My first impression was Harvest Moon, but that's based solely on "cute horse" as a concept.

I would give this person all of my money for a tiny crocheted Blastoise.

The talk, and the voice actor, remind me in a lot of ways of Hans Rosling.

My favourite Star Trek game of all time is probably Starship Creator. I don't know how well it would hold up to nostalgia, but I remember thinking it was so cool that after building your ship you could send it out on missions to see how it well it performed in the field. I recall agonizing over systems decisions and…

Any person who claims he or she wouldn't benefit from a thesaurus checker is a goddamned liar.

I assure you, sir, that's

"...science lovers ... really need to wake the fuck up and realize that penises don't grant their wearers any kind of of special scientific insight. Andrew's, however, summed up the distressing response to her identity quite nicely..."

I'm fairly certain truthtellah is referring to the title as shown in the box art, which includes a period beneath the "TM" trademark after "SOULS".

The best part of the Akuda Bar was its soundtrack.

Oh that's so cute it hurts.

This is close to the best news I could have seen this morning. I hadn't heard anything about the news from December, so I'm going right from 2009 mourning to elation.

I'll add my voice to the people who miss Crecente around here (no offense, Totilo, I've enjoyed your presence here, too). I always liked that many of the videos he'd post felt very sincere, especially when Tristan showed up. Brian seems like such a friendly person; more like the friend who's really into following the…

That means some of the sales were bulk orders by retailers. I recall reading that bulk order sales numbers are weighted differently than individual sales numbers. It's to prevent (hypothetically) people gaming the system by buying obscene amounts of their book hoping to make the list and thereby see a huge return, or…

Anyone who posts the Venus of Willendorf on a video game blog is doubly okay in my book.

Yes, it's entirely possible those things will happen: that he will fight for something else or become a true hero in some other form. I also concur that given the way the series is constructed in terms of gameplay it would be difficult to change Kratos without changing the gameplay. That's sort of what I was talking…

I thought it was a very nicely done video, but it also frustrated me a little.

The most interesting pirate cove is one where the pirates are also ninjas.

I couldn't imagine Nintendo ever (EVER) supporting it, but I have to say it would be pretty rad to offer players the option of swapping Zelda and Link's roles in a game. Let the Heroine of Hyrule save Prince Link once in a while. I don't mean to be heteronormative about it, either, but a straight-swap appeals to me in…

I've played Dragon's Dogma through to completion in standard and New Game +, and I'd still be willing to buy it again on PC if it was ported.

I didn't know Jurassic Park: The Game was considered lackluster. I won't get on a pedestal and declare the entire internet wrong but I really enjoyed it myself. I especially liked how the "science" of the park came into play significantly more so than in anything else Jurassic Park I can recall playing. I also liked…