The Speed Of Light Sucks.

The Idea That I Can Be Presented With A Problem, Set Out To Logically Solve It With The Tools At Hand, And Wind Up With A Program That Could Not Be Legally Used Because Someone Else Followed The Same Logical Steps Some Years Ago And Filed For A Patent On It Is Horrifying.

The Xbox 360 Is The First Console That I've Ever Worked With That Actually Has Development Tools That Are Better For Games Than What We've Had On Pc.

If You're Willing To Restrict The Flexibility Of Your Approach, You Can Almost Always Do Something Better

We Do Not See The Pc As The Leading Platform For Games. That Statement Will Enrage Some People, But It Is Hard To Characterize It Otherwise; Both Console Versions Will Have Larger Audiences Than The Pc Version.

The Important Point Is That The Cost Of Adding A Feature Isn't Just The Time It Takes To Code It. The Cost Also Includes The Addition Of An Obstacle To Future Expansion. Sure, Any Given Feature List Can Be Implemented, Given Enough Coding Time. But In Addition To Coming Out Late, You Will Usually Wind Up With A Codebase That Is So Fragile That New Ideas That Should Be Dead-simple Wind Up Taking Longer And Longer To Work Into The Tangled Existing Web. The Trick Is To Pick The Features That Don't Fight Each Other.