It wouldn't even have to be a studio partnership. Just one big Kojima title exclusive to the Xbox would be a major system-seller.

Please link me to the associated scientific evidence.

Jesus Christ, some of the amounts you guys are talking about are literally disgusting. Like, more than I'll make in multiple years disgusting. For what? A big party?

Right, but as soon as he goes independent, expect MS to start throwing money his way. The PR coup alone would be worth whatever they pay him. He's a development rockstar with a built-in audience. Having him jump ship like that would be a huge win for MS.

There's a difference between an archetype and a cliché.

Masshole juice.

That's not a bad interpretation. Maybe I'll keep it in mind if I ever watch the movie again.

My biggest problem is that the "love is a fundamental force that conquers all" trope is just that: a trope. It's a cliché, and a worn-out one at that.

What other rock stars have shot themselves in the face in the interim?

It's worth nothing that Seth McFarlane was the executive producer of the new Cosmos series, and that was fantastic.

Nothing about the iPhone was unthinkable. I called the iPhone the minute MP3 players got popular. It was a clear line of convergence between technologies. It wasn't too hard to see than people were going to want a single device that did the work of the two devices they were currently carrying. All the technology…

AR is already here. AR at this level of fidelity is still quite a ways off.

Doesn't mean we'll get a consumer version any time soon, regardless of what they're promising. I'll believe it when it's actually in my hands, to keep, outside of a controlled demo space.

That's just animals following their natural behaviors as well, though.

Man, how could anyone be so wrong?

You're missing the point entirely, but thanks for playing.

Right, but with the games being so similar, Atari's going to say he's using their code. And he'll have to prove in court that he's not. Does he have the money to fight that battle?

I don't think the "get a divorce" is necessarily the right answer. Certainly, if all you care about is yourself, that's the right route, but life isn't as black and white as "this person is an evil user".

Not cancelled. Microsoft just switched devs. Not clear on how much of this work will go into the final product.

I never really got the love for the original game. To me the card-based system slowed down the action gameplay, and the action gameplay didn't allow for any card game strategy. It ended up being the worst parts of both genres and therefore less than the sum of its parts.