..Players will be submerged in water for what we hope will be days at a time playing our games. Our focus groups have indicated, almost universally, that video-game systems that cause player fatalities are received poorly by the public, no matter how we describe the event. Therefore, players must be able to breathe underwater. We recommend some variation on the long, narrow, hollow cylindrical devices used to drink soda...
Get the rest filled in at A Memo From Sony Computer Entertainment America's Executive Vice President Andrew House to the New PlayStation Next Generation Design Team
Read it all hereI also murdered a balloon vendor near the Central Park Reservoir back in ’92, so I suppose it all comes out even, just. [Local authorities, you know where to contact us. —Ed.]
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