What exactly leads you to believe Ditka’s soused here? It’s after the game, he’s been working likely since 9 or 10 AM. He’s tired, and probably not wanting to sit down with Morris for half an hour about what just happened.

Okay, I’m glad you mentioned the predecessor, because all this time I’m going “wait, didn’t this come out a few years ago for free and was a pain the butt to play, and nobody was playing it? Why is it NOW catching on?”

On the contrary, that was awesome. Plus the production values on a spot that tiny is incredible.

Actually, you can pretty much rely on the reverse gif showing up right after the original does. I think it's an Internet law or something.

Except that they turned the Chicago River into this loopy mess that goes all over the city, and all but erased Lake Michigan and turned it into a hillbilly haven of rural Pennsylvania, complete with craggy giant hills.

With a name like yours, it’s easy to see why you feel as bad as you do.

when I went to pre-order my Xbox One, the clerk at Gamestop kept trying to talk me out of it and get a PS4. I get suggesting once or twice, but he started being pretty rude with me about it. Almost to the point of making fun of me for wanting an Xbox One.

...and then Niko gets pummeled when he gets taken back to Mother Base.

And that’s been the biggest problem with Keef as Snake: his voice is so recognizable all you can hear is Jack Bauer when Boss utters one of his very limited lines. Surprisingly, he can do other voices, like the general in Aliens Vs. Monsters, but as a gruff badass like BB, there’s no hiding Sutherland’s sound, which…

DD wasn’t stuck, he was just doing push-ups.

Yep, discovered this on the day after release—though to be honest, the game coming out just 24 hours before my birthday was more than enough of a present.

Oh sure, that was my method too when I couldn't find her—baiting her to reveal herself. However, when the laser sight comes on, stay low. One shot, one kill when that happens.

Someone got up on the wrong bed if the sewing machine this morning.

The trouble is FemRaiden doesn’t exist in the games and Venus isn’t canon. Laughing Beauty is excellent, but such a minor character in the series. Sniper Wolf could use a bit more work. She doesn’t look European and exotic enough, to say nothing of the smoldering, intense face SW presents in the game.

I attended the practice taping of Colbert’s first CC show, which was 99% identical to the actual taping—I certainly didn't notice any real problems with his delivery or how the show was run. Pretty much felt the same as all the others.

You can also stop her from running by firing ahead of her escape route—she’ll stop to look for you and if she can see you, try to fire before bolting again. I used it to close the gap between us so I could tranq her with better proximity. Worked pretty well.

You can briefly stop her sprinting away by firing a shot near her position, causing her to freeze and look to see if she can spot you to return fire. I’d use it to close gaps faster when I was relatively close so I could tranq her.

I got the drop on her from behind too, but previous close encounters just resulted in her short-fuse pineapple-dropping, so I assumed you couldn't get too close—I'd just tranq her in the head instead. Worked really well.

Actually, if you can get around her without noticing and get a good clear shot at her noggin, you can peel off a large chunk of her stamina. I always play non-lethal (that’s what a real Big Boss does) and the battle took about 12 minutes I believe (only because I spent too much time scanning the landscape with the mic…

Fatman’s battle was awesome. Laying traps in his path, seeing all those tranq darts in his head (the only spot vulnerable, which for once in a video game made logical sense), his final endgame surprise with the bomb...