, that Hawaiian shirt is really...veiny looking.

They look like they're all way too into Eyes Wide Shut.

I feel bad for the people who actually wanted this thing. I wouldn't want to spend a half a second inside their minds.

I wonder how it keeps from damaging itself when it touches down, just from blowback from its own thrust. I do have a lot of other questions, though, too. What do they plan to do with the eventual orbital version of this thing? How do they plan to get it through reentry without detonating all the descent fuel it's…

So Viking gas ranges are steampunk now? Huh.

This is amazing. If only I could stop on the inter webs, though.

I had a blast playing it, and you should be able to get it used for relatively cheap.

I think it has more to do with branding. Most firearms manufacturers make a range of weapons. Look, for instance, at the G-18, which was in MW 2. It's not legal for me to purchase, but Glock makes a lot of other firearms I can go into a gun shop and walk out with, probably by this afternoon. Now I've played MW 2 and…