I'm making an effort to give Newtaku a chance, and remember, New Coke caused everybody to realize how great the old stuff was, then quickly disappeared. Cautiously optimistic, etc. Btw, do you know when The Pinball Arcade comes out for consoles (speaking of cautiously optimistic)?

With a little dedication, a Kinect and lots of lube, there's no reason we can't have both!

I also liked that you could see who had taken the time to make the nomination, as well. But regardless, I think it's great that Kotaknew is bringing back a comment of the week, in whatever form. To me, it symbolizes a rededication of the big K to its community. I don't ask for everything old to be new again (sniff,…

Ahem.

I think one of the reasons Ebert's stance on video games as art is so infallibly frustrating every time he expresses it is that he is that a lot of gamers (and maybe especially critics) actually respect the guy, and for good reason. And part of the reason for that is that he seems like the kind of guy who could get…

I had to look up the an hero in question. What a blaze of glory and, and, sadly, truth-telling. Oh, the defensiveness! Oh, the straw men! The thin skin! I've continued to read Kotaku, but I haven't been brave enough to really read comments or participate in the daily discussion threads in a long time. And that used to…

I have this one, I quite like it (I never did like PS controllers). To me, the bat-controller is a bit garish, but if it's Power A, I'd say go for it.

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.