@Hydrofluoric_acid: Yeah, that makes more sense. Thanks for taking the time to explain. I'm sure it looked like I was just being obstinate, but I really didn't get it until now.

Third-party, yes? Too bad. I never buy those because none of them feel like they are made of quality materials. Not that MS's are super-amazing, they just feel a little more substantial in the hand - like they could stand up to a bit of punishment.

@Dodheim: In that case, the prequel would almost have to be Darksiders: Bright Black.

@Hydrofluoric_acid: Okay, I can get that. The quoted scientist would seem to be indicating thermal energy rather than kinetic though. Certainly there would be some thermal energy resulting from the collision, but if I understand what you're saying, the majority of that thermal energy (the 10 trillion degrees) is…

@BristolRuss: Actually, I don't think you'd have to worry about anything unless it started responding to loud, repeated cries of "Oh God!"

If only they'd allow custom phrases for certain commands. Like, instead of "Play" or "Go" we could have "Engage"!

It's impressive in stills, even if the lighting looks a bit off. In motion, it's still impressive, but motion of the cheeks and lips looks unnatural. Am I the only one that noticed this?

@JoeOfTexas: That's what I would think too. But then they go and make claims of 10 trillion degree temperatures, which isn't a relative measure in any way.

@JoeOfTexas: I understand temperature is measuring vibration of molecules, what I don't understand is how the byproduct of molecular vibration - namely thermal energy - can be ignored.

I primarily play games for the story, so I'm really glad to hear that Black Ops has a strong single player to it. COD4 got me into online multiplayer again, and I loved MW2's - despite the bugs. So I'm hopeful that this really lives up to expectations like it sounds it does.

@GunFlame: Get equipped with Metal Blades: Or maybe Darksiders: Even More Darksider-y

Wait, so if the sequel is to be more along the lines of Darksiders...what was the first one along the lines of?

@jedimaster: Agreed. Makes it look like an actual factory.

To paraphrase C-3P0:

@grath: If it's a true vacuum, yeah, there won't be anything to ignite. But the vacuum of space doesn't prevent the heat from the sun from reaching us...so why should it stop the heat from the collision from propagating?

@THE_MOOGLEKING: Don't you mean Dances with Wolves?

@JoeOfTexas: I suppose I can get on board with that explanation. Still, I'd tend to think that anything exposed to that temperature for any amount of time would simply ignite.

@brandizzle: I don't know about anyone else, but the plugin isn't letting me type my questions there....

One thing I don't understand: how can they know that these experiments involving 10 trillion degree temperatures are safe? There's no precedent to tell them what 10 trillion degree anything can do to anything else.

I'm curious why - if this really is easier to make from a scientific standpoint, requiring only pressure and less heat - we haven't seen more of this in nature. Perhaps these kinds of pressures in nature are only found alongside tremendous heat?