What do you do, if you don't mind me asking? The people I know who do this are all either ship captains or oil workers.
Nintendo doesn't.
> If anything, the first MW was more ambiguous in that regard, since at least you had "good Russians" and "bad Russians"; in MW2, the former kind has apparently rapidly died out again, so we're back to good old stereotypes.
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe the guy piloting the aircraft for Soap is Russian. Or at least he has an Eastern European name/accent.
Everyone is airdropped. They hack the US's defense systems so we can't tell they're coming until it's too late.
I'm Colombian too and am happy to see the name of my country spelled correctly. Too often it's spelled Columbia.
"Bothering With the Major Networks"?
'Idealistically' you may want to ignore those guys. But, pragmatically, since they dominate their market, you may want to/have to work with them. Sure, you *might* be able to avoid them. (FWIW, I often feel a similar way about the RIAA)
Twenty, even ten years ago, yes. But today's broadcast networks have the smallest share of the viewing public in their history. American Idol and High School Musical 2 are the closest our era has come to there being programming that a large share of America watches (although the second example is dealing with pre-teens, natch).
This doesn't mean you can avoid the big media companies altogether. It just means that your show doesn't have to be ABC/CBS/NBC/Fox. Some of the best TV of this past decade has been on cable networks.
Unfortunately, due to the recent popularity of Twilight, most of them are 12.
Just use the term analblog.
Wait...
It's interesting that console games are now more like PC games than ever: some need specific hardware configurations (GTA IV on the Xbox 360 requires a hard drive, IIRC) or lengthy installations (games on the PS3), many have a lot of software patches that repair broken games (Fat Princess's online) or constantly improve the game experience (Burnout Paradise) and some are great principally based on their online connectivity (without human opponents or user-created content, they wouldn't be as good).
And Casablanca was made with 1940s-quality film equipment. Still looks great on HD though.
Perhaps you think only movies from 1996 onward look good in HD?
Variables don't; constants aren't.