The article says that it was an experiment for a Human Computer Interaction class.

I've got to support Aethelric on this one. I work in IP law and Zynga has a solid argument here and I'd bet that they will likely win this one in court. The argument of "As long as they haven't copyrighted every word with "Ville" in it they don't own it" isn't correct because we are dealing with trademark law here,…

If compare my experiences in Japan and France, trying to learn Japanese in Japan was much more frustrating because the people are TOO polite. They refused to tell me when I made mistakes, even if I asked them to. French people on the other hand were much more likely to laugh at my petty attempts to speak their…

I also play as Lei in Tekken (2nd choice being Asuka). My other favorite fighting character is Talim from Soul Caliber.

I think that the history of the TES world is deep enough and fleshed out enough to support an MMO (obviously not as developed as Star Wars, but not a weakness). However, it isn't interesting enough by itself. It needed something and exciting in its gameplay to make it stand out and be worth playing. I'll reserve…

I've decided that the best sign that your Japanese ability is getting better is that people stop commenting about how good your Japanese is. The surest sign that you said something that came out strange or unnatural is the response "日本語お上手ですね。" (You have really good Japanese). It always irkes me when I make a…

Thanks Brian!!! I lived in Japan for 4 years and never even heard of a cat cafe. I've got to learn more and plan a visit my next trip back.

Thanks. Its been too long. I really need to go back and play the classic SNES RPGs again.

The best way to play is with an emulator on the PC with filters to recreate the feel of the SNES. The first shot comparison from this article [[www.thedailybuggle.com]] uses FF6 (or maybe that is chrono trigger, its been a while since I've played these games and I can't remember what the enemy uniforms looked like)…

Suikoden II was the last game I fell asleep to (but that was only because I stayed up playing the game until 6:00 am). That game was so great, but really bad for my sleep schedule.

The new AppleTV and New iPad haven't been jailbroken yet.

I ordered the PC collector's edition from Newegg and they show that they haven't even shipped it yet. I've always loved Newegg, but I doubt I will ever pre-order anything from them again.

I'm only buying one if the case is shaped like a bust of the man used in their logo and the valve sticking out of his head is power control.

I never saw this, but I hope they implement it soon. Ever since I hooked my PC up to the 64" HDTV in my living room, I've spent more time playing games on my PC than either of the consoles I own (Battlefied 3 ultra settings at 60" 1080p is AMAZING!), but navigating steam and reading the smalll print can be a little…

If there is anyone on this page that is actually interested in research that backs up its claims and conclusions on this topic with actual facts, rather than fanboyism and opinion, I suggest you check out this study here: [www.billbuxton.com]

I'm trying to decide if I should grab this or Dear Esther as my artsy game for March.

I'm excited about this. I was still hoping for French revolution (this was hinted at as a possibility around the time AC2 came out), just because the revolutionary war colonial American setting is relatively lacking in architecture. I expect AC3 to have significant gameplay modifications to make it work, but that's…

Thanks for the information. I didn't know this. Ho would you recommend that one safely disposes of the rags to avoid this problem?

I completely agree. I think that a lot of players in the industry are testing out new strategies as they figure out how to best utilize DLC to not only make money, but to grow their fan base (and hopefully make more money in the future). You have the Freemium model (free to play, but nickle and dime through DLC),…

I work for a company that provides business and sales analysis software to major corporations. I don't believe EA is one of our customers, so I can't speak specifically for their practices, but we do have several of the other large video game publishers among our customers and all of them have very data driven…