Well something I noticed from friends I've had in Japan and stories I've heard from my old school Chinese side of the family. It's that Japan unlike Germany has made no real attempt to confront that very ugly side of their past.

GET TO THE POTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

I wonder just when it was that "cloud" became such a successful buzzword for things that have existed for decades? I wonder why everyone eats it up so readily now? It's like someone said one day "Hey, lets take this concept that's been around forever, remote computing, wrap it in a hip buzzword, attach a pricing model…

Owen - as digital distribution is already a factor when it comes to modern and the new generation of consoles, why do the consumer protections afforded by the old model preclude expanding and changing the sports model to be what you describe?

"With apologies to Mad Men fans, knocking the final boss through his own office window no longer causes him to fall in extreme slow motion."

I loved FFXII, so this would be an instant purchase for me. I know many people didn't like it, but the game made me feel more in control of battles since it gave me the option to physically run away if needed. I find that the random encounter rate on other FF games are a little too high sometimes.

It may do 1080p. But can the Oculus Rift see why kids love the cinnamony flavory goodness of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

I don't see how the 3DS would limit the number of characters. I mean can't those 3DS cards go up to like 8GBs? So it's not a space concern. You only have 4 players on screen (outside special modes) so it can't be related to that. Graphics? Don't see how that matters unless they're saying they don't want to scale down…

Thank you! Final Fantasy hasn't excited me since 8 and that happens to be my favorite of them all. It feels like an actual world. It's got a mixture of different parts some village-y, others futuristic while others seem modern with a classic twist.