Wasn't Jak & Daxter written in another language (Lisp)? Using in in-house compiler?
They started using an inhouse version of Lisp since Crash Bandicoot 1 and never looked back =]
There's a lot more uses for background loading than animated loading screens.
That's exactly what I meant. My quote was aimed towards AngelDaniel saying something to the effect of 'loading screens are OK so long as it matches the teams vision for that game' =] I was just saying I don't care how cool a programmer may think their loading screen is, I don't think there would be a gamer in the world that wouldn't prefer no loading at all!