Pretty sure Ivy does have a 16th century ensemble. At least she does in the previous games. There’s not only one costume for these characters.

“If a host had purchased a home specifically to rent out year-round”

I mean, I get that the mouth is a little weird in the shipped one, but otherwise, is it not just a different angle and lighting? ‘Cuz that’s kinda what it looks like. If I got this, I’d be like “hmmm. Well, it’s free” and leave it at that.

I mean, the system had a pretty good run, yes? It was released in 2011; it’s 6 1/2 years old. That’s... not bad! Not many handhelds have had a run like that.

True story: my very first time in Japan, in 2000, I was treated to an Utada Hikaru concert at Chiba Marine Stadium from my hotel room window at the Makuhari Prince. Totally random, I had no idea in advance. This show later became the Bohemian Summer 2000 DVD - you can see the helicopter at the beginning fly right by…

Not many publishers have dedicated screenshot people - it’s usually handled by the product managers. I worked in marketing for one of the publishers mentioned in this article and was pressed into screenshot duty occasionally - the higher-ups liked the work that I did for my marketing projects so just asked me to do it…

Neither Dungeons and Dragons nor Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure are JRPG’s, if those are the games being imitated here.

It is Nintendo’s fault. It would be different if it was only Nyko, but it’s not. And the fact that it’s not means that it was almost certainly intentional on Nintendo’s part. It’s almost as if Nintendo programmed in a sequence that their current firmware looks for, and if it doesn’t find it, to render the console…

Totally agree - there’s no point to these lists unless they’re exclusives. Lists like this seem to assume most of the site’s readers live in a vacuum, where no other consoles exist. But many, *many* people already have more than one console, and if you only have an Xbox One, chances are you already bought it knowing…

I wish my wife enjoyed games - she just doesn’t. I’ve tried. We even got 30 hours in to Final Fantasy VII before she finally gave up on it. I’ve tried fighting games with her - those are the ones she tolerates the best, typically - other RPG’s, shooters, Grand Theft Auto (III, VC, IV, and V), even Hot Shots Golf.…

Just want to make sure I’m understanding - originally your front case fans were blowing *out*? I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that setup. Blowing in is better because you’re not fighting for the same air your top and rear fans are trying to blow out, meaning you’ll get better overall airflow and certainly better airflow…

“90/7" doesn’t even make any sense and isn’t used by anyone outside this company, and it seems to be repeated twice by two different people above. That implies to me that this is some sort of internal company phrasing that’s already known. Which further implies to me that it’s something thrown around in emails from…

I’d wager to say not for most collectors, it doesn’t. We’ve been talking about this on the AtariAge forums, which is home to some of the most serious collectors around, and the consensus about this is who cares. If it makes the games look better, and the cases are a match for the originals (or even better, in terms of…

Back in the early 00's or so, you could buy *real* replacement cases made by Sega themselves (or Sony, I guess, but real Sega cases) for about $20 per 10 pack. I bought a single 10 pack, stupidly, and not more than that. But I still have several of them, unused - most of my games are actually still in pretty good…

I owned an Iron Duke Firebird, the same car as the Camaro with a slightly different body. It was no speed demon, but it was *way* faster than 20 seconds 0-60. (That figure seems to come from a Time article that doesn’t provide a source.) I’d put it somewhere around 10 seconds with the 5 speed manual that I had. From a…

Just FYI, Sprint phones can roam in Japan for $5 per month, and you can turn it on and off at will. Turn it on before a trip, pay $5, turn it off when you get home. No need for a pocket wifi. Works for voice, text and data.

You would think that would be the point at which somebody would say "you know, I think we might need to run some more trains."

Jeeze, I don't own a single one of these, nor do I want any of them. A 2 year old NBA game? Really?

And okay, yes, every mainline Final Fantasy game to date has featured some sort of turn-based combat. But that's not what Final Fantasy has ever been about.

I've drawn the line. I absolutely will not be buying an Xbox One if these policies stay in place.