"The youth of today are not permitted to approach the traditional heritage of mankind through the door of technological awareness. This only possible door for them is slammed in the their faces by a rear-view mirror society."

--Marshall McLuhan, "The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects" 1967.

“PC game sales will likely remain flat during 2002. These results are actually positive considering the competitive threat from console games. Our data suggests the PC platform still has a dedicated following among gamers.”

-- Steve Koenig, senior software analyst, NPDTechworld.

"Today, videogames are poised to advance - technically, artistically, commercially - in ways that could make them to the present century what films were to the last: emotionally engrossing, visually stunning, socailly influential expressions that capture and inform the spirit of the times."

--Zev Borow, Wired Jan. 2003, p 104