GDC Conference Director Meggan Scavio walks onto the stage for the Introduction. “His influence on the video game medium is unmistakable.” And Hideo Kojima struts onto the stage to applause, blinding us with the human body he created, probably, draped in smexy designer fashion, housing the mind that’s making the audience clap until their hands become mush.

And there I am, alone and afraid, amidst the nerds and their slight pungent smell created from walking only a few stairs.

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Sony has done it again.

And by this, we mean that Sony has once again delayed the launch of its next-gen virtual world, the Playstation Home. Sony originally announced the project at the GDC last year, with plans for an open beta in Fall 2007, but pushed it back to Spring 2008 after it was realized they couldn’t meet the launch date. Now, Sony has announced that they are pushing that date back once again, this time scheduling the open beta for sometime in Fall 2008, with an expanded closed beta this summer.

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