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Yup, here's a picture of Mark Twain hanging out with Tesla. A lot of Twain's interest in science and engineering manifested itself in his novel A Connecticut Yankee in King's Arthur's Court, wherein an American from the late 19th century gets transported back to 6th century Britain and hijinks ensue. It's really funny and definitely worth reading.

Officially? No. Unofficially? Yes, a lot.

On a scale of 0 to 10, how bad is I-495?

From what I read in the SEC filling, there's nothing actually requiring that all the proceeds from the "Game Shares" are actually used to fund Psychonauts 2:

This arrangement presents risks to the Company, and thereby to investors in Game Shares, to the extent that the Game Funding Payment may be lost or not fully and efficiently applied to the development of the game, or the game may not be developed diligently or on time and therefore may not generate sufficient revenue to allow dividends to be paid at expected levels or at all.
The license agreement will not require the developer to provide any collateral in exchange for the receipt of the Game Funding Payment or otherwise, and the Game Funding Payment will not be considered an advance.

Theoretically, couldn't Doublefine just end up pocketing most of the money? If you raise $5 million from investors, and the game only costs $1 million to make, the "investors" don't get $4 million back under this scheme.

Executive orders are implemented through power that Congress (or the Constitution) grants the President. If you look at the beginning of any executive order, you'll see which laws the power derives from. For example, this recent executive order derives from powers granted to the President in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and Oil Pollution Act of 1990.