We don't have VAT in America. If you adjust for VAT in the UK price the "real" price is actually 40 GBP, roughly 65 USD if I'm not mistaken.

That article was a slanted piece written by an idiot. But how often does the New York Times put out an editorial against people who have written letters to them and subscribe to them? This is how journalism works.

This might be because PA is run by mature adults who don't get butt-hurt any time someone has something bad to say about them. This may also be how they managed to turn cartoons and a way with words into a multi-million dollar charity and media empire.

If the matchmaking system is worth anything it'll eventually stop pairing you against total noobs or unserious players so it shouldn't be too much of a problem after the first few games.

I think I remember that one too. It was called Dudeland or Broland or something?

I agree, but to be fair, this kind of happens anyway. When I played Street Fighter IV it felt like every 4th pub game was up against either a shoryuken spamming Ken player or a hadouken spamming Ryu.

You know what though? Society is actually pretty bad at socializing young-men in how to be loving and affectionate people. We're inundated with messages about how we need to be aggressive, strong, and never show weakness, but actively discouraged from ever being patient or vulnerable and rarely encouraged to be…

I think KI actually uses this model in a good way that's respectful to the customer and, arguably, is an improvement in the normal AAA game business model.

Voice activated controls and better media partnerships on XBone.

Honestly, as a gamer for myself I'd get a PS4. But if my girlfriend lived with me and I had to share the living room the XBone suddenly becomes much more attractive. I can only imagine how it would be if one had children to share the living room with as…

To have a PC that outputs graphics that are improved enough to be worth caring about you'd be spending half the price of the console on the GPU alone.

To be on par with the next gen consoles in performance you're spending as much or slightly more than the price of the console and they won't even last you as long…

The EU is extremely inconsistent in quality, though, and a very large proportion of it is just really crappy adolescent power fantasy. Even if we include the occasional gems in there, the average of the whole EU as a body of work barely clears the "MST3k bar." That is to say, it's only entertaining to engage with if…

Bullshit. If you didn't know you would have said "a big box retail store." Not "CostCo o ShopCo or something like that."

I'm sorry but how many major consumer electronics launches have we dealt with by now? You should know, at this point, that you're taking on a slightly higher than average risk of product faults and manufacturing defects when you decide to be an early adopter. It just comes with the territory whether you're a…

They do kata at the end of this video and they still look terrible. Not a single one of them seems to be doing the same techniques in the same way, their timings are all way off, their movements are stiff and robotic, and none of their techniques have either power or finesse behind them.

I'm torn between Vigil and Suicide Mission. In the end I think Vigil takes it, just because it's more distinctively 'Mass Effect.' But I'll be damned if that Suicide Mission Leitmotif isn't one of the best I've ever heard.

Goddamn it. This is the THIRD time Bungie has made my decision of whether to get a gaming PC or a console for me.

What invasion? At that point in the game all you know is that the Krogan were crazy when their reproduction went unchecked and Wrex wants to preserve the research that brings it back. You can do the short term move and let Wrex be on your squad and have his way or you can push back and risk killing him.

How is risking precipitating a full on Krogan Rebellion the "right choice?" At the time you don't know what happens if you let Wrex live. That's not apparent until after you look under the hood and see where the alternative paths take you.

Honestly, I'm not even sure which subculture she's referring to where adoption is stigmatized or unheard of. Pretty much every group of Indians I'm familiar with is aware of it. If they have hangups they're the same hangups any culture has about adoption.

I'm an asshole, I routinely meet other assholes. Haven't killed anyone so far.

Where is your science now!?