I hardly find it pretentious to call Machinarium art. It is. And the idea of games as art shouldn't be tossed aside so easily either.

@Hi-Im-Asylum: This just isn't your day ... apparently.

@Schabrak: And yet I can totally sympathize with Hi-Im-Asylum. It's nigh impossible to focus on the important stuff when something you've waited so long for shows up.

@Mike Fahey: Sister site io9 has a good interview that partially answers the question, too. As you mentioned, spoilers ahead.

I don't know if I can wait much longer. My knees are already weak. I'm sure heart failure is next.

@Ratfuzz: Also cost-cutting measures. By playing ME2, and thereby not buying anything, you will have saved up plenty of money for those other games, which will in turn engage you in more not-spending-because-I'm-gaming. It's a recurring cycle that's economically sound. You'll be a pale, malnourished millionaire in…

@Athena's Paladin: It's been tried. It's called a CD-key.

@Ratfuzz: atta boy! There's no way you could have resisted much longer anyway. Besides you're wallet will thank you for the next few months when you're far too busy to buy anything because you're playing ME2. It's actually a cost-cutting move.

@Cookie: You got that right.

Sorry, but all the menace is lost when there are highly translucent screens revealing an angsty teen underneath. Well, I guess the tulle skirt was the first problem, but then the viewscreens after that.

I thought Murder was a Spartan's default mode. They're not engineered for manual labor. Well, after retirement maybe just a little light gardening, but still...