It wasn't Kotaku directly. It was Sam Biddle who started declaring he wanted to see violence towards the nerds. The otaku if you will. I like you Steve, and I like Kotaku, but I can't approve of people who hate nerds.

You know though, I do wonder why you all keep reporting on it if you are so sick of it. It seems self-destructive. You all have to have figured out by now that Gamergate activity actually rises with each of these articles. If you all had just ignored it when it started, it would have gone away.

Bit of a conflict of interest in this article what with Gamergate having led to Gawker getting sponsors pulled I think. That said, I'm sick of it too.

Way to be a professional Mike.

*ba dum tish*

I know the example isn't really your point, but no, getting real honey doesn't mean you have to get raw honey. I have one of these on my desk right now...

Actually I think you can make it back up to the ledge with a low falcon punch like that as long as you don't fast fall it.

Hmmm, the problem with this sort of comparison is that it lacks longevity and doesn't really explore the problem in depth. Yes, for those first 8 hours playing Portal 2, your brain is pretty well stimulated. Once you have finished all the puzzles though, how much does the game keep you thinking at that point? You can…

The beauty of that Falcon punch is that it only worked because Falcon was at the exact right place at the exact right time. Shiek is one of the taller characters, so she is somewhat vulnerable to having her extremities not be behind shield coverage and Falcon struck low enough to get under the shield.

I have a 3 terabyte secondary hard drive, so on that front at least, I'm fine. At least until there are like 30 games of that size I want to own.

Yeah, I missed Wolfenstein since to be honest it's not really a game that appeals to me very much... which hits just about everything you mentioned other than Shadow of Mordor as well. 30 on the other hand seems more acceptable to me, partly on account of 20 not really being that rare and 12 being rather common. It's…

Heh, I think that was implied by saying 'that were in SSB and SSBM' without mentioning Brawl. But yeah...

I can't remember with certainty the last time I actually bought a physical PC game. I think it might have been Sims 3 shortly after it released.

Well, keep in mind that it's very possible for a game to have bad online with you just not realizing how bad it is on account of clever programming allowing developers to smooth out the wrinkles with predictive algorithms and such. There are limits of course, but with a game like Monster Hunter it's hardly a surprise…

I had long suspected there was something off about 3DS download times. I just had previously assumed the problem was with the store front and not with the hardware.

I think this raises the question, what implications does this have for online gaming (SSB + Mario Kart)? Getting a big jump in download speed just because of a faster CPU is incredibly odd and suggests that maybe the 3DS has historically been held back by something in terms of network performance.

Large game downloads hurt purchasers just as much as they hurt pirates though.

Hard Drive: 55 GB available space

On one hand, I hate subspace emissary with a passion and hope it stays gone for good. I don't want a huge continuous narrative, or at the very least not one that is also a platform game.

I wonder if it's too much to ask to get post-battle bonuses back. You know, the things like 'fighter stance' and 'switzerland' that were in SSB and SSBM (improved in SSBM by making them part of the multiplayer game as well)?