I hear Heroes S3&4 are pretty rough going. Have you seen The Secret of Kells? That's pretty amazing (and streaming on Netflix).

Got it today but I have to wait until my kids get back from their grandparents tomorrow night to start watching. So exciting. I do wish they'd put the SD bonus features onto Blu-Rays so it isn't spread out over 15 discs, but still, an amazing package. And unlike the Star Wars set out in September, I don't have any…

I had some similar cover issues with L.A. Noire, and I think you're right, Gears' fixed camera definitely helps.

I hadn't heard of this game, and I was sold just from the screenshot, and then I read that it's from the makers of Flower?! Uh, sold.

My first thought... I actually owned a copy. Just try to get Don't Stop Believin' out of your head after playing that for any length of time. I really can't think of why or how I ended up owning it.

The best of luck to you!

Hey, I finally got a PS3 too! I loooved Flower, and I'm playing Valkyria Chronicles (pretty great) and 3D Dot Game Heroes (Which I'm really enjoying, but they could have colored outside Zelda's lines a bit more for my taste. It's not like Nintendo innovates that much with their own Zelda games. Actually, if I made a…

Jason and Eric are fun! But yeah, hopefully when Hoyt and Jessica move to Los Angeles in season six after (spoiler alert!) losing their jobs at the Shotz brewery, they leave a few of their friends behind.

Sadly, I'm more of a 'Terry' than a 'Lafayette'.

OK this looks like Championship/Legions. The screenshots I saw must be modes that show off the 3D/gyroscope functions and not the main games. Relieved! I do kind of feel like the only reason not to go DX with the 3DS edition is to sell us a DX version later. Kind of shady. And probably effective.

This recap was refreshing, and it's because of the format. If you're going to watch True Blood, you have to be willing to take the bad with the good. Sometimes the bad is fun, too! I like the AV Club recappers, but I felt kind of ennervated by their take on 'She's Not There'. I can't fully get on board with you if you…

Pac-Man Championship DX is pretty damn cool, with chains of ghosts building as you progress until there's really nowhere left to move, hard to explain, but download the demo or watch on youtube. I would say it's similar to how Geometry Wars 2 somehow managed to perfect something that was already perfect. From the…

Also... I'm not discounting the potential of textures to enhance a game visually, but obviously textures were less 'astonishing' in the console era in question. And, like anything else, textures aren't a panacea or a substitute for taste. What I actually like about the remake is that it's probably non the best that…

I did get it at launch... but I wasn't holding it to technological standards, but to aesthetic standards. And aesthetically, Ocarina of time doesn't hold up as well as the original Legend of Zelda. I know a lot of people are impressed that they're seeing something they couldn't have seen before... I am too, if it…

Two things come to mind. One, with such a lengthy development cycle, it's amazing that we got... not a perfect game, but still really a gem, and something that is going to pay dividends in probable sequels, inspiration to other studios and of course the amazing facial mapping technology that makes L.A. Noire's…

Don't miss the forest for (admittedly, too many) trees... I agree that if you're re-releasing a game with a graphical overhaul, you should be able to toggle back-and-forth. I wonder if my little netbook could handle the PC version... It would be worth hooking it up to my TV, and a mouse and keyboard, definitely!

For the longest time I really wasn't digging Zen's tables... they just felt floaty and too fast. But while I still hope the Pinball Hall of Fame releases a portal for dlc tables, Zen has really picked up their game, and their Marvel tables, while still fast, have a really good feel, understandable goals, great fan…

I totally agree with you, but I will never wax nostalgic over Ocarina's original graphics... In my opinion, Wind Waker is the only decent looking Zelda console game in the 3D era... I was super disappointed when I originally fired up Ocarina on my N64. Great game, but (to me) ugly. It's reach exceeded its grasp,…

Officially the first time (of many) that I've read the words "War Games remake" without reflexively groaning. Still extremely skeptical.

Almost done (I think —- it's hard to tell with heavily footnoted books —- with David Foster Wallace's posthumously edited and published The Pale King, which I'm enjoying in bittersweet fashion. Also, a friend just today returned my copy of Watchmen which was erroneously returned to them by the wife of the friend I…