Yes, put it in the books, the implementation of co-op in games is a 2008 original! Kidding aside, I see where Croal is going. He's noticing a trend in a specific genre which is fine, but this certainly is not some kind of historic event in the industry. I agree with him on downloadable games, though. I think they're really coming into their own.

As for Dead Space compared to L4D, well, I think they're fundamentally different games. They both offer a different kind of value. I don't look at L4D as a visceral, horror-themed game. It's all about the co-op in that one. Dead Space is strictly a single player experience, from the ground up. The way the story is presented, the super high production value, etc. They're both very different and I don't think either kind of game is going away.

Games are more exciting because they're more profitable. C'mon, Todd! Admit it!

Well, let's face it. He thought it was cute or somehow clever to combine Space Invaders and 9/11. There's no deeper message here. 9/11 is a tragedy, no matter who was involved or the cause of it.

I'm glad, though, that event organizers found it tasteful enough to offer support. Maybe they're upset that they're government says they can't play Gears of War? I don't know.

Art can be controversial, but it can also be intellectual. Although, illegally using an intellectual property may not be the way to go, Mr. Stanley.

Nintendo's lenient quality control is to blame. But, who cares, right? Nintendo "prints money." It's all a laugh.

Dyack ruined his reputation by engaging with the animals at NeoGAF. That's not the place to go to talk about games. They don't talk there, they simply react. It's immature and more of a David Jaffe kind of place. But his posts there created an unfair negativity that has spilled over to other websites like Kotaku and Joystiq. That's not good for Dyack or Silicon Knights.