Just a quick comment while I flush this thought out, but seriously ... what is it with video games today which have nothing original in them? Even the game mechanics used in new titles have been beaten to death already.

I still long for a game like Planescape Torment to come back to us and I'm beginning to think it just isn't goint to happen.

Except for a few notable exceptions, the element of story-telling seems to be dead.

I'm going to abstain from the fools day business by taking a vacation today :)

Ok I lied... here is my contribution for today - "US Federal Government moves to protect virtual banking collapse in World of Warcraft, subprime vendors blamed."

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That being said, Blizzard has no shortage of gags, this one being my personal favorite.

Strange...

I thought William Gibson was still alive, but I can see by the casting of Hayden Christensen in the Neuromancer movie slated for next year that Gibson must be dead, and that someone is pissing on his grave.

Hollywood,

Lets talk for a second, just you and me... I know we've had our ups and downs, the good times and the bad. But I want you to ask yourself this one question

Lets face it, you've had a good run, the wake of devastation left in your path is at its zenith, can you honestly hope to do any worse at this point?

We’ve stood in awe as you’ve continued your endless path of destruction. Watching as you’ve handed over projects to talented gurus of creative annihilation like Michael Bay or a Paul Verhoeven. The awesome power you wield to unequivocally debase our beloved childhood memories is now legendary.

Sure, I expected any film adaptation of Neuromancer to be too short, unable to cover the details in the book, and likely to include some newly added character for comic relief.

But seriously, Hayden Christensen? ...

We used to have this unspoken contract with you Hollywood. You would promise us a wonderful tale of excitement, provide an obscene budget for the project, and cast some of the best actors available to wet our appetites until we finally went to see it and were then completely disappointed by your level of epic failure.