dunno, i think that killing them really brought tension to the story. i thought anybody could die. it was much more powerful and affecting for me because of that, to watch what followed.

MMORPG is gonna suck, since the whole genre is shit.

there are supposed to be comics and novels both, iirc, or last i heard anyway. one of my favorite authors (steven brust) has written a novel on spec, basically because he wanted to because he got an idea for one, and submitted it. if they don't publish it he's going to release it as fanfic, so we win either way. his style is perfect for firefly, so i'm pretty excited.