So they knew how many pre-orders they had... and they had an idea or some projections on what sort of volume they'd see... and they've presumably identified how many users can connect to a given server... how were they not prepared? How did they not have excess capacity spun up and ready? I really don't understand how…

Give them what they want!

Madeira is so gorgeous. I know it's touristy but looking over Cabo Girão was really something.

...they do? I've been to two or three Ace Hardwares in Tempe and haven't seen any pet scorpions. God I hate scorpions.

This is the same sort of internal dialog I've been having. I've played SimCity since the SNES/Classic days, SimLife, SimTower, SimFarm... I've loved Maxis since 2nd grade and I almost feel compelled to just buy it out of respect for that and Will Wright. But I made that mistake with Spore, which I played exactly 24…

That's a great story. My friend and I played cooperative SoM all the way through to the Mana Fortress but we just didn't have the levels... cure water or whatever, to get through it. We tried, a LOT, tried leveling up, and always got struck down. It was the rare beast of a coop RPG that was a lot of fun for us. He…

In Arizona, people buy blocks of ice to go sledding. They put towels on them and slide down the blocks of ice because there isn't snow here and why shouldn't we able to feel cool as we tumble down a hill falling into the painful dirt and dead grass?

+1 Jeez.

And has a luggage cart in his house?

So is it too early to start talking about the opportunity to see some hot Harbaugh on Harbaugh SB action?

To be fair, a $300,000 price tag almost makes the $4,000 price tag for the 65 incher look reasonable!

To be fair, if Apple was releasing this and it was brushed magnesium, it would be hailed as a Revelation!

I can't believe that the Flyers watched what Bryz did to us Coyotes and said "yeah, we can make that work." We ended up with one of the best in the league, and couldn't be happier. You really think they'll flush the remaining 7 years of his contract?

Ha! Brilliant! Will consider and perhaps try!

Oh god, this clip is in today's highlights reel and I couldn't stop laughing at your comment. It's so delightfully single-minded in its focus and man, it got me into one of those this-isn't-that-funny-but-I-can't-stop-laughing/crying fits I haven't had in a long time.

Yeah, our defense has proven that they're able to destroy other teams, at least when they're not being run 50 minutes/game.

Ha. Alex Smith, if we're dreaming. And an O-line that keeps his ribs where they belong.

I don't think he's an upgrade at all, and especially not against Kolb. The Cards need to make a serious power play to get a real QB and an O-line that at least pretends to try. Kolb got run into the ground so hard his ribs detached because our guys couldn't read coverage and missed the play. Ugh.

The Cardinals are probably stupid enough to come calling. If Michael Vick turns them down.

Well, I believe Mat Honan's hack resulted in Amazon CSRs being unable to even see the last four as they claim is now the case. In any event, them challenging on that would still be helpful, but them distributing it is clearly not. And you're right, if some other company is giving out the last four, then you're still…