Yeah I agree. Really hit the nail on the head in regards to what has been irking me for a while in Quake based game dev. Also sad but true that only because of that broken release model id software was actually able to do the GPLed source dumps :-/
But besides that, pre recorded speeches are really hit and miss. The one from Unvanquished was a bit hard to follow because of that. The terminal hacking one on the other hand was cyberpunk performance art