That's what I was thinking. I'm in S. Korea and there are, not one but, TWO tv channels that play Starcraft tourneys almost 24/7. And its been like this for quite some time. So by now its really getting old and stale and the audience/gamers are looking for something new and fresh. I guarantee that there will be televised Starcraft 2 tourneys within a week of official release. Even if LAN isn't included in the official software I'll bet that Blizzard would give the tourneys special patches to make it work. Gaming TV is big biz here and the players/teams are sponsored (they wear jackets with product endorsements like Nascar racers).

Simulations don't directly kill (duh, its in the name). Its always drawing a connection from simulation to the real thing that takes some convincing. It's what the politicians sell when they offer up cooked up statistics or the latest school shooting for voting parents and elderly.

To quote Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation about motion controllers: "People plays games to unwind and no one unwinds by coming home and waving their arms like air traffic controllers covered in beetles." And that said it all

Yep. They've gone the way of Napster so you better get it while its still good. That said, where should I go next for my download needs?

Yes! More jiggly physics! We won't be happy until it reaches BEYOND realism!

Yep. I can already hear the politicians turning out their pockets and saying we're broke. Ok, now for the military and war budget. Lets just cut them another blank check. The BIG problem is that the military industrial complex is NOT in the space race anymore. Instead they're busy making new war toys (rail guns and scout drones) and urban pacification tech (sonic and microwave machines that really hurt but don't kill). If Kim Jong Il, Osama Bin Laden, and Cobra Commander launched a terrorist nuclear strike from their moonbase then I can guarantee the space race would back on. It's because threat has higher priority to the political and public psyche.

What kind of environmental impact would that make? I remember hearing hydroelectric power being a green source of energy but the dams wreak havoc on the local ecology.

Don't forget, Cobra Commander tried it too.

Hot Coffee

Who Trusts Online Gambling Anyways? Quite honestly I think the gov is just worried that online gambling may be a simplified way of laundering money.

I don't pay items and gear. I win and earn them. .... Or I use a stolen credit card number

Don't use doves! It scares the martians.

Anthropologists will be tickling all sorts and varieties of monkeys, apes, primates, and every other mammal just to see if they giggle too.

Another reason for police dogs to bark at my car.

But does it have a tweezers, toothpick, corkscrew, can opener, bottle opener, .flat-head screwdriver, phillips-head screwdriver, nail file, scissors, saw, file, hook, magnifying glass, ballpoint pen, fish scaler, hex wrench w/bits, pliers, and key chain? Also... it is HD ready?