Might be relevant to your interests Seph.
http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=33466
We're having a discussion about broad, baseline game features that should always be included in all video games. Sort of a standardization for things like volume controls, cutscene/movie playback controls, control customization, etc.
Not sure if there's a topic here for a future show, but it might be interesting to put a call out to the gaming community at large, see what people have to say.