Yes excellent news indeed. I am not too sure what he meant by 'huge category of meta-data' but the prospect of this established scheme opening up to the creative industry is exciting. It is encouraging to hear about promoting innovation in these frugal times.

Let's not let the financial software industry get any of this funding. Creative only need apply.

Perhaps a (public) safety conscious Iphone app, would suffice Mr Silver?

The early dark corridors are little off-putting, but are soon eclipsed by some elegant open level design reminding me of the original CE. Lots of generic Halo fun to be had with the vehicle fights.
A real feeling of joining a larger and ongoing battle which was missing H2 and 3. It is early days yet, but this release has an excellent mature-gamer feel to it.

Sure, very interesting. A poorly implemented multiplayer can ruin the experience. I am tired of the capture the flag and deathmatch variations. These single purpose objectives blight the massive opportunities offered by online console play. Are there not any other multi-user game types which offer more exciting experiences than collecting an item and returning to base, whilst avoiding being killed?

What about co-operative efforts to open secret doors / provide cover / trap opponents. Why can't I choose to control the Horde in GOW2? Why is multi-player vehicle action often an afterthought.

GTA4 multiplayer was pretty imaginative and Halo3 editor demonstrated some exciting possibilities. I just wondered if I am missing something. Is there anything to learn from online PC gaming?

The BBC IPlayer is a useful tool, but is currently unuseable between 6-11pm GMT due to BT traffic shaping limits. I know there has been some discussion on net neutrality and cost in the UK, but neither firms seem to have resolved this issue.

BT record that traffic shaping occurs only on the cheapest broadband option, but this is not entirely accurate.

Sounds interesting. Time to take that fucking top hat off my avatar, methinks.