I have a set of these, and I have very mixed feelings about them. On the one hand, the sound quality is fantastic. However, they are flimsy as hell. The little plastic hinges on mine broke within a year, before the factory warranty was even up. This was just from normal use; I’ve never been tough on them. Some…

I have a set of these, and I have very mixed feelings about them. On the one hand, the sound quality is fantastic.…

That’s a free $10 that you can put towards Ubisoft’s XP booster!  Yeah!!

That’s a free $10 that you can put towards Ubisoft’s XP booster!  Yeah!!

I agree with your general point, but wanted to point out that art is now and has been for most of human history a financially driven endeavor. The idea of art as “creative expression” ONLY is a fairly recent idea in the history of art. Ironically, nowadays we also are seeing the extreme commodification of art, not…

Good point.  Thanks for the tip.  I had heard about this but didn’t realize it was possible to still get access.

The real issue here is that people need to try the game out first and make up their own mind before commenting on the pace of progression.

That said, the shadiness of selling all of these questionably valuable different versions of the game, and the shamelessness of the way Ubisoft has handled all of this, including…

This is indeed a good deal, but if someone really wants to see the evolution of the character and his backstory, they should start with the Last Wish.

This is indeed a good deal, but if someone really wants to see the evolution of the character and his backstory,…

Kotaku is running PR for Ubisoft now??

You have shattered my beautiful illusion that all Disney cartoons were historically accurate.  I hope you can live with yourself. 

Thanks!  I couldn’t find this info anywhere.

Makes sense. I’m in a similar situation, but I really enjoyed Origins, to the point where I actually 100% cleared the map, which I almost never have time to do anymore. Took me a few months though. :) My question about the double-XP boost—do I have to buy it for each new character I make or is it globally applied like…

There has been a lot of talk in the last day or two about the “Time-Saver” XP-boost, and the implication that the base game was designed to be JUST grindy enough so as to hamstring impatient players. The article on Polygon goes so far as to call the $10 XP-boost all but essential to make the progression feel…

Seriously though, can you guys in the gaming press just publicly state who is in charge at Telltale so the rest of the industry can blackball them and be done with it?

Now let’s all stop to imagine the sound of explosive diarrhea missing the toilet and painting the walls and floor of a bathroom stall.

You lose all credibility when you suggest that The Doors isn’t a masterpiece, perhaps even the quintessential rock biopic.  ;-)

Ironically, take-off and landing crashes have the highest odds of survivability.

Here’s the thing about this generation of gaming: There is so much good content out there at low prices (frequent sales, quality indie games, etc.,) that there is frankly no reason to pay full price for any game, ever, when you can just wait a few months and save a bundle, playing something else in the mean time. I…

It’s almost like Ubisoft is doing literally everything in its power to squander all the good will they picked up for Origins being as awesome as it was.  This really feels like a “hold my beer” meme moment for them.  Like the gaming community suggested that they had turned over a new leaf with Origins so now they need…

The best and only one that matters.

The lack of the Florence cathedral baptistery will forever be AC2's most egregious flaw when it comes to historical accuracy.

Thanks, EA.