It's amazing that even when gamers are trying to say nice things about women, they are still horribly sexist.

Mass Effect has practically screamed for co-op since day 1. It's good that we're getting some form, finally.

A full-size orchestra is commonly referred to as a Symphony or Symphonic Orchestra. Sometimes people refer to the orchestra as the "symphony," much the same way people sometimes refer to a lyric opera as the "lyric."

Never be ashamed or feel guilty for liking a video game. Never let anyone else tell you that liking a particular game or another is wrong. Enjoyment is the beginning and end of gaming. Anyone who says otherwise or is trying to put down another gamer because of the games they like has missed the point. You don't like…

Notch said he offered to change the name. He also didn't say if he asked for something in exchange for changing the name.

You do make some good points, although I think they're still largely about expectations rather than control necessity. The big point, however, comes at the end:

It's standard for consoles, which have lots of real estate on their controllers. There was no second analog stick for the DS, and it did fine (even with 3D games). There was no second analog stick for the PSP, and it did fine (even with 3D games). The Wii's stock control scheme does not have a second analog stick, and…

The slidepad is reportedly (thankfully!) optional even for Monster Hunter. And Nintendo itself hasn't said anything about adopting it for their games; they didn't even show it at their big event, so there is absolutely no reason to believe that anyone will not only follow and make it optional, but go even farther and…

Now I see why you are twice the hero as a normal, stock hero.

Ground combat has been changed. It is now a much faster third-person affair.

It should also be mentioned (since Kotaku hasn't covered it yet), that the most recent "big" content update actually added a third-person shooter mode to ground controls, fixing basically the biggest complaint players have leveled at the game.

Wait, so Square-Enix makes this game in a way you don't like, and it's Nintendo's fault? Is there anything we don't blame on Nintendo, now?

How dare you compare a game I like to a game I don't like! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!

If you're playing Madden during actual football games then you fail football forever.

Ooo! Ooo! I like this idea!

"More specifically, gamification is marketing bullshit, invented by consultants as a means to capture the wild, coveted beast that is videogames and to domesticate it for use in the grey, hopeless wasteland of big business, where bullshit already reigns anyway."

"Price cut may boost sales."

Is there something wrong with you? Seriously. Only a deranged gamer could go from "we need more diversity" to "DA2 HAD SAMEY DUNGEONS AMIRITE!!"

ZOOM AND ENHANCE.

Anyone who thinks the 3DS price wasn't based on their estimate of the Vita's sticker is a fool. Vita turned out to be much less expensive than everyone thought, so the 3DS's price point doesn't make sense. So they changed it. Along with lower-than-expected sales (there is no universe in which 4-5 million sales in the…