Ugh. And CE probably has some of the worst designs. Mostly because of Destiny. The original SEED stuff wasn't too bad but I couldn't stand some of the Destiny stuff. Apart from the Zakus, but they don't really count. Most of it was just really lazy, either recycled from previous series (or SEED itself) or simply just…

Eh. While I don't find it pleasant walking behind a smoker at least if I make the effort I can get upwind of them. I like being able to eat in a restaurant or have a drink at a pub without having to inhale smoke. I live in the UK and when I went to Japan the lack of indoor smoking laws really bugged me. Arcades in…

My friend had a pair of jeans with pockets that could hold 2l coke bottles. That's some proper smuggling action.

I can imagine it's there to stop loiterers. It's not really a good thing to have people just hanging around in your place of business not spending money and just taking up space. They can go elsewhere to do that.

PS3 controllers aren't similar. Don't get me wrong, they have decent battery life but the Wii U Pro is just in a whole other league. I've charged mine once since I bought it, and that was its initial charge.

You can buy replacement Snes controllers on ebay from between five and twenty bucks depending on if you want official or not. With anythhing mass produced on the level consoles are finding replacements even twenty years down the line is rarely an issue. Plus you can always use it wired this is just Microsoft being…

The fact that it can be used wired without any proprietary crap is probably one of the biggest improvements for me. That and the removal of that tumour of a battery pack. What I don't like is that the rechargeable battery pack isn't included. I get the need to replace them but it doesn't justify excluding them in the…

I've suggested it before and I'll suggest it again: Gawker needs a food blog.

I think more people can cope with having cameras and microphones about their home. It's not having complete control over whether they're switched on or not that bothers people. Also that it costs more for an accessory most people neither want nor need.

Ignore, I really hate Kinja mobile...

Oh damn I remember trying the beta for that. And the filter really was that bad. I think at one point they did censor hell, which meant hello was out. It also looked for spaces in words so stuff like "I wish it" were bleeped (shit). They tried so hard to stop people saying anything remotely offensive that it made…

One could also ask why you would worship God. If you read the old testament he's a real genocidal judgemental dick.

Mostly drinks really. I found snack machines incredibly scarce when I was there. I just ignored the cigarette machines.

The argument over the hot coffee case wasn't a common sense one. It was that the coffee was being served at unsafe temperatures. Namely hot enough to cause third degree burns.

I only came to say props for Girl Genius.

Barely anyone uses the other term though.

Y'know sometimes it actually isn't an option. I get smoke smell (regular tobacco) drifting into my apartment with annoying regularity because people in the courtyard are smoking. Am I supposed to just leave? It's not so bad when people are just doing it on the street as I can just try and get upwind of them. But what…

You could make a case that it requires physical agility... but it'd be a bit of a stretch.

I'm convinced that they didn't originally plan on launching this year. Everything I've heard about the Xbone makes it sound like they're rushing it out of the gate. I reckon MS were banking on Sony giving them another year to work with.

That argument only really works if the camera/kinect is something everyone wants or needs. Since it's not, it doesn't.