"For the record, my request for a copy from EA Australia was met with two questions: If my mailing address is still my mailing address, and which platform I want it on."

Lefty, huh? Well, I know it's not your fault, Stephen...but that's what you get for having wrong genetics.

Here here!

Luke, you sound a little...irritated in the first half of that. Maybe you might want to look at that "consider carefully before hitting the 'submit' button" suggestion Kotaku gives its commenters. Just sayin'. (Funny, though).

HA!

Yeah, all that is neat, for real, but..."Blackmailability"?

*applause*

Indeed, indeed.

"Spend Your Next Seven Minutes Watching This New Final Fantasy XIII-2 Trailer"

Why?

2K completely disagrees. Here's why:

Thanks for the info!

Thank you for telling me why I was always too suspicious of Eve to get into it. And that's not sarcasm. I could never put my finger on it.

"...2009's finest game..."

I love you SO MUCH right now.

I think you should check my reply to Shinta.

Well, for me, I like the gutcheck because I respect the opinion of Kotaku's journalists, and when a game comes out, I'd like to know if they would encourage a purchase. I look at it as a kind of heads up on the review's verdict. Also, the delay of review allows me to play the game first. Then, instead of reading the…

Before I begin, this is what SOME would argue, and may not necessarily be the opinions of 2K.

It was.....

"And just because you enjoyed it, I should? Haha...Riiiiiight."