It was very impressive yes. The small size of the game was also really amazing. But as SectoR said, it is very processor hungry.
Norway has some really brilliant programmers. And the worlds largest LAN (The Gathering).
http://www.gathering.org/espresso/Oh I wouldn't be so be sure about that!...
http://www.assembly.org/http://media.assembly.org/press/asm2003_panorama.jpgI think they both give each other a run for their money!
They both say they're the biggest in the world. All I can say is that I was part of the livecrew for asm'04.