I also think this is amusing because I expect this looks a lot like how the sausage gets made in normal publishing -- except it's all behind closed doors. This

I also think this is amusing because I expect this looks a lot like how the sausage gets made in normal publishing -- except it's all behind closed doors. This time, the Internet is invited to opine, and they're shocked (shocked!) that the business of game development requires dodgy financial deals a lot of the time.