I like this guy and his work, but I'm a bit concerned about his sanity.

I once put a cat in a pokeball... it got in.. but just let say it didn't came out quite the same..

lol, flawless analysis. time to get stretching. :P

It's a great powerup because it does more than one thing. creative use of it helps exploration AND combat. And they're still finding cool things to do with it in newer games, like Prime 2's bosses.

Would you prefer more powerups like - Red Key that unlocks a Red Door somewhere?

All i recall is that when the Space Pirates tried it, it wasn't pretty. And they can breed Metroids...

I remember that log but forget what game the scan came from.

Prime 1. I forget which room, though.

Yeah. It was like, subjects came out horribly twisted and broken. One of the best logs ever. 

Edit - found it googling these very words. That's awesome man.

"...especially the curious Morph Ball function. All attempts at duplicating it have ended in disaster: four test subjects were horribly broken and twisted when they engaged our Morph Ball prototypes. Science Team wisely decided to move on afterward."