Stephen T of Kotaku (ne MTv Multiplayer) just posted an interesting piece on why swimming either sucks, kills you or is eventually removed from most video games (barring those starring Aquaman, of course). Stephen fired some email at Mr. B. Judd regarding Nathan Spencer's inability to backstroke his way to victory: turns out that a gigantic metal arm is not actually a flotation device. Read up on deep thougts about dog paddling from industry luminaries like Ben Judd, Pete Wanat, Dave Perry and Darren Bridges from Sucker Punch.