Re: the Lars Bakken tag 'lars-bakken'

Looks more like they're coining a term:

lars-bakken - [lars' bak in] 1. adj - uninformative, even confusing, as in "That was the most lars-bakken comment I've heard today." 2. v - offering no new information, failing to answer the actual question, as in "At the press conference, the mayor spent most of the time lars-bakkin' before excusing himself to go play golf."

Hi-larious.

"Metal Arms: Glitch in the System" belongs at the top of any list of sleeper hits.

Especially regarding sequels--that game was totally set up for a series!

Actually, "backpack" was a euphemism there.

totally Torque Bow

Come on, man, the only Gears fan merchandise I can afford is a bandana!

I totally saw this in American Pie: Band Camp. Except the video was of these girls rubbing lotion on each other or something.

That is one of the best pictures to accompany a post ever.

It's making my eye twitch. Did M C Esher design this?

I wouldn't call it "Portal" anything; Valve wants a reputation for originality and branching out, despite the obvious goal of making money. Don't curse the new game with a title like "Portal II" then.

I liked the way the movies The Fugitive and US Marshalls had different titles, letting you know from the beginning that they were two different movies that just shared characters.

The sequel could be called anything using Aperture Science, GLaDOS, etc. to evoke the first game without jinxing it by flatly calling it a sequel. From a marketing standpoint, it makes more sense, too: it's not like anyone is going to be confused as to what game is being continued.