@RtFusion: Mind, you can even have your Recaro bucket seat turned into an office chair. Now we're talking serious racing. Throw in some go-faster racing stripes, and boy, there's a new league in GT5!

Kotaku. For the happy phew.

@RtFusion: Right. And considering that new connection of theirs with Red Bull, maybe they're adding soapbox racing? It's got wheels at every corner, it races, it has to be in GT5! Like my office chair, in fact.

Er, even dairy farms have cows killed... In order to get milk, a cow must give birth, and not every calf becomes a dairy cow (especially when it's male, come to think of it!). And when a cow gets older and doesn't produce as much milk as before, well, you know what happens...

I respect Takahashi's choice, but I still can't help hoping he'll come back someday with a refreshing game concept (with no strings attached to a game company, he might have the freedom and time to mature something big, at least suitable for the king of all cosmos). As a gamer, I'll miss the guy.

Nice post, but you sent me on a wrong path with that first pic, Stephen. My primary reaction was "wot, a Kilrathi? There's a new Wing Commander?"

I'd pay to hear a one-on-one discussion involving Bobby Kotick and Kudo Tsunoda. That would most probably redefine trolling and give the gamers' community one reason or two to get a good laugh.

@Archaotic: Rez was short, right. But it also had some incredible replay value, unlike a game you would never touch again after you saw the ending credits. In fact, it might well be the SD game (yep, no Xbox HD version for me) I come back to the most often.

Oh boy, I know this guy! It's Rudy!

Seeing this robot playing with Milo would be quite some reverse concept... But I fear that our small one-eyed metal friend here won't be too comfortable with Kinect.

@Demovere_Xeno: Thanks for putting this into words. Indeed, I preordered the Selvaria figurine, which looks nicely detailed, even though they couldn't transfer the CANVAS rendering, but Alicia seems rather bland, compared to it. And no, I'm not talking boobs! Maybe it's the eyes, then, that look much bigger than they…

Choose your weapon... Move, Wiimote, DS3, X360 controller, but you could also attack us with bananas, Stephen...

@Gambit09: Hmm... I could be a flea. So many animals to feed on, really!

@IvanDashSmith: Yay! Let's find an Earthshaker and I'll pay for your beer! I can't imagine how much time I spent on that one, really.

@IvanDashSmith: The thing is that most of the pleasure comes from the nostalgia... I play both the Williams HOF collection and Zen Pinball on my PS3 (and the Gottlieb collection on my PSP), but the one I get my kicks from is the Williams one. It's a great selection, but nobody can match Pat Lawlor, when it comes to…

@Atomsk88: That's right, outside of Japan, VC doesn't get all the love it gets there (manga, anime and all that jazz). If only Sega considered hyping their "lesser-known franchises" (think VC or even Yakuza, instead of only advertising Sonic, that wouldn't do them any harm, or at least making them only slightly more…

@MrGosukiller: @MrGosukiller: Same here! 5th'd, then. The PS3 installed base is now way more important than it was, when VC1 was released, you know that, Sega, don't you?

I would have gladly added a Kitano movie in that small selection... And "Sonatine" would fit the bill nicely, I guess, with its cold violence and unflinching story progression, plus Joe Hisaishi's soundtrack.

If your birthday is not too far away from GT5's release, suggest you'd be pleased to get a fancy driving wheel... She might be glad not having to come up with a gift idea.