Great info! Kotaku should do an article on this haha. I wonder if something similar can be done with the 3DS...though that region lock might be hardware- rather than software-based.

I've posted this before on TAY, but I love the hell out of my Zelda 3DS XL as well as the custom leather case my lady made for it. Would recommend this handheld to anyone who can get their hands on one, it's just so well put together:

Yeah, I doubt the developers were intentionally designing the layout and the systems to reflect this philosophy, but despite some of the tasteless accents, in hindsight, that core idea stood out to me pretty sharply. Definitely agree with your assessment about Greek mythology, and I think they captured those heroes…

Apparently someone cut them together into a single high quality video here:

Just found it online. Thanks for the heads up!

Also, if you're interested, here's a great video from Errant Signal that I think Kotaku posted awhile back about how games reflect depth, meaning, and beliefs just by their design (because we're humans and all that).

*bolded my main points, in case you find it too long*

Am I the only one who thought that an animated adaptation of the property would have worked a little better than this CG business? That Bayonetta movie comes to mind.

To be fair, God of War was always focused on propelling you through the story - puzzles and trudging aside - in order for you to "feel" his rage, regardless of how nonsensical it was. As you the player controlled this whirlwind of testosterone-fueled visceral fury, you came to see that while there was satisfaction in…

Good news: I learned a lot about Photoshop today.

This was just calling for a caption

I understand that his statements seem to be extremely corporate, and in many ways I believe he's being too severe in his assessment against "industry veterans." But if you look at the heart of the matter, he's right in a sense. The industry is at a point where you can have a AAA budget title supposedly "flop" (looking…

"Okay okay, before we do this...I moustaxe you a question."

Where my mind went.

FUUUUUUUUCK YES. Got giddy from that. Had to pull this one up after that.

Kingdom Hearts suffers from - and, to some, excels on - the merits of its obvious influence from anime tropes. The problem is that all of the games' plots cannot be appreciated unless you have access to all of them, and that requires more than one system, which requires a lot of moola.

Fixed that for ya

If you want to see the extent of their staged events and vacant businesses, you should check out Vice's documentary on their experience in North Korea. I've watched it three times over, and it's always amazed me.

My personal favorite is plugging in DDR pads into a PS2 and playing Budokai 3.

People don't have two souls/spirits.