Google pays off the copyright holders beforehand.

So we can expect lots of minecraft uniforms at the army dump soon?

But they DID release GTAIII on the iPad? Talking about a bad platform experience...

I know this, but I wasn't talking about the US alone - I meant "we" as in "western society" ... All I'm saying is that oil interests have always been a lot more important in "democratic" interventions than we care to admit.

This may be true, but atrocities like that will happily be ignored in countries that don't have oil, or countries that we already have a nice oil agreement with - like Syria.

LOL.... hey I never realized these were two different games....

Looks great, but it's not the visuals I'm worried about...

It will take me that long to get past the demo. Not sure I like the 'stamina' idea, especially when you have to restart the enitre level when your stamina runs out.

"Is this what we want as a culture"... erm... (s)exploitation already IS part of our culture.... and has been for decades....

Looks great, but will they finally fix the minimap thing where you HAVE to look at the screen (to avoid collisions) AND at the minimap (to find the shortest route) at the same time ???

Can't wait for this. But why did localization take SO long ?

I also own it... but I don't have a Japanese or a hacked PS2... so I've never played it... :-/

Just released this week: Autumn Dynasty, a real-time RTS featuring a similar style : [www.autumndynasty.com]

Yes, Sony's XMB is fast... my old Nokia 3310 is also fast. Then again, it's just a huge list of options, I wouldn't call it human-friendly interface. Only after memorizing where everything is does it become slightly usable.

Yes, and that is why I don't have an Android phone.

Just the fact that you need a tutorial explaining repositories, tweaks, widgets and gadgets... If you really don't like iOS as it is, why not just get an Android phone?

Yes, Flickr dropped the ball and could have been so much better, but is it really so bad that sharing snapshots with friends is now done on Facebook and Instagram?

Thanks for convincing me never to jailbreak my iPhone...