GameSpy: The Life Cycle of a Videogame

Sure, we collector types keep our boxed gaming treasures in pristine condition, away from the pudding-dipped claws of Ritalin-addled children and their beer-spilling generational brethren. But let's face facts here: Most physical copies of modern-day videogames get passed around like currency at a cockfight. From concept to completion and everywhere in between, we lift the curtains behind your average pixelated silicon orphan and its beautifully painful circle of life.