While the game-development community has thousands of incredibly talented craftspersons, grinding away at their respective products, few are as outspoken as Cliff Bleszinski. In fact, you probably know this personality by his abbreviated "single name," CliffyB.

TeamXbox"s Will Tuttle and Andy Eddy caught some rays with him, poolside at the Green Valley Ranch resort in Vegas, where the D.I.C.E. Summit was being held, to ask him about the big award wins the previous night-they might as well have renamed the ceremony "The Gears of Awards"-a little teasing on the future of Gears of War and some dishing on the upcoming Unreal Tournament 3…and then the conversation took a few wild turns. Come sit in this lounge chair here, grab yourself an umbrella drink and check it out…