This is all very exciting. Considering I played AC: Revelations for a handful of hours and haven't been able to motivate myself to pick it back up, I think the series needs these kinds of shake-ups.

I don't really have problems with either of them, but I just thought it was funny because I remember people saying that they couldn't imagine people saying "I'm going to go play my Vita."

That's exactly what everyone said about Vita, haha...

I think you should read Leigh's piece, because it's a pretty good response to what you've said. I think what's really more important to get from this is that society cares too much about authenticity. Why does it matter so much? You mentioned hipsters, but I never understood why people hated hipsters so much to begin…

"I think it's possible to have something that's entertainment and full of wow and explosions and has a bit more depth for those who care to pay more attention to that. I think we can deliver those things in a way that the people who don't care won't notice."

I don't really like DLC at all, but I think that day one DLC isn't really any better or worse than other kinds. You're really paying for the extra work in developing it, and when that work took place doesn't affect what the price is.

Well this sounds like it really has nothing to do with length. I don't think 100-hour video games are a waste of time, but I do tend to like shorter video games more these days. It sounds like they're really debating challenge, which is completely different...

I think I'm just hopeful that he is because that would make for an interesting perspective. It's possible he's half Native American, descended from a mix of natives and colonists.

Well, the "truth" is that the founding fathers weren't some monolithic force that founded a country based on a singular ideal. The Constitution was actually opposed by a lot of people because it represented a significant reduction in personal freedom and states' rights from the Articles of Confederation. Many of the…

Probably—but it's a later time period, so it can always come later...

I thought more of the founding fathers were deists or masons? I thought you had to believe in God to be a mason.

I will say that the idea of an Assassin's Creed set in the US during the colonial/revolutionary period didn't appeal to me at first, but the idea of a native American assassin has me intrigued. There is a lot of potential it opens up to tell a unique, interesting story. This really diffuses the "America fuck yeah"…

He's a doctoral student studying journalism. I mean, journalists are fine and good, but how is this a "study" in any sort of meaningful sense, as opposed to essentially a thesis-length opinion column?

I'd probably end up having to say Blizzard. I would probably have said Bioware a couple years ago, but I'm not as big of a fan now. I wouldn't say Blizzard necessarily always makes the best games, but they tend to make stuff I can stick with a long time rather than just play through quickly and move on to the next…

First off, I want to say I liked this article. I'm looking forward to seeing more stuff by you.

But an awards show is not a parody. An awards show is a formal event to honor certain people for their accomplishments and demonstrate the best that the community has to offer. If they want to do a gamer comedy show and include teabagging jokes, that's fine, but that would be a completely different situation.

"The issue isn't that we need more laws, it's that we need effective and efficient methods of enforcing the laws that we have without unduly hampering legitimate users and internet businesses."

Yeah, but we can't stop murder either unless you install safety chips in everyone's brain that turns them off when they think violent thoughts. SOPA and PIPA are obviously not the right way to fight piracy, but a good bill that isn't terribly written would be beneficial.

That's how ALL international law is though—treaties and international agreements are impossible to enforce. US law can't fix that, you have to lobby for better laws in India. If India isn't a signatory to the Berne convention or some of the other international copyright treaties, we could try to convince them to join,…

That's what SOPA was trying to do...it added very little new substantive prohibitions (excluding making streaming a felony, which is certainly a big deal), it was mostly new enforcement mechanisms for getting people to comply.