as the saying goes "Who watches the watchers" while nonpartisan the GSO only makes a report - and I think we all know what is going on here and it is exactly what congress (or their benefactors) want. I am doubtful anything will come of this - still a shame that the process can be hijacked and then dismissed so easily.

Sorry to be so daft, but what do you mean, exactly? I am missing the reference "Blue Pill" is that a reference to IBM? the chip you reference does that run x86?

I absolutely agree with many of the comments here - especially Simple To Use, and the requiring to join aspects but for me personally it is really about just sitting down to play. I have to jump through so many hoops - load screens, authorization, everything just seems to stop me from playing a game. Usually I have half an hour but if there is an update - whoo boy, forget it. Wii really started to miss the mark on playability - simple seeming characters or interfaces, but the actual playability was somewhat complicated and required confirmation after confirmation or selection. Xbox 360 was soured from the Game Destiny - required online play and our internet is not the best. Every time I tried to play a >100MB update was required before I could even start! I'm excited to see what happens with VR - that could change the landscape a bit.

Well you clearly highlight what the reasoning is over here in the States.

It is all about collecting money - and this story says to me that local municipalities want to ensure a constant stream of revenue so they talk to their senators about it - the senators talk to Apple about it... Apple talks to the developer about it... and the developer laughs and creates a story how they are being targeted - making sure to include the company or site name, and drive business from interested bystanders.

Again, it is all about the money.

While I think $10 is absolutely reasonable - if you look deeper many of the scenes he shows are not available for sale. I'm sure if you were building the thing from scratch you would probably capture your own footage too. But non tinkerers rejoice - a kit may be for sale later for ~$3K

This is really interesting, I'd never even heard of the studies they were performing until now and I found the link - as spock would say... fascinating. (raise eyebrow at the appropriate time) What a boon for LSU physics department! I guess the school isn't so Mickey Mouse after all... http://www.lsu.edu/