Diablo 3 for consoles -- are you *really* surprised?

You fucking shouldn't be.

My twitter is currently being set ablaze by butt devastated Diablo fans who somehow didn't see this coming.

Four player co-op? No skill points? Only four or five skills at once? Do you really think this game wasn't designed to be played on a console? I mean, even the matchup system is incredibly consolized. And yes, I'm going to pretend that's a word.

To be honest, I am not surprised that Activision/Blizzard designed the game to be seamlessly ported to consoles at a later date -- but I am a little surprised that they bothered porting it at all, given how terrible the game is and how few people are playing it. I figured the console release (and possible expansions) may never see the light of day, considering how bad the game is.

I hope none of you are still under any deslusions that Blizzard isn't a dead, mutilated corpse in Activision's corporate trophy room right now.

Dark Days Ahead for Microsoft

Rumors are abound that Microsoft is going to be releasing Office on Linux.

The implications of this are interesting. Linux is possibly taking off as a viable platform for PC gaming as Valve and others are beginning to invest in it as a platform. Open platforms are good for PC gamers. I've been following Linux for a long time (and I've used it for more than a decade), and I honestly do believe that we're starting to see the first signs of cracks in the armor of Microsoft.

I won't get into a whole analysis, but the days ahead for Microsoft could be dark. Very, very dark.

As Linus Torvolds said, "If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won."