I got my first job as a tester bad-mouthing Doom 3: I submitted a writing sample where I complained about the narrative, not knowing that Activision was the publisher(!). I still got the job, though, working for them on Quake 4 and Call of Duty 3.

What's really funny is that my current employer -- I work in PR -- had id as a client around the same time(!!)

For the record, I do like the game. The atmosphere is great and the monsters are styled in the proper way -- nauseatingly. I played through the whole thing and once I got the craving again, Dead Space was the perfect fix.

Yes, I agree. As Pixar moves upmarket with more sophisticated films, they lose some of their mass market appeal. If you compare Finding Nemo and Wall-E, this becomes obvious.

What also doesn't help is the fact that Disney still relies on sub-par games for their franchises. That's another big reason for Wall-E's disappointing sales numbers.