A year in gaming quotes: Kotick, Beatles, Tony Hawk
Ars: 2009 certainly was a busy year for gaming. We've had curious console refreshes, boycotts of blockbuster games, and more peripheral-laden games than you can shake a stick at. We even got to shoot people in an airport. And what better way to celebrate the year that was 2009 than by looking at some of the more interesting things said by games industry folks. Here is your 2009, in quotes.

"We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games."

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, speaking at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco. While Kotick may not be all that popular among gamers-and quotes like this are a prime example why-it's hard to argue with his business sense. Kotick has earned $37 million in stock options since the November launch of Modern Warfare 2.