English has two different pronunciations for most of its consonants, excepting ones like R, Z, and N.

Not to make too much of this, but I do pronounce "Realtor" with three syllables: Real-i-tor. Basically, that is an 1/8th-beat vowel in there as a helper, because the consonant formation of "l" and "t" are rarely if ever used together in English, they usually are separated with an "i" like in the word "little." These…

Well, the basic rule is that the "i" aspirates the "g". "Gift" is actually a foreign word with roots in Germanic and Gaelic. For the English language itself, it is a soft "g".

Why? I always pronounced it with the soft "g", weren't you taught about consonant aspiration in school? The "I" aspirates the "G".

Last I heard, the official word from MS was an "on-board" GPU, much like a gaming laptop. Though, considering how horrible MS' messaging is, I suppose it is possible that this is yet another miscommunication. We will see.

The basic specs, yes. But there are literally hundreds of different things that go into a console that can make a difference: one advantage Sony has that few talk about is the casting of the GPU and CPU into the same die, rather than connect them by a bus. This may not mean much in terms of noticeable graphics, but…

I would say that AMD pulled off a very strong campaign on both camps. I doubt they had insider knowledge of each other. Marc Cerny was the lead dev at Sony, and he has always been the type of person to do things his own way, so I cannot see him at least trying to copy MS. I suppose that they just thought alike.

Please tell me you are being facetious. In any event, Yahtzee was being sardonic when he referred to PC gamers as the master race. So, it is as if you are eating Irish babies and then saying that Johnathan Swift told you to do it.

Yeah, didn't mean to be so snappy, I have just had a stressful day altogether, sorry. Look, the reason ACIV is going to have higher framerates is manifold. 1) developers have not had the time to get to know the new consoles. 2) early dev kits tend to greatly undershoot the true capacity of any particular console. etc,…

Be snarky all you want. I am not here to argue about which is technically better, I am saying that the comparison is silly, because they are very different beasts. Besides, people that actually care about high-end graphics are mere troglodytes that drag the rest of games as an art form through the mud.

True, all console launches are terrible, it is just that the WiiU's was particularly more terrible than some others. I still do not really see a reason to buy a WiiU yet, but they could tempt me with some of these games and the promise of GameCube titles for digital download.

Right. And you prove my point by saying that, because you have no idea what I was trying to get at, do you. Actually, since Marc Cerny was the systems designer for the PS4, it was quite clearly developed by a console expert. But that is beside the point, because I was talking about PC gaming experts in terms of…

In theory, yes. But both Sony and Microsoft have modified the CPU architecture, and there is no way of knowing how this will change the output per cycle until the consoles are released. Also, the fact that PS4's CPU and GPU are cast in the same die, as opposed to Xbox One, does give it an advantage in heat generation…

I never got to play the graphical version, only the Apple II version in monotone.

Silent Hill 2 is how it is done, folks.

Certainly an odd story, but the reason for his dismissal is key. If he really was having some poor performance, it is reasonably good to let him work for three months til he can find another job, or transfer him to another job within the company. Though, if depression was the source of his problems, Konami should have…

Good to hear. Between this and the possibility of having classic GameCube games, it might be worth picking up a WiiU

Ni No Kuni is only available for in-store pickup at that price, unfortunately. And if you are like me, no stores in the area will have a copy for that price.

I have a better idea: Since we all need to flame war, let's flame war over something that is interesting and could potentially lead to interesting discussions instead of this tripe. Soren Kierkegaard rules and Fredrick Nietzsche drools. Kierkegaard vs. Nietzsche flame war! GO!

It was the only move that was possible for them to not become the next THQ. Also, they do not make billions off of CoD every year. Hundreds of millions, yes, but they are far short of a milliyard. The "billions" as some people call them are gross revenue from games sales, after retail fees, console royalties and…