Arnold was good in one movie, Conan the Barbarian. Will Smith basically has two emotions (although I'll admit he has a tendency to pick good roles for himself). Denzel Washington is pretty hit or miss, and Bruce Willis hasn't been the same since 12 Monkeys.
Robert Downey Jr. definitely is not overrated. He was a good actor long before Iron Man. Edward Norton, however, is a narcissist of amazing proportions. And he always plays his roles with a heavy hand. I liked him in the first half of American History X, but otherwise he's pretty dull.
They've taken a hint from what people didn't like about Oblivion, I wouldn't be so pessimistic if I were you. Most likely TESV or the rumored MMO (that studio just opened 10 minutes from my house, they're gonna be making a big hiring spree in the next couple of years).
Colour Haze, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Moondog, Titan, Soulwax, Coil, Love, anything involving Joe Byrd or Roky Ericson, Leech, most post-rock in general. Also the Jet Set Radio Future soundtrack, at least disc 2. And most of what was already mentioned so far.
I'd get Grim Fandango over the other FF7 and 8, they're just not worth it. However, all three might cause issues on newer computers. Having a dual-core processor causes some old games to run twice as fast (like everything is super-speedy), I'm not sure if they're affected. I do know that Grim Fandango somehow crashed my comp and changed the BIOS.
Not to shoot anyone down, but typically most big-name studios have benefits as good as this. Maybe not all the facilities (most don't have gyms), but a lot of them are great about insurance and vacations. Two of my friends work at Big Huge Games, they go out for lunch and movies and stuff pretty often, and they have basically every game ever made in a rack somewhere in the offices that they're allowed to take home and 'study'.
The story is a breeze. I beat it in literally 4 hours. In that way, I guess you could say it's like a movie. We did play the multiplayer a LOT though. That was our go-to game besides Goldeneye up until Timesplitters 2 and 3.
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