I couldn't find the exact statistic, but according to a study commissioned by the ESA, the average age of all gamers is 35. 60% are male, and women over 18 (33%) outnumber boys under 17 (18%). I agree. I'm 38 and male, and EA's marketing department does not speak for or to me.

Always glad to see love for Fantastic Mr. Fox. Looking back, I don't know if it's the best film of the aughts (but it deserves consideration!), but it's certainly the most endlessly rewatchable. At 84 minutes, there's simply no fat on its vulpine bones, each scene is special, and the colors, especially the yellows and…

If you've got a 360, make sure to download Toy Soldiers while you wait for Trenched.

When used with a posessive, doesn't old lady mean wife or girlfriend? These are funny, but the canon's not that loose...

I agree with the many folks who recommend reading. But! If it makes you feel better, or more au courant, I have a Kindle, and find that because the screen is not backlit or reflective, it does not leave me feeling 'wired' when I use it right before bed, nor does it seem to cause eye strain. Books have long integrated…

'Be active'... heh heh.

Awesome! Download play is what makes the DS so fun to play with others... In many cases (though sadly not all), one game cartridge means my whole family can play, and you can always check out the multiplayer on your friends' games (which often leads you to purchase the game yourself). Now if we could just have an end…

Some of my favorite games are Zelda games, but I got through maybe 20 percent of Twilight Princess before losing interest. More of the same, without the visual dash of Wind Waker (if anything a throwback to the muddy look of Ocarina of Time [not dissing OoT as a game, but the graphics were ugly to me the day I brought…

If Mortal Kombat has online or local multiplayer, sign me up!

I'm wondering... will 3DS games continue to support Download Play? I sure don't want to buy 2-3 copies of games to get my local multiplayer game on with my kids... If SSFIV has download play, I will pre-order it immediately. I have a creeping fear that one of the best things about the DS/DSi generation may be phased…

My eyes are stinging just from looking at Bash's. I wonder if Mrs. Bash has to take breaks from watching him play, in order to reduce the strain.

The moment in the comic where Supes told the jumper 'You're much stronger than you think you are' reduced me to tears. I missed that moment, and how it focused the theme of Superman's belief in humanity, through the device of a tormented girl, upon the reader. We all have a better self, and the reason why Superman…

Or if all of us, man woman and child sent him $8.11, we wouldn't have to involve the lottery at all...

DeNiro does seem to have a sideline in so bad they're good/so bad they're bad character names... Captain Shakespeare (Stardust), Donald Rimgale (Backdraft), Louis Cypher (Angel Heart), Rupert Pupkin (King of Comedy). Carl Van Loon is a worthy addition.

I'm pretty sure wontons are Chinese.

PSN banning for playing pirated games, sure... that's reasonable. But 'unauthorized software'? As in homebrew, or running something that allows homebrew? That's not reasonable. Voiding the warranty? Sure. But as long as I'm not pirating software, I should be able to run any program I want. Just wait, Apple will be…

"Who says they'd ever have bought a copy anyway?" is an argument agains pirated copies being lost sales, not against piracy being theft. If I would never buy a 100" 3D HDTV, and I take it without paying, I've still stolen it. I've stolen it even if I don't use it, or even sell it or gain any benefit from it. I think…

Yeah, I think we'll muddle through either way.

I have heard some good things about Clone Wars, but I don't think I can get over the look which I hate (and in a cartoon, the art direction is a big part of things), and even if I manage to enjoy it eventually, I'll never forgive it for using the same name as the superior Genndy Tartakovsky Clone Wars... which I watch…