4th guy

Yes! Splinter Cell in my country! Pity it's only just a tiny part.

The press gets a chance to prepare a number of articles on the subject so when the NDA is lifted they can immediately send it to print.

Well, it already happened once for Microsoft with Windows Vista. I'm betting it will happen again.

EA has just lost a customer. No Spore for me until they remove this online validation nonsense.

Will it draw material from the (probably) shitty movie script, or the relatively better book?
It's surprising how much HP fans are tolerant of bad flicks that make you read a book to actually understand what the hell is going on on-screen. Then again, since they're fans, they already know the story.

Something that is available to the rest of the world, but not the USA and Canada? That's incredible! Usually it's the exact opposite.

Gamers could do a Cooper Laurence again. Does this guy sell anything?

"she can't use her IM to chat with her friends."
Did you ever try aMSN? Pidgen? Google Talk for Linux? Just because it's Linux, doesn't mean there's no good software. With the right skin, aMSN is almost indistinguishable from the real thing.