As it turns out, finding the most easily distracted people in the world and then trying to hold their attention for several years isn't a very sound business plan.

@TomMcShea @tomkat69pc Rare is still around, albeit in the same way that Big Boss was "around" in many of the Metal Gear Solid games: in suspended animation and not in any position to do anything significant.

I've noticed that 7.5 scores seem the rustle the most jimmies in the GS community.

@Plasmid_king It's never a good thing when you're outshined by a boulder:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xuXkVzBdJQ

@thenephariouson I hope so too, but Deus Ex: Human Revolution turned out well without his involvement, so it might be harder for him to sell himself.

@Mr_BillGates Wait a minute...3 replies to this post (including mine)...

HALF-LIFE 3 CONFIRMED

As a certain Reddit user said: "You can only rely on the money from T-shirt and bracelet sales at Hot Topic for so long."

Oh hey, looks like Strauss Zelnick was off by a couple of months:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/thq-dead-in-six-months-says-gta-publisher-6370307

Everyone here seems to be forgetting Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. It had the best parts of early survival horror games (i.e. tension, being outmatched by enemies) and also managed to have a compelling story.

@dab198 That just goes to show you how irrelevant the paid subscription has become--there are users that don't even know that it exists.