The sales numbers don't reflect it at all, because that simply isn't the case. See Halo series sales.

But really we're all one big happy gaming geeky segment of the population.

Superior for playing the game better, yes. Superior for gaming comfort and realism, not for me.

If I'm playing a robot or enhanced human, sure I'll grant being able to whirl around and hit five targets in five directions in less than a second. If I'm playing a WWII soldier, not so much.

Why? Sheet music costs money to produce just as much as a textbook does.

I got (or was forced to take, that addiction is serious) hours upon hours of pure gaming goodness from my investment of 10 euros. The software was written, I bought the alpha game and it had everything I wanted. The game was complete. Now each major revision is like I'm getting bonus content.

An enterprising Hacker News user has come up with some interesting and pretty conclusive results.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1913368

We have some pretty conclusive test results.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1913368

I was raised a vegetarian and I was the last holdout when we all decided to actually start eating meat. I see where you are coming from.

But you are absolutely, completely wrong. Meat is an expansive world full of an incredible range of complex flavors.

Bart: Milhouse. You were supposed to be the night watchman.

Milhouse: I was watching. I saw the whole thing. First it started falling over, then it fell over.

Yeah, but he's broadcasting on the old analog frequencies and no one is watching.

No idea, but you have just taken the first step to fighting Bonus Eruptus.

http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Made-up_words#Bonus_Eruptus

That's because Voyager didn't have characters, it had character roles.

Agreed. Better Off Ted was fast realizing itself as a decent replacement for Arrested Development.

Wow, that's a highly effective explanation. And a car analogy to boot.

It's a video, but a very well done post-mortem tutorial on what Google Wave was and why it was (potentially) awesome.

http://www.cracked.com/video_18209_google-wave-pissed-off-tutorial.html

"Google Wave: You Don't Deserve It"