I disagree with that last statement. Most HD CRT sets don't support 720p, though all support 1080i. It's just the nature of the technology behind it. I have a 51" Toshiba CRT rear-projection - it's a whole 2 years old though, so obviously it must be obsolete. :P

Flightplan? Pearl Harbour??

This format war has really made me realize something - just about all the movies I like are made by Universal and Warner...and occasionally Paramount (Old School anyone?). Blu-ray might end up with more total movies in the end...but I'll take quality over quantity any day (and right now, HD-DVD has both).

Gears of War (of course).

Fusion Frenzy was an excellent party game. Underwhelming? Are you playing this single-player or something? I was bored to death playing Halo (FPSs on PC only please), but this kind of game is perfect for the console. Consoles need more "local multiplayer" games - that's the whole point of having a console (at least for me)! Fusion Frenzy fills this void nicely, and is a great game to have a few drinks with since it's so easy to pick up and play whether you're a beginner or an expert gamer. I'm looking forward to this sequel. I really think you're approaching this all wrong.

Intel might not be _killing_ PC gaming per se, but they do make it a pain in the ass for graphics software developers (like myself). I don't think you guys realize that it's not just a performance issue - the integrated Intel graphics cards out there simply aren't up to par compatibility-wise with other cards. At my company, we have to keep writing special cases in certain sections of the graphics code because the Intel hardware (or maybe the driver?) is crap. Not only is Intel slowing down development by forcing software to work around the various compatibility issues, they're also causing people to blame software for issues caused by the hardware.

I don't doubt his integrated graphics figures - almost every customer we deal with seems to have an integrated Intel card, and it's a pain convincing them to upgrade. If Intel hadn't created their shitty integrated solutions, the computer would already contain a better-supported ATI or NVIDIA card.

I'm a programmer, and I do enjoy it, but even 50 hours a week seems crazy to me (though I do 50-60 hours on occasion). The people working 60-70 hours a week must have absolutely no life. That sounds depressing. The people who say, "I love my job, so 70 hours a week is great!" are a pain in the ass for the rest of us trying to live our lives to the fullest. Work 2 programming jobs if you really don't have anything better to do. I'd love to see the day where managers are forced to plan ahead according to normal work weeks instead of depending on overtime.