"the game is done when the graphics are done" this is the problem with modern development, once your team is bigger than 100 people you can't effectively lie to management anymore
it goes further: Yu Suzuki had a oh-shit-the-boss-is-here button installed on his devkits that'd corrupt the screen and make the game look visibly "unfinished", in order to keep his boss from trying to force the game out the door ASAP shmuplations.com/afterburner/
