Has Iran made any noise about the setting of this game, à la Cuba and the first level of Black Ops?

I don't suppose any good Samaritan has links to vids that haven't been pulled yet?

Still waiting for my N7 footy pajamas, BioWare!

You gotta give Fox News credit, though: they know their viewer demographic— people who forward Obama conspiracies and sappy inspirational urban legends email to all their relatives, who actually believe that jelly bracelets signify sexual acts and shoes hanging from power lines signify gang territories— and this…

He looks like a chubby, douchey Peter Gallagher.

I noticed that too.

Stroke of brilliance, especially since Stitch also goes from two arms to four arms. There's also a Stitch Palpatine.

I agree. The strength and weakness of RDR's multiplayer is that you need to posse up and communicate with people. If you can find a good group of people you're set; if you're Free Roaming with a bunch of griefers, it sucks.

Cool Story Bro warning: I went to school (from elementary through college) with the girl.

Because it's the Strabismus of Rage!

The issue of competition aside, this strikes me as a skeezy move. Isn't that plastic wrap supposed to be sacrosanct? The inviolable sign that you have indeed purchased a new game? These aren't books; the way games are is kinda like cars, once you take it off the lot, it ain't new any more.

I'd be more impressed if the dog dressed up as a varren.

Link, much like Peter Pan, has pretty much become the exclusive province of female cosplayers.

I think that suppressing fire mechanic is a fantastic idea, and I hope it gets implemented into other cover-based shooters.

Paris is a really good choice for this sort of old-world-meets-the-future. They already have La Défense, which is Paris' business center full of uber-modern buildings. (That beacon-looking thingie in the top right is the Eiffel Tower.)

Look, it's one thing to be clever and waggish, but this bullshit argument has just devolved into a childish I'm-rubber-you're-glue neener-neener match; and what's worse is that it's not just rabid fanboys doing it, but executives are leading the charge.

Earlier this week I finally got around to finishing the 2008 Prince of Persia, which I enjoyed. This weekend, probably some Gears 2 Horde and some Mass Effect 2 to whet my appetite.

As a guy who doesn't usually think about such things, I must confess I was surprised by how much animus the hair thing stirred up. Does giving FemShep blond hair that doesn't quite reach the shoulder really make her too "pretty girly" to be a galactic ass-kicker?

Why did you switch back and forth from couplets to ballad form?

I wonder why we're back to using the iconic M1 helmets.