@ConfederateRokr: I bet a majority of parents who buy gaming devices for their kids never even touch the things. This will not end well.

@MissMarlo: I appreciate it. And I know 'It Gets Better', because as I've learned more about high functioning autism, and see results of his testing, I am pretty sure that I have it too... and finding a group of friends that didn't care about my background but rather my intelligence and humor helped me pull out of…

Wow. I've been a little down, lately, what with some financial setbacks, and my son having struggles due to mild autism making things difficult at school. This story brought a smile to my face, and certainly more than made up for the time spent on changing my passwords last night. Thanks, Owen.

@GM_Pax: The school services students in the 6th through 11th grades... 8 of the 36 students are in the uppermost grade... so there it's likely that some of those 8 will turn 17 during the school year. I would say it would have been smart to let the parents consent to the incentive program, as different kids will…

You know, part of me rebels against ME2's inclusion, as the ending was a bit of a letdown, but hell, I finished it, and I didn't finish a lot of games this year... but if that were the sole criterion, then FFXIII would be a contender, and... no. Really, I think Pac-Man Championship Edition DX and Super Meat Boy are…

@kelz: Garden of Eden, the great flood stories from the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh, Atlantis... the History Channel might have to spin off a separate channel devoted to this...

I'm glad for the most part that Wikileaks has released what it has, and it wouldn't exist without Assange, but it seems like at this point, Wikileaks would be better off without him. He's arrogant and instead of building a structure that will last, acts as though he is WL and it cannot survive without him... which…

Please don't forget about Pac-Man CE DX or Super Meat Boy, guys... along with limbo, these bite-sized games were more fulfilling than all but a few full-sized, full-priced games... Hell, Costume Quest had flaws, but it's one of my favorite experiences this year as well... and I've already spent many hours on Pinball…

Seriously... if you're four years old and your parents can't keep the bathroom stocked with TP... it's fingerpainting time... Now, I'm not above turning the tube from a roll of PAPER FUCKING TOWELS into what my family referred to as a 'Doot-Doot', but my lips will not touch anything bathroom-related until I become…

@madammina: I used to listen to the album Passion by Peter Gabriel aka the soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ... also not bad for getting your freaky deaky on btw.

@Gaston: Addams Family was one of the best pinball games ever (irl)... a license isn't necessary (see Royal Madness, Cyclone), but a fun license together with a well designed board that really integrates fan service and theme can make for a transcendant experience.

@Spderweb: I will do that later... replying so I can look you up in my comment history later, and to promote so others add you as well.

@PunkyChipsAhoy: I thought Crave's Pinball Hall of Fame games (Gottlieb and Williams editions) were fabulous, though in the past I've found most pinball video games to be lacking, never feeling physical enough. Zen's update makes their pinball experience on the 360 much improved... if the real boards, great tutorials…

Ok, so DoD has built their parody of the PS3: a tower of power that doesn't have any games to run on it... when are they going to network 1,760 Xbox 360s that will melt themselves down to slag?

@Standard Definition: Personally, I said it because Spielberg as executive producer is working closely with Favreau, and seems like a specific director that he would attempt to surpass. He seems to find a certain freedom within what could seem like the confines of genre (or what seem like confines in the hands of…

@noendernemesis: Well, I wouldn't thrust him into the pantheon at this point (and I love to thrust), but superhero and holiday movies are not easy to pull off, and can easily become embarrassments... and he's made classics in both genres... what was the last classic Christmas film prior to Elf? A Christmas Story? He…

Favreau's Elf and Iron Man are master classes in how knowing what tone you're going for and successfully controlling it. And I enjoyed Zathura well enough, and ascribe Iron Man 2's failure to studio meddling. Hopes. Are. High.

I thought I was going to get through all 20 entries without somebody marking an image with a note to 'kill' some detail.... congratulations William Henry Harrison and Wrackune for your close reading of the Playboy markups. And Wrackune, I had to suppress a spit-take... the Happy Room Academy really did make me feel…

I agree with Mr. Crecente that the online pass is tacky even if it is becoming the way of the (virtual) world... but I'm impressed that there is not a single complaint in his review about gameplay. My kids and I have played Burnout Paradise into the ground, I've been hoping for a grade A racing experience on the 360…

I hope the researchers were careful to look for evidence of reversed images, which are common in magazines.