@curly haired boy: Weren't they part of some physical enhancement program years before the first game?

@nipsen: either is good, though a picky grammar nazi may criticize the first for "that" and the second for ending with a preposition.

@Burning: well, yes, hedges generally are grammatical in nature. Another commenter made an excellent point about attachment to the Portal experience rather than any single character, as well. Perhaps if we were to tally all the emotional strings Portal manages to pull— overall atmosphere, characters (seen and…

@Burning: If I were to make an attempt at justifying or, more accurately hedging, Valve's comment, I would suggest that Portal created a stronger emotional attachment than any other SINGLE game they've shipped.

@N-Robes: I think you missed something, N-Robes.

@Thut: Well, if the ultimate purpose of technological advancement is to utilize every iota of the universe as a processing medium, what do you do when you run out of universe?

One might consider, however, that the 40s and 50s were a time when amphetamines were readily prescribed by doctors and available for purchase as inhalers at any local pharmacy.

@Fernando Jorge: ""I cried. I cried when they told me," she said, looking tired, her belly seven months pregnant from a new relationship with a fellow carnival worker and friend of Perry's."

@Taggart6 thinks you should check out #MH3Lounge: oh, definitely. I wasn't saying the hovercraft was AWFUL, just that it doesn't seem as tight a control scheme nowadays.

@Taggart6 thinks you should check out #MH3Lounge: alas, the hoverboat controls have not aged gracefully.

Oooh, shudder. Seeing that endless castle brought back some repressed trauma from my gaming youth.

@ifrit: The other thing we should be considering is that the genetic makeup of the people in a particular area is subject to change over time through emigration and immigration. Features that become part of a people's racial identity are often imported from other peoples because they are viewed as exotic and…

It's all so important! So dramatic! Just a shame the leaders of those warring lady nations couldn't afford to equip their warriors with anything but glow-band-wrapped-bracers.

@spikespeigel: I think I left that scene going for more than 30 minutes before I finally pulled the trigger...

@terrodactyl refuses to shave: I guess I'm not allowed to be sarcastic, too. My humblest apologies.

@terrodactyl refuses to shave: Dear lord, man, there isn't anything in that sentence that isn't a scientific oxymoron.

@icepick314: Oh, you poor, poor outcast of Korean Societah.

I just know there's two theories to arguing with the press, and neither one works.

@xADFx: I was really missing the ability to go to first person view to see things like this. I hate doing all the camera wrangling to try and see these things, but I can't help but NEED to do it.

Regarding the character of Alan Wake, I really didn't enjoy most of his interactions with people, other than his wife and his agent. These are the people who know him best, so it makes sense that his relationship personality is more engaged with these interactions. Unfortunately, there isn't likely to be much…