i bet you could see the holes from behind him. still, holes are kind of lame. the whole game is kind of iffy. i had more fun with the armada game.
likely not (I hope not, anyways). its a texturing issue, made visible by actual holes in the character model's face. it's basically the game's way of screaming "my developers didnt care about me". no other professionally made games do this. not even other licensed garbage.
you can see through his neck! http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=809523619&size=o and the graphics look better in the game fraps seems to lower the quality.