Has stern ever released gameplay video prior to shipping? Nuff said.

To keep people employed. They can hammer out games faster than the programmers can code the designers intent. I suspect once the game gets to a level of the designers acceptance, they'll shoot a professional video. Meanwhile, there's still an assembly line working and keeping people employed. Our impatience and desire for early videos is rewarded by hard working people able to feed their families. It's not a bad marketing scheme, its just the way of the hobby.

delays arent always a bad thing. However, i do remember a game that sold out in a matter of hours pre-order that had numerous delays which didnt seem to help its initial release. Im looking at you Xmen

Personally, i would rather have steve ritchie (designer) and his programming team spend an extra day (or even two...three...?) developing the game and integrating rules than doing interviews and showing a camera what the games intent is.

Im sure once they get to a breaking point and can wait on feedback from testers and players; they'll take the time to do those interviews and get a quality 'official' video out. Until then...we want programming, research, and development!

Exactly. Ladies and gentlemen, the king is at work here. I advise those who are ancy or impatient to kick back, relax, have a drink, light up a cigar, and watch a legend work behind the control console.