Deus Ex 3 was the last AAA title I bought, and that was because I considered it a work of art, on the strength of Deus Ex 1 being art. These days, I mostly just

Deus Ex 3 was the last AAA title I bought, and that was because I considered it a work of art, on the strength of Deus Ex 1 being art. These days, I mostly just look at what's on Kickstarter and kicking in a few bucks. I have not paid much attention to AAA games. Well, that and I no longer have a Windows gaming rig, so that is also a big part of it. I'm not so sure that what FB is doing will mean that power is being taken away. My friend and I had discussed this. His original theory was that it was a "vanity buy", something Zuckerberg wanted because it looks like a good trophy on his shelf. We talked about it more and came up with some key indicators on whether that is what is happening or not. The most important one is whether John Caramack sticks around for more than six months after the merger. Based on what we both know, and what I have read in the John & John history of id, if FB sells out, it's likely that Caramack won't stick around for long. A day later, we saw the article with Abrash joining Oculus. That kind of confirmed it for us. Instead of people leaving, there were more people joining up. It's early days yet, and it remains to be seen whether FB will let Oculus have free reign or not. Early indicators, despite the fear among gamers and game devs, seems to point to Oculus being able to do a lot more with the technology now. I am not sure how that stacks up with the open nature of the hardware -- we'll see. If FB is indeed looking at this as the next generation of social networking, they might try to seed the hardware into the mainstream by keeping it open and available, and focus instead on creating experiences for the platform. In the meantime, I'm hoping more people try to sell FB stocks so I can pick it up at a discount. Speaking of monetizing.