He gets points for trying to be light-hearted, and his ability to say a lot without actually saying anything relevant (most impressive). However I suppose I cannot blame him for not telling us the deepest secrets of UO development; that sort of thing is likely out of his and most of the dev team's collective hands.

True, the secretive nature of it all is painfully foolish, but most likely it's not his call to make. But then, what the hell do I know.