Just to clarify, in case you were not aware, you can't connect to Steam on the PS3 version unless you connect to PSN first. That is why users can't connect to Steam with their PS3 copy right now.

You knocked on the idea of giving a 50mm to someone who takes horrible photographs, and I can tell you from experience with several new photographers, that this is incorrect in most cases. Having a prime lens places much more importance on how you place what you can see, instead of just taking a picture of the subject…

No, because People who activated on Steam via PSN before the downtime (like myself), showed up as new Portal 2 players with the first few steam achievements (the PS3 version counts on portal 2 steam achievements too, it doesn't matter which copy you play, your Portal 2 achievement list on steam covers *both versions*…

Minor Trine spoiler: I'm curious how many in that Trine stat threw the controller on the last level. The whole game is so mellow by comparison, and then you suddenly have a crazy mad dash at the end (especially playing coop and on higher difficulties, lots of yelling at your friends :)). I know it took quite a few…

PSN didn't die until a couple days after Portal 2's release. I've registered, downloaded, and started the game on the PC, but I have only completed the game on the PS3. So yes, many of them would be skewing the results.

The 50 is a different focal range, so you will get different perspective - as the article mentions, the 50 is a good portrait lens on crop sensors. The 35 is more for small scene and family shots. Just depends on what you are looking for.

Part of the reason a 50 is recommended to starting photographers is because it forces them to think about composition, and is a good way to start practicing with manual controls and focusing. That's why it specifically *is* recommended to people who are taking bad pictures, and I've watched how people learn with these…

"If you have a Nikon SLR and are still using the horrible kit zoom lens, you should go place your order now."

"and manual focusing"

Generally charity is often irrelevant with big names, but Gates has really given his life into his - it's not about image to him, and if you pay attention to how he (and his wife) works, he means it. He's not even the same person when it comes to his charity work.

It isn't helping micorosft and sony that graphics technology hasn't been getting much smaller/cooler/cheaper in the last two generations (at least not at the rate it used to). Massive video cards may be OK for desktops, but getting that next gen feature set in a console means something as cool, quiet, and compact as…

On Amazon the PS3 version (which also includes the PC/Mac version!) was preorder priced for $55 - $20 general amazon credit (not a gaming credit for once, so legitimately worth $20), making it just as cheap as the store discounted PC versions, and cheaper than steam.

And apparently, it also comes with murderous chipmunks!

Yes, but that was no my point. A cheap stylus or unbalanced table will wear out a record an order of magnitude faster.

The warmth of a record player is more about the quality of the turntable, amp, and stylus. A cheap setup sounds noisier (and will damage your records, changing the sound), and older tube amplifiers have that warm sound, but if you have a good table and solid state amp, it's going to sound more similar to a CD. Some…

It's never really about the price of the wine, it's about whether you like the wine. There are good and bad wines at every price point, just like there's good and bad audio equipment at every price point. What increases with price is usually the proportion of technical quality - which in the case of alcoholic drinks…

Because Netflix put poor, lazy, hurried Kinect integration in their app, you state that Microsoft has no idea what they are doing? That sounds like a friggin' tabloid headline.

Such a shame that we're supposed to have clouds and rain all through the week.... meh.

I'd rather not, there are plenty of free pinball options in the world that respect my privacy, and don't make me come so close to losing my lunch. :)

The wider evacuation area recommended by not only the US, but several countries, is a precautionary move to get their foreign nationals out of the troubled region *before* anything worse happens, such as the new evacuation. It is to keep their citizens safe, and was never a recommendation that everybody evacuate the…