These licenses kept the THQ gravy train powering along for years and allowed them to open up more than a dozen studios. Relic was an important purchase for THQ because it gave them some much needed cred in the PC market. The Homeworld games had established Relic as one of the best RTS devs out there, so THQ put them to work on two successful new franchises.Aakash Chopra: I won't say that, but it is a different format, which has attracted a different kind of audience. Yes, the traditionalists have also followed it. I am a purist at heart and I've followed it fervently, and loved it too.

2) Nearly a year ago, there was a farcical Extreme Skins thread on the idea of the Redskins signing Pinkston. Here's what swaroopm wrote then: "I don't think Pinkston wants to be in the same area code as Sean Taylor, let alone on a team with him. I bet if the Redskins call Pinkston in, he will just retire so he doesn't have to come to Redskins Park for a tryout.".And there's nothin