Sounds good. I know Vinny has prepared for this type of thing -- staff being able to stream on their own -- and it'll be awesome to see how it pans out.
Two stars?! Ouch. I've pretty much read and seen nothing but negative things about this game. I think it's sort of funny because Kojima is like this rockstar game dev who seems to be getting himself into all sorts of shenanigans, hearing now that he's wanting to expand into movies/television. And now he's made a game completely how he wanted and it's falling short of many people's expectations, sigh.
The way I see it, I'm paying for the chance to experience an auteur's vision of some form of America. I'd do the same for great contemporary film directors. For now, I'm mostly getting interpretations and reactions to Kojima's vision which aren't responses to technical failures or broken mechanics, but disappointment rooted in expectations derived from a source I'm not sure I possess. I'm not sure I have any expectations at all, except to experience something unique. Hopefully it's that much.
@mrfluke: Exactly. The fact that there is such a split is intriguing. It's the same with movies, of course. The more unorthodox a piece of art/media is, the greater chance it will polarize its audience. I've played plenty of games that I felt were just okay, I enjoyed them, yet reviews suggested I should have steered clear. Yet, there's a chance we will process the content differently from others, or that it will scratch different itches or in other cases, pour salt in the wound.
It's thrilling to jump in to a new game knowing its reception is vastly mixed. You're sort of discovering yourself all over again based on how you react to the game.
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