Cool! Thanks for the explanation, that makes sense. Also, that game looks cool, even if I thought it was Metroid Prime Corruption for 5 seconds.

Yea, it seems like something more out of the "hacker"/compsci/spade community and less about the gaming/diamond community.

This article was helpful for me, in that treating the game as the platform and the speedrun at the game makes a great deal of sense. I understand how speedrunners conceive of what they do now.

Totally disagree. 1upt wasn't about fear of change; it was about how that tactical change wrecked the game's economy across the board.

Towerfall Ascension Wii U

Really? I feel like about a third of women in NYC are wearing white pants on any given day, and maybe a tenth of men, regardless of Memorial Day.

It was phenomenally weird to read this having lived in that apartment and knowing almost everyone involved. Really spot on characterizations of everyone.

Really? I love it. Half the fun is speculating what the next one will be like!

I feel like I'm going to end up getting a PS4 this year, not for any of the new games but for things like this that I missed on the previous gen. Last of Us, this, and the various cross-gen games like Wolfenstein.

That's pretty stunning... at least the console. Not as sold on the controller.

Yea, I've never heard anyone argue that Western drug policies are too lenient before... except for doddering Reagan-era grandfathers. Unfortunately, there are far too many of those. Drug laws are too strict worldwide, thanks to the U.N. Drug Schedule, which they passed at U.S. insistence.

Thanks for clarifying! I thought it was more of a Retro Studios-style arrangement. Impressive that they've worked together so closely for so long.

Everyone knows about the problems already. That is very well covered. Here and many other places. That is hardly an underreported story.

Great post! Glad you pointed out some of the excellent indie games on 3DS.

I think you should probably write yourself up for that.

Sometimes companies ask reviewers only to use image and footage they provide, rather than capturing your own, at least up until release. Nintendo does this sometimes. Not sure if that was the case here.

I have 4GB and it definitely drags if I have a few dozen tabs open or script-heavy sites. I don't think Internet browsing with tabs counts as a bell or whistle anymore, but I'm glad I know now that it's because of ABP. Has been frustrating me for ages.

There's a lot of that in the corporate world too, unfortunately. I've heard the military is the worst at it, though.

Disagree. Not all evil wizards are necromancers, and not all necromancers are evil wizards. And non-necromancers can participate in necromancy. Could be any kind of wizard. But only an evil one would raise the dead and sic them on humankind to such a degree that the U.S. military has to intervene.

Never fight a land war in Sharkia.