So you knew it was going to take something really cool/funny/interesting to bring us out of hiding and get another entry fired up. And I think I've just found it.
Check out this story on the "upcoming" (read: "Please, God, when will it finally be here?") Gears of War 3 and how some of the major plot points are going to being decided. Good idea? Next Big Step forward in game development? Lame gimmick? Let the debate (and buying of avatar tees) begin...