I bought a PS3 this summer, and though I've enjoyed it, I still play my 360 more by a wide margin (recently that's Bethesda's fault, they can't seem to release a game on PS3 that's not buggy, but really XBL is tha shiznitt, and I have a weakness for gamerscore, all other things being equal.). Now, I'm certainly…

It's more a matter of contrast than any similarity between them, but I couldn't be happier that Skyrim and Super Mario 3D Land released at nearly the same time. Just when the hours of ADD hopping from side quest to side quest to hey-I'll-just-swim-around-through-the-ice-floes-for-a-while start to wear me down, the…

I tried 4-5 times to kill that troll, then decided to run like hell on up the path. It worked! I still haven't killed a troll, though at level 27, I probably could. I'm currently letting a wolf attack me just as much as it wants to level up in light armor, and I my (non-clinical) OCD means that the piling up of side…

I would love either Chewitel Ejiofor or Helen Mirren as the next Doctor, either on TV or the big screen (we could have both!!). But my daughter and I have discussed the possibility of Daniel Radcliffe as the Doctor, and think he could really pull it off (and begin a transition from being identified with one role to…

NBA2K6 on the 360. I didn't know it would be famous for the ease of picking up gamerscore, I just like basketball games and used to play them a lot. I reviewed the achievements, and, having noticed how easy the game A.I. was, decided to see how many achievements I could get in a single game against the computer (I…

Maybe it's just because I had a daughter who wasn't old enough to 'drive' a kart, but could sure dish out the pain as my son's wingman, but I loved Double Dash. And the only complaint most people who played Luigi's Mansion had was that it was short, but I say it didn't overstay it's welcome. One of my favorite GC…

Super Mario 3D Land is the perfect way to take a break from Skyrim, and vice versa. That is all.

Paint balls?

I'm loving Skyrim. That said, I would have loved to have some slightly deeper combat. Some sort of combo/rhythm or something besides just spamming buttons, to make things more interesting, yes, but also to make things easier on higher difficulties, if you put in the work. Not, Arkham, but at least Paper Mario. But…

I'm pretty sure the implication is, 'Should You Buy'... if you're into that sort of thing. As in, does this game look like it lives up to expectations, in advance of the full review, so that gamers who know their preferences don't get ripped off. Seriously, knowing that regardless of quality, Elder Scrolls games…

I know at least two (very cool) people who haven't seen any of the Star Wars films, and see it as sort of a badge of honor. Honestly, as much as I love Episodes IV and V, and to a lesser extent VI and III, it does kind of seem as though a lot of the continuing value of the films originates in having seen at least one…

Oh lord, is that an OED in the background? So jealous. I remember around 1990 or so being in high school and spending $70 on a Random House Unabridged Dictionary (I had a coupon for 30% off any one book at Tower Books [R.I.P.]). I still have it, and love it, but I was heartbroken that I couldn't afford to foot the…

I had trouble trying to post it too... that's why I went with the quote.

But you don't have the frontispiece yet?

I'm going to send a request later today! If your 1,000 pt. super score offer didn't convince me, your London Calling avatar would have sealed the deal... A friend was just telling me yesterday about meeting Paul Simonon at a Havana 3 A.M. show...

The recent Sorcerer's Lair for PBFX2 has been getting a lot of playtime out of me... feels like it could be heading for a Medieval Madness level of fixation, but we'll see. Certainly it took Zen a while to get up to a high level, but they've been making some great playing tables that have a sort of magical realism.…

I'm hoping by making a slapping motion you will be able to call up a virtual Tyrion Lannister to slap the shit out of characters that are annoying you on whatever show you're watching. Make this work with live sporting events and Microsoft can print money. In the heat of the moment and halfway down a twelve pack, who…

I'd love to see the already beautiful Luigi's Mansion in HD, and updated for the Wiimote control it truly needs.

I clicked 'reply' to Zom-B, thinking 'Sure, I'll condense it, try to show that the article was about baseball, sure, but also about an amazing individual, about history and the process by which a way of life can slip away in a few short years, etc., etc. Well, my prose is clunky, and it wasn't really worth cleaning…

Amazingly, since I'm late to this news and late to this thread, someone beat me to 'So long, and thanks for all the fish' by 13 minutes. But damn, thanks for everything Mr. McWhertor. Good night, and good luck.