"... the first direct evidence that thunderstorms make antimatter particle beams"

Does this mean that elementary school teachers may need to revise their assertions that lightning does not make noise?

Real answer: Yesssssss!

d) make a similar game with similar mechanics. open it up to player scenarios and mods. publish a "fan" mod that makes it perform just like the original game. deniability, check. all you are peddling is the platform for the legally questionable niche game mechanics.

Would free games also be affected? Is there a legal challenge to any such tax on the horizon due to the restriction by taxation on free speech, possibly on proprietary games but also possibly on open source games? Would violent interactive programs, i.e. not "games" also be threatened?

Arguing that the company is composed of people is besides the point, as is the obvious fact that those responsible will be replaced. Punitive damages are designed to discourage similar behavior by others in the future, whether firms or individuals. Companies that do not have strict standards of conduct and means of enforcement in place to restrain bonus-happy minions can damn well pay up. Employees will suffer collateral damage in the very short term, but in terms of the damage to society, allowing companies or individuals to get off lightly on corporate crime acts far outweighs damage to employed individuals.

Sounds like you have some pretty developed views. It is strange to me, then, that you choose not to use the only tool within your grasp of manifesting those views in the political realm. I am talking about voting, of course. It may be a blunt -- a very blunt -- tool, but it is a tool nonetheless. In other words, you can make it serve your purposes. For instance, you might express your displeasure with a bill such as the PATRIOT Act not only by complaining about it, but voting for the candidate who, in your judgment, least favors similar bills.

At the risk of proving Godwin's Law, I might point out that Hitler may have felt that way. In all seriousness, your comments seem to me to show a disregard for the responsibility of a citizen to hold his or her government responsible. Not voting is not a legitimate agent of change or expression of disavowal. Whining is equally ineffective. Voting, as repugnant as you may find it, if you spend time getting to know the candidates and issues, may be effective. Or, if you cannot find a suitable candidate or issue, run yourself, or get your issue on the ballot. Such things can be done.