MTV's Stephen Totilo dropped word of an interview he did at DICE with Criterion's creative director Alex Ward. Criterion recently produced Black, a shooter that Ward claims is injected with deeper, political substance.

Anyhoo, Totilo talks about "beating" Black, inspiring a rant in which Alex Ward chastizes the use of the word "beat." He asks if when you listen to a new CD, do you say you "beat" it? Or when you go to the library do you say you "beat the first floor" and "beat the second floor." Or "beating" all the movies in the cineplex. He then talks about "beating" War and Peace, all three thousand pages.

In short: Alex Ward is wacky. Like really, really wacky. Brian Ashcraft

He Prefers The Word "Played" [MTV]