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"Man, am I the only one who misses the days when game designers were anonymous?"

Garriot pimped himself as Lord British in Ultima as far back as '81. Would you really rather be playing games from before that time?
props for the preacher image. that's old school.
brain fart. KOTOR2 woulda been obsidian. Make that KOTOR.
To find out games that I'm interested in, I look at screenshots/vids/track record of the developers if its a new IP (or an IP unfamiliar to me). Genre plays a part in this, I'm not a huge fan of FPS or sports outside of arcady racing/soccer/hockey. I am also a bit of a sequel whore (got all of the Winning Elevens from WE7 on even though they are all pretty much the same).

Of the ones I'm interested in, to determine whether I will buy, I go look at gamerankings & gamefaqs and check out the reviews with the lowest scores and read the reviews, ignoring the score. If the faults described sound like things I could live with then it goes on my to-buy list.

Bioware is the only developer that comes to mind that gets a free pass from me. I will pick up anything they make as long as it's not some MMO and provided I have the hardware to run it. Still, the last thing of theirs I had the hardware for is KOTOR2.
looks steampunk-ish
"When the Wii was revealed to have a console-specific friend code"

How does that work if you have different people playing on the same machine?
"Being fun to play or well-designed just isn't important."

Well designed can result in something other than being fun to play. There are plenty of important films that aren't fun to watch. Resnais' Night and Fog for one.
"Delay notes that the lack of information is intentional so as to not build excessive hype."

Or, y'know, to *create* excessive hype.

1. Drop vague hints.
2. Fan Speculation & Rumormongering.
3. Profit?
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"What's the best gaming laptop for under 1,500 bucks? I had my eye on the P7805u (Gateway), but it seems Best Buy has run out for the time being. Also, as a secondary question, I like the specs on brands such as iBUYPOWER and CyberPower and the like, but are they reliable? I'm a little worried about buying labels that aren't huge like Dell, Gateway, etc. Thanks!"
 

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