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Hey, he loves the game - if that's what he wants to pour his time into more power to him. I'd like to see what he could do taking up real guitar tho.

I also don't understand some people hate of these games. They are fun, innovative (and yes I am well versed in the history of the music videogame genre) and at the higher difficulty levels take some prodigeous skill. Some people act like they are a blight on the landscape of gaming and I don't understand it.

On a side note I have a friend who has no fingers beyond the second knuckle of his hands and can play songs on expert w/his back to the screen. Amazing.

Haven't gotten thru the whole thread yet, but I think I've got the general gist of it. Going to state my feelings on racism and its' nature. I am a minority myself (Jewish) for whatever that's worth to my view (if anything)

Racism will never disappear, it is human nature to have a natural predujice towards anything or anyone who is different from ourselves; and it applies to people of any race, religion or creed. The most important thing, in my opinion, is to acknowledge it when it occurs and examine it on a personal level.

To me the idea that 'we are all the same' is absurd. We are not all the same. White people, Black people, Indian people, Arabs, Hispanics, Eskimos, whatever background you can think of all have different histories, different cultural characteristics, different perspectives.

We are not all the same. The thing is the celebrate those differences - with curiosity, humilty and acceptance. This isn't just a patchwork nation it is a patchwork world and the sooner we accept that and embrace it the sooner the human race can move on to bigger and better things.

I don't think for one second that there was a racist intent on the part of the developers of RE5. I understand that it can be inferred, I think the question is what does that really say?

Well said, sir. I stopped buying Tom Clancy games because I won't pay $60 to be their beta tester.

When is the industry going to learn that the summer is a viable time for big releases, just like movies? Kids are home from school with disposable income, market the hell out of the game and watch them come. Plus it gives the devs a few more months of polish time. Bioshock came out in August (360) and that did great sales wise. Mirror's Edge probably could have benefited both quality wise and sales wise from that strategy.

I wonder how their margin was on those two titles or if the profit from existing ip's absorbed some of the cost. Loved Dead Space and loved Mirror's Edge - despite the flaws which were definitely there.

I really applaud EA for Mirror's Edge - bold artstyle and unique game mechanics and I'd love to see a sequel to iron out the flaws and flesh out the gameplay.

Multiplayer is utterly unecessary for Uncharted. I'm a mp junkie but some games just don't need it. Quite the testament to the guys/gals at Naughty Dog that the product easily stands on its' own.

Great interview by the way.

Odd, never noticed it. I'm sure that engine is quite refined by now so I'd be suprised if it was an issue in the new iteration; although Gears 2 still has the same issue w/ texture pop in.

I'd really like a sequel to Heavenly Sword too but I don't think they are doing one (read that somewhere a while back)

Can't wait for this game.

Again: DO THE CROSSOVER - Nathan meets Lara = awesomeness. Wishful thinking but how great would it be to see those two characters together?

Great expressive characters in Mass Effect - I was really let down by the facial animations in Fallout 3 after playing ME (still loved the game tho)

The expressiveness in Uncharted is one of the most memorable things about it. Whenever the game is mentioned I picture a scene early on where Nathan says something to Elena and he's got one eyebrow up and a wry smile on his face as he makes some smart alek comment.

My goodness is this game going to be good - they need a better boss fight at the end tho...

Probably, but play the original anyway - it is so much fun. One of the very best characters this gen.

Cliche is kind of the point - the game is a homage to the films of that genre. I agree though - bring Elena back! Love triangle w/ a catfight? That would make the game even more awesome than it's already going to be.

omgomgomg....can't wait...can't wait..can't wait..

I now have to play the original again in between planets of Mass Effect.

That's it! Shepard finds a mass effect relay that functions as a time travel device, he goes back to the past, meets Nathan, who's already met Lara Croft and...and...

Ok, I'm stupid...not had coffee yet....

(That'd be so awesome tho.....)