I think we can guarantee that this is only possible because Wood has taken a substantially low amount of money in order to be involved. Besides, whatever they are paying him would, at worst case, only keep them running for a few more weeks.

It's more than that, though. It also generates greater inertia for sticking with a particular platform. Many, many people only buy one major console in a generation, and those that do get more than one will tend to favor one over the others for multi-platform titles. If nobody has backwards compatibility, then…

Iwata is still employed because the 3DS is the best selling console right now. Yes, even over the Xbox One and the PS4.

Yep, Nintendo sure hasn't set one sales record since Iwata has been in charge.

QUOTE | "I don't know why Iwata is still employed."—Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, on Nintendo's failure to bring old games to mobile and the "underwhelming" sales of the Wii U.

Report Riot, autolocked contract terms then changed their terms mid match. GG surrender at 20 plz.

It's OK, he has a new master now!

You mean like that other Disney movie, The Avengers?

Yeah that's what bothers me about criticism of the 4th. It's over the top, but not more than any previous film in the saga. I don't get all the hate. Replace biblical/voodoo stuff with alien stuff and that's pretty much the same kind of movie. I still think the 4th film has its own charm.

All the Star Wars-y, Indy-y, Marvel-y keyblades!

Stop calling Jesus voodoo.

I wish they'd just come out and say "it's a hoax, guys!" but I'm guessing they want to stick to the "don't comment on any rumors and speculation" policy.

So, let's say you're a PowerUp Rewards Member, this means GameStop (theoretically) knows what purchases you make, what systems you own etc. We'll use that as a starting point.

This^ It's like a crazy hybrid of both, Nomura didn't know or give a shit, just give him a long ass sword.

GTAV was my first foray into the "Anyone under the age of 10 who just learned how to swear" category.

Yes, I've gone the entirety of my adult life without a 9 year old calling me a fucktard. And then I took a GTAV to my eardrums.

I'd argue that a much larger percentage of games are fun today then back in the NES days. If a game is on a console, there is a good chance it will be at least mediocre. Colonial Marines and Rogue Warriors are few and far between these days.

I don't think this is actually true. If Sephiroth's sword were to be compared to real life swords, it would most closely resemble a nodachi simply because there aren't any katana that long (at least that I'm aware of). But if you look at it simply in its style and shape, it's pretty obvious that it's an oversized…

There's an entire oatmeal comic dedicated to this that I think is worth mentioning.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/online_…

Got one of them whacking off in Anderson's tool shed?

That's an excellent point. I'm trying to think of ads that use nudity, are for cheap products, and are targeted at women, and the only ones that come to mind are American Apparel ads (which are gross in their own special way).