[mrnoble]

I feel the need to point out that thinking the GDC might add another game element is not akin to "conspiracy theory", as in Area 51 aliens, vaccinations=autism, and any of the twisty ways of discovering a Water Game. It is much more like adding bonds to your stock portfolio when Ben Bernanke hints that interest rates might be allowed to rise. If anyone is actually building for a game that doesn't exist based on hints that don't say much (if anything) about what that game might be, they are foolish. I don't think there is actually anyone doing that. What I think SHOULD be done is, plan for the game as it is now, and leave room in your thinking and designs for changes that might occur. Hedge your bets.

I think I'll leave this one alone for a while now. If I'm correct, and there is more to be revealed, well, we'll all see it sooner or later. If I'm wrong, then that's fine too, and no one will have to adjust. Either way, it doesn't make much difference to keep looking for more and more obscure (or nonexistent) clues, and keep debating points of conjecture. The idea is clearly out there now. Let's just wait and see what happens.