I never knew there was so much to know keyboards. I picked up an ergonomic Microsoft 4000 for writing my school papers. I'm okay with the laptop keyboard for most other tasks, but typing on the ergo is a dream, but I'm planning on coming back to PC gaming after being out mostly console for the past 8 years, so I may…

I think SimCity is all we need to say to justify skepticism of an always on or even frequent call home. Even infrequent calls are too many for those without internet, and they probably didn't vote in the poll.

I think it was a case of the suits absolutely shocked, shocked, I tell ya, that the core gamers didn't drop to their knees an sing the Xbone's priases, so they decided to try to slowly walk it back so they could get as much of what they wanted while still doinking us without lubrication. Honestly, I doubt they're even…

I started flossing like a zealot because of Invisalign. So, you could always do that. Expensive way to form a habit, though.

What's frustrating to me is that so many gamers equate used games with Gamestop that their hatred of the retailer led them to the conclusion that used games are evil and then they try to justify that conclusion.

I'd also add to your argument that new buyers who can't sell their used games will buy fewer new games because they've lost a revenue stream that is essentially earmarked for purchasing brand new games.

Used sales do not exist in a vacuum. In almost every market, used sales drive new sales. Automobiles, books, cds and other media, and yes, games. People who buy new typically "trade-in" or sell their used products explicitly to raise capital to purchase more new products.

When you buy a used game is also a relevant question. Most of the used games I buy are several years old. Peer-to-peer transactions - Craigslist, Ebay, direct - were also not included in these polls, and that's my preferred method. I also subscribe to Gamefly and will occasionally purchase a game through them.

I was thinking that the touch pad could sort of be a 'shift,' that would, when activated alter the function of the L and R button. If you had a 'left shift' and a 'right shift,' you could pull it off.

Those 'backlogs' are made up of four and five year old games or smaller indie games purchased for a few bucks on special. New releases are still at or near full price, and quite often I find the console version of something old on Amazon for less than the current non-special price on Steam, so you can already go buy a…

I think there are also positives to a robust used market as well. Many gamers sell their games to raise money to buy new games. Additionally, a lot of used game buyers do so because they don't have the income to support buying new games. Their incomes will, hopefully, grow with time, but if they're pushed out of the…

No space, dammit. Read the instructions! :)

It's the Colbert Effect.

In Soviet Russia, TV watches YOU!

Exactly why I think Xbox Zune or Zune 2 would be great names for it.

How about the Zune 2?

This is the One console to rule them all! It's the only One you need...

Backwards compatibility seems like a bigger issue now that so many of our purchases are digital only. There's been a lot of comparison between Steam and Microsoft the last couple of days, so in that vein, the XBone not being able to play all of the Arcade content purchased over the last several years would be like…

Exactly what I thought of when I saw the CODog.

Consider the sources. Essentially, every time the corporate media reports on something I know a little about, they fuck the story seven ways from Sunday. I just assume this means when they report on something I don't know about, they're just as wrong. Most of them are simply propaganda outfits for the megacorporations…