@Kicken: This argument about the relative cost of games today vs those in the past has gotten so off track. So much so that we're all saying the same thing, which is that games are less expensive today, so the "rising cost of games" is not a valid excuse for piracy, because games are not more expensive.

@Kicken: You are correct that a cartridge is more expensive than a disk. However, they production values of games today are in general much greater than those in the past. So still we are paying less for games that cost more money to make.

@PigletLUV: raising prices, is this a joke? Maybe you never paid $80 for a SNES game.

@Letiumtide: maybe not a 1:1 ratio, but this argument is paper thin. Piracy certainly equals LESS games sold. Stop fooling yourself.

@Kicken: because Walmart employs human beings.

@Kicken: False. Retailers for one certainly made money on every copy of MW2 sold.

@Koztah: it's best not to think to0 hard about Bayonetta. Just love her with every fiber of your being.

Pirates? WTF.

@Odb718: I understand your point, but your logic is flawed. I don't mean to be combative either, but I'm sick of people talking about piracy (i.e. THEFT) as if it is something that can ever do any good.

@Odb718: yes, because pirating games solves the problem.

@Chris Morrison: sales and ratings do not equal quality.

@Michael Dukakis: Doraemon! He is like this wicked bad ass time traveling cat.

I wonder if there are any in game famitsu magazines?

@ShadowOdin is gonna be King of Kotaku: good thing the DSi LL isn't a mandatory upgrade then 0_O

@Alex_Mexico: totally. The first game that came to my mind was Ico. There is a game where the art, sound, and gameplay/story (to me the gameplay and story are so strongly intertwined in this title as to be inseparable from each other) all mesh together perfectly and create an emotional response.

otacondoms are the absolute best.

maybe they should do a play about a real problem that highschoolers face. you know, like drugs or something.

God damn it Gwen Stefani is a hideous monster.

Always subtitles. Even in English language games I turn the subtitles on when I can. I prefer to read the text in my games rather than hear it.

@Gargus: how do you really feel haha?