@Seethe: And with a Toad, apparently.

@Solid2TheSnake: Don't you see? You have to get the Mushroom before you can get the Fire Flower; otherwise the flower is just going to make you big.

@PatrickSwayze: What exactly is a "liberal Apologist"?

I've got a press release for you, Ubisoft: Fuck your DRM. It's stupid and pointless.

Seamless Twitter/Facebook integration!

Some love for Batman, one for Dragon Age, and a couple for Brutal Legend. Not too shabby.

@Kris: Well, I guess a woman marrying a dog is in fact a more likely scenario than a woman having children with said dog.

That a boy, Steve. Show that pixelated monkey bastard who's boss!

@interkin3tic: It can be hard to figure out which hole to ram your head through.

"Misfired" indeed.

@Danza: GSC is based in Kiev, Ukraine, which is not Russia and is incidentally about a hundred kilometres south of Chernobyl. This is probably a big part of the reason why some of us find the game so appealing; it has a strong setting that is persistent at all times.

If there's one thing kids have a problem with, it's typing 'LOL' in all caps really fast.

Remember when Chevy Chase used to make good movies? No? Well, that's because he never made good movies.

I don't know if everyone else is seeing the same Honey Bunches of Oats banner ads I'm seeing on every page of this site, but I find something about them unsettling.

@grobo - with a hint of salt: Video games are more fun on the PC. Oh yeah, I went there.

I liked Macbeth, but I thought its 'fair/foul' morality system was a little cliched.

We'll probably get tooled again.

What is Keanu Reeves doing in Loghain's armor?

I could see an organization gaining the rights to host some sort of "video game Olympics" tournament in parallel with the actual Olympic Games every 2 or 4 years, but the rapidly shifting nature of the games landscape would make it difficult to present competitive gaming in exactly the same context as Olympic sports.

They're just throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks. As a consumer you are not obligated to view all (or any) of the promotional materials being put out there; if you want to know more you can look, if you don't then you can not look. You press guys probably have it a bit harder than us on that front.