Despite suffering from a stomach virus, Jon Stewart sat down for an hour-long interview with Rachel Maddow on Thursday night's 'The Rachel Maddow Show' (weekdays, 9 PM ET on MSNBC).

During their discussion, Stewart was very critical of the hyper-partisan nature of cable news, and also drew a distinction between what he does, and what somebody like Maddow does.

"I feel more of a kinship to Jerry Seinfeld, than I do to what you guys do or to what CNN does or what NBC does," Stewart said. "(Seinfeld's) the best at being able to craft those moments of sort of these intangible esoteric things and put them together into something that really connects with people. We try to do the same thing but with a more political, social avenue."

Stewart went onto argue that the role he occupies in civil discourse -- "a comedian, who with political and social concepts criticizes from a haughty yet ultimately feckless perch" -- has always existed. However, he believes the role Maddow and the other partisan, yet entertaining talkers on MSNBC and Fox News play is a relatively new, and not particularly helpful to the political process.

Maddow respectfully disagreed, saying she thinks what she and Stewart do are similar. What do you think? Do you associate Jon Stewart with cable news pundits like Rachel Maddow? Does the modern media landscape require that lines be drawn between partisan pundits, opinion journalists, and political satirists? This discussion raises many questions, which fortunately can be debated on a 24-hour-loop simultaneously on three different cable news channels.

Activision Blizzard is looking at the possibility of creating a concert tour and reality television show based on their popular video game Guitar Hero. Admittedly, I'm not a video game fanatic and have never played the game, but I don't get how such a program would work.

Would it be a competition to see which gamer could pretend to play the guitar the best, or would it simply be following a bunch of Guitar Hero enthusiasts in their day-to-day lives? My guess is the former. I know a few people that actually play guitar that don't like the game, mostly because it doesn't really teach you how to play the guitar. The controls involve pressing buttons rather than strumming the strings. Even the creators of South Park had a go at the franchise.

However, all this is speculation at this stage. If there were a television show based on Guitar Hero, would you watch it?