Touche, Tormeh. That is the right answer.

As was stated in the original article, reliable sources have been reporting on MS' desire to buy Nintendo for some time, yes. The reason we chose to point out this story anyway is that it highlights how frankly Moore has been talking about his expired tenure at Microsoft. In this context, it's also an expression that the company knew the limitations of the original Xbox (that it was an "aggressive black box for shooters") and saw the strategies of a circa-2003 Nintendo as a way to grow its market--and while the acquisition obviously didn't pan out, it certainly informed the direction of the 360. The point is that both what Moore said and what that statement implied, taken together, are very interesting.

Other things that will happen in 2012:

-100 million households will pay for HDTV service

-LCD TV shipments will double

-Wiress HDTV hits the one million user benchmark

-Blu-Ray overtakes DVD in sales

I don't know why analysts love 2012 so much, but if they're all right the year will be some kind of perfect storm of high-def bliss and we should all start saving now.

We have received some questions about one major AAA title or another not appearing here. Don't despair! Genre Wars is actually a series of features. If you can't find your hybrid genre game yet, chances are it's coming in a future list.

I actually put a few thousand mouse clicks into this beta on Friday, not realizing the beta was so close so closure. If Mythos never sees the light of the day it would be a substantial shame.