I played it and never stopped. I've finished everything, and now I'm ashamed that I can say Ive beat the game. It wasn't time wasted, though, I could've cured cancer in the time it took me to complete the game in its ENTIRETY.
I think that people have gotten older, frankly. The flame wars were during the abnormally free points in the internet's history, and now, people are realizing that their lives online are now connected with their lives in the real world. Facebook and Myspace have made the internet a personalized...
It is a new tool, in the toolbox of musicians. It will become ubiquitous then some or a few will do amazing things with it, because that's what people do.