You're welcome. Once you get over the initial anxiety that comes along with living such a relatively isolated lifestyle and making such difficult social decisions, I'm confident you'll feel liberated as a result of your choices and your entertainment experience will hopefully be just as or even more satisfying. Good…

I wasn't quite sure what you were trying to get at until you made the Facebook analogy, and then a lot of what you're trying to say here clicked.

If you want to have validity in this argument going forward, you'd do well to stop ignoring The Anti-Fanboy's fact-based post and work to counter some of the glaring points he has made.

Everyone's allowed to have an opinion, I know. I don't necessarily disagree with yours (though basing it on a lot of assumptions…

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Can you blame me? I shudder to think I would no longer be witness to such empty-minded retorts like yours if I weren't on the internet. Again, really, thank you for this robust dialogue.

Wow. It always surprises me over how worked up people can get over something so, so minute in the grand scheme of...anything. You've taken a lot of what I said out of context so much as I don't even know where to begin.

Bottom line is your self-drawn expectations for what Rockstar should provide you as a customer are…

Your input is invaluable, thanks very much for chiming in and helping steer the conversation in a more mature and insightful direction. Great stuff all around.

In terms of your critique of their game's development/optimization for PC, in 2008 RAGE was one of the most robust and polished engines on the market. It's simple inclusion of euphoria sets it far beyond what most engines hope to accomplish with physics and animation, so forgive me if I give Rockstar somewhat of a…

As a long time Rockstar Games fan and an even more long-time PC player, Max Payne 3 really redeemed any shaky credibility Rockstar had in terms of PC ports. LA Noire got some refinements for the PC as well. Granted the scope of GTAV is far grander than LA Noire or Max Payne 3's so its overall PC polish may not be as…

That was a great read. Between the torture mission, references to CIA involvement with the drug trade (again), and snarkily pointing out that government agencies' "never expect an inside job," Rockstar Games has restored my faith in AAA video games being able to effectively critique the current state of US domestic…

Yep.

Great work all around, Dan. 'Til next time.

I have been single ever since.

I used to spend an embarrassing amount of time doing the exact same thing.

Holy horse tits.. this is my life in 2008.

I have been single (well, sort of) ever since. Can't wait to play the motherlovin' shit out of GTAV, let me tell you.

Xbox One architecture is much more complex than what any single figure can convey.

I could be horribly wrong, but with the language Rockstar is using to talking about GTA:O I wouldn't be at all surprised if you see next-gen versions coming out with or shortly after the PC version of the game. Red Dead got a year's worth of content support, I wouldn't be surprised if they have even more lavish plans…

In the words of Franklin, "wha?"

My ultimate prediction: