Honestly, I thought I was looking at the figure I bought back in 1999:

It's a fair cop, but let's be real here: they could have just as easily released this at the original window, seeing as how it would reap better rewards during the holiday rush, especially with consumers that buy the game unknowingly as gifts. By pushing it back now they've potentially nerfed sales.

Don't tell me that, tell DeadpooliO.

It's good to hear you had a pleasurable experience. I know I certainly did going back to Bad Company 2's beta, which is what made me jump on board Battlefield since; although since then I've had increasingly souring opinions of each new incarnation.

I love you. In a platonic way.

Boudreau was nothing more than another one of those cloying aides that coerces decision-makers into more problems. We saw it with the Prime Minister, we saw it with the armed forces aides this season prodding the President into a higher-threat DEFCON stage, etc. I agree that if the day was a full 24-hour run, Mark…

Here's Karl Magnus Troedsson, GM of Battlefield developer DICE, explaining the delay:

It sounds as if the beta testers found the experience too hollow. Good on EA and DICE then for delaying it to beef it up rather than shoveling out what they thought would be a passable game.

Actually, it's not a requirement that a major good-guy character gets killed, and I'm not just talking about newcomer CTU teammembers that season—I mean established, beloved characters. Didn't happen in Day 3 or 4, and by then it could have easily become a trope. Only Nina died, and she wasn't anything remotely…

Dave and Busters have been featuring the game in their commercials for a few days now, appealing to a 20-something crowd.

Hope you weren't driving a train at 3 am! :)

You should try reading my post again more attentively and try clicking the link I provided in my text.

Is operating a train something that needs the driver's constant attention?

I'd like to think that something unique and different in terms of breaking flavor tropes would reign triumphant, but let's be honest: this is America we're talking about. People don't like strange mixes of coffee and potato chip—they like comfort foods; and what's more comforting that mac and cheese with bacon…

It's more of a liability issue. Sure, you could run after a shoplifter and tackle them, but let's say they get their face sheared off on the concrete or they land on their arm and shatter it. Guess who's going to be responsible for that? Hint: not the shoplifter. Imagine if this lady got tackled being supposedly…

I'd say mental instability was a given. Look at the dress she picked.

I have to say, that assessment is pretty... spot on.

You're desperately lonely, aren't you? Don't worry little one. You can rely on my replies to keep you warm in your sad little life.

"Kept you waiting for paperwork, huh?"

I actually like those solar lights—IKEA claims they donate one to impoverished villages every time one is sold. Charge during the day, able to read or do things with light at night.