Thinking of a Master Plan: Harmonix's Scores Potential $209 Million Bonus Payment From Its Sugar Daddies at Viacom; Level Up Crunches the Numbers. (CORRECTION APPENDED)http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2008/03/03/level-up-crunches-numbers-on-viacom-bonus-payment-to-harmonix.aspxThe album cover for Eric B. &amp; Rakim's 1987 classic "Paid In Full" The eagle-eyed sleuths over at Gamasutra dug into the latest SEC filing from entertainment conglomerate Viacom and unearthed an interesting tidbit . Former shareholders in Rock BandenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)re: Thinking of a Master Plan: Harmonix's Scores a $209 Million Bonus Payment From Its Sugar Daddies at Viacom; Level Up Crunches the Numbers.http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2008/03/03/level-up-crunches-numbers-on-viacom-bonus-payment-to-harmonix.aspx#218776Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:50:37 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:218776colemanm<p>Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand...</p> Blog: Level Upre: Thinking of a Master Plan: Harmonix's Scores Potential $209 Million Bonus Payment From Its Sugar Daddies at Viacom; Level Up Crunches the Numbers. (CORRECTION APPENDED)http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2008/03/03/level-up-crunches-numbers-on-viacom-bonus-payment-to-harmonix.aspx#221183Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:16:08 GMT544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:221183Ginger Yellow<p>It's quite cunning accounting, this. Now they can point to the liability and say: &quot;We'll only pay this if our game does really well, so don't worry about it.&quot; If the game doesn't do so well, they get to mark down the liability and claim a profit.</p> Blog: Level Up