BioShock Infinite due to all those (super-) retro covers of modern pop hit, plus Will the Circle Be Unbroken ofc, never has a song summed up the theme of a game (especially one so sprawling) so well.

Fire Emblem, but that's because I don't have a 3DS yet. Waiting for it to go down in price first.

Antichamber for me, nothing else has been so fresh and surprising.

I'm sure they'll be ready to announce something soon-ish, now the bulk of DOTA2 is out of the way. I don't really like DOTA2, but they've obviously put a lot of resources into that, and they see it as quite a major release.

So apparently being 'professional' doesn't let you give your opinion? Last I heard, we're all professional humans, and pushing your badly communicated, exceedingly negative comment on an article that was completely optional reading, makes you look like a fucking dickwad. Then you proceed to say you don't care if…

Okay then, either way I'll be honest, I didn't enjoy Investigations anywhere near as much as the main series in any case.

Kotaku put an article up saying they didn't localise it because one of the teams on the game wasn't available at the right time, so it fell by the wayside. Obviously, if there was more money involved, they would've made more effort, but it's not true they didn't do it BECAUSE they didn't think it would sell.

Really? I tried to play it recently but Steam messed up the key registering that you have to do when you first boot the game up. I always assumed the lack of buzz meant it wasn't that great...

I think it depends on the style of game. In a game like Mass Effect or Dragon Age that highlights choice, it would seem remiss to not put a female character in or have no relationships that aren't heterosexual. Obviously in a more linear, tailored narrative, shoehorning in options like sexuality and gender aren't…

I do like Pokemon, but I think you're right when it comes to the Pokedex. The overall gameplay formula I can live with being the same, but statistically each set of Pokemon is very, very similar, only varying by a few dual-types and the actual description/art. It makes the games even more similar than they should be…

I can't find the source, but I read a rather interesting study on male and female sexuality. It wasn't based on biology, just trends in Western society. The most interesting findings were roughly that females are more likely to be bisexual than men and men's sexualities are more likely to be fixed (whereas women's…

Agreed, I seem to remember that, although Mass Effect does do that kind of black-and-white set of responses for quite a few choices in game. You do sort of wonder why...

Yeeeeah, that would be a great idea - wreck a fantastic, atmosphere-filled single player franchise for another MMORPG with all the same combat systems and problems as the rest. I'm sorry if you love MMORPGs, but I absolutely hate them :P.

Let's face it, that's unlikely.

That's a pretty awesome design manifesto, if I ever make a game, I'm gonna be cribbing from his sheet :P.

I totally get where they're coming from, they're well-honed gameplay experiences, and Nintendo would be silly to throw them under the bus. And let's face it, with a few exceptions, Nintendo only make a new game in a franchise if they believe they can innovate - be that with new hardware or new gameplay elements. What…

Fyi there was a tactics advance 2 for DS, just slightly more recent :P

Nah, I have a 560 Ti as well, gonna be keeping this bad boy around for a while. You know you need to be upgrade when your card is regularly overheating or you are having to turn settings below medium on a regular basis for modern games. I think I probably upgrade a little less frequently than the average person…

It wasn't even that, it was the fact they claimed that Captain Price's character model in MW3 used the 'most up-to-date technology at the time'. Biggest load of bullshit ever.

Yeah, the Sub-D thing made me angry, I was like, that's in most modern games now, it's not a feature you need to boast about :S.