To be fair, you never actually SEE the guy in the middle in the game...

Also this.

Not officially a "main theme" song, but for all intents and purposes it pretty much is the theme song for the game.

Not that I have this problem myself, but I think that for some, Miranda's suit (or spray-on clothing, as the case may be) and general bodily proportions might cause some eye rolls from people who consider video games "immature". Not to mention a couple gratuitous ass shots during conversation (which I found to be…

*Spoiler warning*

(I just said this in another thread, but I'll repeat it here too)

Until they add Steam Cloud support, I highly recommend you use DropBox as a means to automatically sync your save file across computers (or to have a backup in case your computer explodes).

I think you're taking the article's intended scope way too far. Mr. Hamilton is not trying to say that once you play Portal 2 you'll know how to play every video game (and, really, who would expect that?). He's saying that Portal 2 is an approachable game that lets you learn some useful video game concepts in an easy…

I'll agree with Thanatos. Mouse and keyboard is generally easier for people because I think people have a better time separating the two. With dual analog sticks, you're using the same input device (the stick) with the same fingers (thumbs), but each of them do different things... and that's not really easy for people…

I'm going to have to disagree with you here. Video games share a ton of common ideas and concepts. The most general of all is something like, for example, resource management. Shows up in any game involving currency or resources, which covers a bunch of genres. Then of course, there are pure input mechanics — for…

Oh my, no. It HAS to be the SNES. So many timeless classics at the pinnacle of the 2D era. So many franchises putting out "all-time great" games (think Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Final Fantasy, etc.). Such a wonderful mix of both first-party and third-party games. It has to be the SNES.

Really? "Worst thing ever in videogames"? Plenty of people appreciate games for their attempts at realism NOW. This is not diminished by the fact that in the FUTURE there may be better looking games. If I enjoy the game now, what do I care how the graphics are perceived 10 years from now? "Immersion" seems to be every…

Ahh, then you can just get the nVidia equivalents — the 460 is pretty much right there in the same performance tier and price range as the 6850 (should be able to get for ~$150 on a good deal). I don't think the 6950 has a directly comparable card, but the 470 might be good if you just want a little more oomph. If…

The 6850 is a great bang-for-the-buck card. Newegg has 'em for about $150 (after rebate), which is basically the same price as the GTX460. They're pretty similar, but I think 6850 might be a little better. Should run almost all current games at max (or very near max).

How can I say this... YES!

To fully appreciate the full story and the sweep of the series, you'd want to play all 3. It also lets you appreciate two different locales and time periods (since 2 and Brotherhood are the same time period, you won't get the variety).

These days a $1500 computer is DEFINITELY quite future-proof and will last you a long time. I very recently built a new computer but my previous computer I built 5.5 years ago (Core 2 Duo e6600, 4 GB RAM, GeForce 7900GS) for under $1000, excluding monitor, keyboard, etc. The only part I've upgraded was my video card…

I don't really think we have to be so preachy about it. As I do not disagree that there are plenty of people who will quit at first sign of things being "hard", I think the much more likely answer is that more people quit because they have other life priorities that inevitably take up time. And not just the usual…

There are Chinese restaurants and China Towns because Chinese people have had a far longer and deeper history in the United States than Japanese people do (Chinese railroad workers, and so forth). And as the editorial states, Japan's isolationism could hardly have helped either. It really has little to do with whether…

Just take any casual survey of people on Kotaku (who are probably more hardcore gamers than most) and you'll see that LOTS and LOTS of people don't finish their games. I don't see how this is noteworthy that "only" 50% of people beat Portal 2 so far (a mere 1.5 weeks after release)