@kingcrim84: I honestly had an orgasm reading that. Here comes another...oh gggoooooooooooooooodddd!!!

@Walking-Eye: Maybe they should actually show the game that they're playing rather then the actors playing the game. Perhaps the problem here isn't that actors are trying to make something interesting that inherently isn't, but that directors are focusing on the uninteresting part of video-games.

@Quilt: Oh! Alternately, the most accurate depiction of video-game playing I've seen was watching one of the kids in Superbad playing...something. I can't even remember what now, but it was funny and it wasn't the focus of what was happening. It made sense.

The first time I saw actors pretending to play video-games was an episode of Murphy Brown when I was a kid. It epitomizes the points discussed in this article. Murphy came home from a long day of work, and her and the painter guy sat down to play some video-games.

There was a women in the States who got the same syndrome after a car accident, so it's entirely possible this is true. It's sad, because now she must live the torture that is a man's life.

So...5-6 years until the first Respawn Entertainment game is released?

@AncientUnknown1: Activision should make a non-fiction game about it then.

@Islandkiwi: Islandkiwi says, "You're welcome."

@Comban will Ban you.: I certainly understand the implications that Rockstar may be pressuring other magazines and journalists as well. Either way it sets a terrible precedent for them in the industry. In the short term it may give Rockstar a small gain, but in the long term it opens the door to more ethically…

The really strange part in all of this is that Rockstar Australia would give a damn what a single journalist is saying about a game they're making. It's likely going to sell like hotcakes. They likely feel they've made a good product for gamers. So why would they feel compelled to make sure one journalist reflects…

@Shinkirou: Nope. There's no pause function. This guy just gritted his teeth and played. When he had to eat or go to the washroom, he just let the cabinet sit for a little while and he'd lose lives.

Once I stayed up for a good 30 hours straight. I remember trying to do Chemistry homework at around the 25 to 30 hour mark. At the time they seemed like the toughest chemistry questions I'd ever encountered. I got incredibly frustrated and even a bit angry. Eventually I decided to go to bed. When I woke up, I…

@Ramza69: Upon viewing, it seems the machine maxes out at 99,999.

Wholesome, American apple pie. If you don't choose apple pie then you're an America-hating terrorist.

I've often wondered why post-apocalyptic landscapes were always made to be so barren. Like plants are incapable of growing under the circumstances. Humans are surviving, albeit not very well, so why wouldn't plants slowly take the landscape back over.

I hope to work down in Australia at some point in my life. This promising news had better keep up!

"Breaking" a game and finding it's cracks is certainly part of gaming. However, what you want ot get out of the experience generally dictates whether it's "wrong" or not.

Pie vs. Cake? That's like pitting the Brazilian soccer team against the US soccer team. Sure, the US soccer team isn't bad. They're not slouches by any means, but the Brazilians will stomp them any day of the week. Twice on Teusdays.

@Michael Dukakis: I'm grappling with the idea, but think one company will have to throw in the towel.

I would probably buy this if it showed up on Steam. I don't plan on ever getting an iPhone, so I will likely never play this game otherwise.