I think there was a mass exodus of top talent as well.

It's hard to believe the '90s gave us FF III-IX. That's seven quality titles in the series. And the past ten years have given us an online game, two proper numbers and a crappy knock-off.

When I first played FFX, I remember thoroughly enjoying it but also thinking it could have been so much better. Now looking at this remaster, it impresses more than anything out of Square in the past decade. How times have changed.

No doubt, the box is where he was meant to be. It's the key to true happiness.

+1

It was OUP America's word of the year last year. But yeah. It's really old, and I'm with you.

I'm afraid not. They got an older actor named Richard Doyle.

I was hoping for something way more exciting...

I've suspected from the beginning that this will be Big Boss/Naked Snake sometime late in life, perhaps after the events of Metal Gear 1&2. How cool would it be if the bandaged guy were Frank Jaeger?

Word

I really hope so.

I am really looking forward to ARR. I'm just bummed about their continually-diminishing clout on the JP scene.

Who cares about Square Enix anymore? :(

About the same time we started getting old.

Gabe is pissed about the Windows store taking front-and-center so he makes a console where you can't run anything else?

Yes but there is a big difference between NES games and what we are "buying" now. I can still play my NES games. I will always be able to play my NES games so long as I possess the cartridge and a console—and what's wrong with that?

I play 10+ year old games every day, and so do most (not all) of my friends. I really don't understand why so many people like yourself shrug this off like it's no big deal. How would you like to be shit out of luck if you wanted to re-watch some of your old TV shows or movies? Why should games be any different?

Don't stop now. I just grabbed snacks.

This is the issue I've had with always-on DRM since its first introduction. SimCity isn't the first, and it sadly won't be the last.

Ergonomics > symmetry. Also, the vast majority of the time, my left thumb is on the analog stick and my right thumb is on the face buttons. Where are my thumbs in relation to each other? Not in a symmetrical position.