And the thing is, when consoles sacrifice specs, they at least gain the benefits of games specifically designed for that exact particular hardware setup, so you can optimize the software a bit better. By using Steam and PC gaming in general, you don't even get that benefit of consoles. So this Steam Box seems like it…

Yeah, um...EA has gone through large online game releases already. And every. Single. Time. There are crippling server issues. Every. Single. Time. Without fail. Why do you expect them to promise (or rather, keep that promise) when they've made the promise before and have failed to keep it?

I'd say EA and Google are fairly close together. EA just directs its evilness at game franchises, and at the gaming industry in general. They are at the forefront of anti-consumer trends in the game industry.

What, pray tell, does a $1.8 million game look like? And do you realize that graphics is not the only thing to spend money on for a game? There's stuff like story and content as well. You're judging the budget of the game based on a short video in the alpha stage. I'm going to have to go with Mr. GOH! and say yes,…

Actually, to me it looks more like she could be using peripheral vision. Just because she's not directly staring at the screen doesn't mean she can't see it, and some of the side shots show the screen could possibly be in her peripheral vision. Combine that with the fact that she's always super careful to tuck the…

Actually, to me it looks more like she could be using peripheral vision. Just because she's not directly staring at the screen doesn't mean she can't see it, and some of the side shots show the screen could possibly be in her peripheral vision. Combine that with the fact that she's always super careful to tuck the…

Did you take a look at her clothing, makeup, and hair at all? She's obviously super made up for this appearance. She obviously wants to look good. Why is it so bad to comment on that fact?

Typical gun rights idiotic nonsensical arguments. I am not for banning guns by any means, but the stupid analogies make me want to ban the people who make them from owning guns, because they obviously do not have 2 neurons to rub together. If you can't form a coherent argument, you have no business being 1 trigger…

In many gun shows in the country, you can walk in, buy a semi-auto assault-style rifle, go to the next table, buy a conversion kit to make it full auto, and go home with your purchases the same day with no immediate background check.

I think the rationale (maybe I'm projecting) is more geared towards "forbidding something expressly never works, so give them the knowledge they need so that guns are commonplace and mundane, rather than exciting and forbidden, and that when they DO touch a gun, they do it safely". But then I remember that a large…

Yeah, that was one of the unlocking trends that I've never understood. I mean, do developers really expect people to play through their game 8 times to get the hardest difficulty, and then play through again? I know that some people do for achievements and such, but if that's the case, instead of having the…

Unlocking content is fine, but for me, the annoyance of a fighting game comes in when you start with only like 1/3rd of the characters playable, and you have to grind through to unlock them all. I liked SC because the unlocks were things like weapons, outfits, and re-skins.

Of course it will. It's not a big studio game. To be fair, at least D3 is not on that list. I'd be much more pissed if they had D3 but no TL2.

That just means you prefer single player games with long campaigns. That doesn't mean Sony and Microsoft made a lot of them. The fact is that both Sony and MS have concentrated on the online experience, and so many games emphasize the online to the detriment of the offline on both consoles.

Yes, it's a horrible terrible waste that the government is taking an interest in what the actual citizens of the country are petitioning for, rather than ignoring them completely and relying on the corrupt and sometimes downright stupid elected officials that get elected because no one runs against them.

I propose a new rule: I'd like to see an end to using pre-rendered CGI videos that turn out to have nothing to do with the game. With the new breakthroughs in in-game graphics, it shouldn't be that hard to just use an in-game cutscene or actual gameplay. This would put an end to the idiocy like the Hitman: Absolution…

How about: "...The Halfway Kotaku review", or "...The Halfway-Done Kotaku review".

Ah, missed that part. Had to mute the audio for part of it.

Lallenuk isn't saying to restart the console. He's saying to restart the game, as in start over from the beginning.