There are errors all over the place, I've been stuck on "Retrieving Hero List" for more than an hour now ...

Given the Norths history of failing to actually get crap off the ground I dont really think a laser to shoot it down would be necessary. Besides, dont you think the NK rulers would be all over a story where someone shot down their missile?

I'd just like to chip in as well on the Safari issue with Youtube. Not only am I having problems with Youtube, but actually on flash heavy sites in general. It can really, really slow down my Macbook.

Actually, I find that people are starting to care a lot more these days. All the scare mongering with Facebook has ment that people take notice and think about what they do online. A bad security record gets more attention in the media as well so to me it's not so clear cut anymore, people do care and you can't get away with everything.

Many companies (including the one I work for) have a policy that they don't upgrade to every version, but skip one. So going from XP to Win 7 was just part of that policy.

I'd argue that with that kind of classification it can hardly be called a "movement". Viewed from the outside they don't look schizophrenic, rather it looks like anyone who wants to stir up some trouble can just claim to be from Anonymous and thus get extra media attention towards what has been done. Since there is no common ground or movement, it's not possible to say that you're sympathetic to the cause either because the question would then become "what cause?".

I'd say it also serves to prove the point that "common sense" really isn't that common.

But most companies (anecdotal IÂm sure) have not upgraded from XP yet, and no matter how good it is, it is showing its age. Windows 7 could actually be perfectly timed, and with the right marketing perhaps they can land some deals that Vista failed to do.

The hardware demands are not finalized and most companies will turn off the visual effects anyway.

I was one of those that fell for the pre-game hype and really looked forward to it. I have the t-shirt to prove it (literally, since I bought the special edition box).

The few hours of the game I had so much fun, the game looked awesome, and I could feel the immersion. However, after driving through the umpteenth guard post and have everyone and their mother shooting at me as soon as they saw a car coming down the road (a post earlier in this thread sums this up perfectly) I stopped and thought "wow, this is pretty boring". The missions are all of the same kind, and I cannot believe this game goes for the innovation title.

Yes, it uses DirectX 10 and it looks amazing, but they didn't even bother to code in a faction system! Even Boiling Point: Road to Hell managed to do that, and they pretty much messed up everything else!

In short, I think if I had written a review after my first 5 - 6 hours, I would have given the game a very good score. If, on the other hand, I would write one now, it would look a lot less impressive.

This is a modus operandis of a lot of video game publishers. Take a look at Haze for example. There are so many games now being hyped as the next great thing that will redefine their genre, yet few actually deliver on that promise at all. I will definitely have to see it to believe it, no doubt about it.