Eh, all 120HZ monitors are TN displays, and by now I'm kinda spoiled by MVA and IPS...

Some old P90s that I worked on had an Award or American Megatrends BIOS, which had a graphical (640x480x16) environment and supported a PS/2 mouse. I like UEFI, especially for the ability to boot external software directly (such as bios updaters or OS installers), but the bells and whistles could be done in BIOS, at least to a certain extent.

Depends whether the FPS in question is Quake or not.

... when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

Yes, WP7 AND WinMobile at 20%... including 0.5% WP7 and 19.5% WinMobile.

there is no way a @#$ robot can judge what to do about oncoming accidents, like a pedestrian, a deer, a squirrel, a semi jackknifing(...)

The same holds true for many people. And robots probably have a much easier time driving and talking on their cellphones.

I'm hoping for a price drop on Sandy Bridge processors during this time, since there'll be no boards to put them in...

That may be true, but to be honest, I'll take a deep and buggy game over any polished, yet shallow turd any day.

When will we get the fun song-and-dance explanation of the technology, just like we did when perpendicular recording was coming out?

I pity you FPS addicts who will never know the pleasure of weaving your on-screen character through an intricate ballet of running, jumping, dancing, and attacking
...you know, like in Quake 3.