Not all the motion controls were bad. The frustrating things boiled down to mostly two major pain points: Swinging incorrectly registered quite a bit and, ultimately, DIDN'T rely on the 1:1 motion that the Wii Motion + was capable of delivering, and aiming and menus all DID rely on the Motion + when they should have…

Well, it's good to know some people enjoy the frustrating bits of games! :D

"Wait... Did I really just throw that ball?"

Because the original XBox was a landmark in design.

It's what you get when you try and cram relatively high-performing hardware into a console form factor while trying to cut corners here and there. Happened with the PS3 and the 360, and it's going to happen with the PS4 and the XBone.

OK, OK, Skyward Sword. It has people who defend it, and will TO THE BITTER END. There are some great things about that game. Some of the boss-fights were interesting. I had fun flying the bird around a few times. The lumpy pumpkin was memorable. The development of Groose as a character nearly brought me to tears with…

It looks neat... but just doesn't look like it'll be as engaging as most JRPGs. Maybe I'm wrong, and I'd love to be wrong, but the side-scrolling approach just doesn't look like it is going to mesh well with the JRPG, turn-based gameplay.

;) I certainly did. Thanks though!

I've personally never had an issue with this. You've made me curious. You don't happen to use Linux or Mac OS, do you?

Good on the Mozilla guys for giving the correct vision for the web browser, but it honestly takes a company like Google to correctly implement a browser that can live up to that legacy. Pains me to say it, but it's true.

So I recently watched a series of documentaries on youtube about Pro Melee players, and I have to say that I hope they adopt the Melee design approach once more. Professional Smash Bros was just barely starting to flourish when Nintendo decided to remove a lot of the things that really made skilled players fun to…

I was initially excited about this when I saw how much they had reduced the form factor. Seemed like the reduced mainboard could allow for some fun handheld stuff. And while it certainly could, the lack of wifi, SD Slot, and GC backwards compatibility really limits the capabilities you could put into the device you'd…

Well, I kind of take issue with this: Slenderman is NOT originally a video game character. Perhaps that is what ultimately made slenderman famous, but it really is an urban legend/scary story that was built up to what it is on online communities.

I was really surprised at how many kids know about slenderman. It really has exploded and become a given bit of knowledge among kids.

It's his cape! Which, apparently, is hard to keep in good shape. AND it's a liability!

Poor Hoar. Such a noble name in his native tongue, destroyed in an instant for being a false cognate in English.

Meh, it would have just been force unleashed with Boba Fett...

They sell lots of things. If you're reading lifehacker, chances are you prefer to make your own things from time to time.

Wait, what pine needles are lethal (seems the wrong term to use here)? I've heard of making a tea with pine needles several times, and never have I heard this disclaimer.

Awesome! I had no idea they had a new album. Thanks for the post! Going to enjoy the rest of my day with this :D