Barrens? I think you meant Badlands.

@jdale: Wrong song dude.

@Deegs54: Exactly. This is what most people don't realize and is the reason why it is scary. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of California in this case, they have essentially said that video games are not protected under the First Amendment, because the government gets to decide what is or isn't violent when it…

@Brian Crecente: More than this. The way that the law is worded, the state government gets to dictate why they deem as too violent for minors. This is my major issue with the law as written.

I like it, except the text bubble pop-ups are distracting and ruin it a bit.

@derek.goeckeritz: It's more than that. It's really about creation and exploration. Think of it as being given a world generated completely out of Lego blocks. In this world there are caves to explore that have monsters in them and chests with random loot. (I hate creepers) Everything you destroy gives you something…

@seanpat12: How do they work?

@herogear: And nowhere does he say that games need bleeding edge graphics to be good. Again, you are not understanding what he is saying. His comment is that if you are making a game, and you say that the graphics are going to be a major selling factor, they better be awesome or extremely unique. He could have chosen…

Hmm, it'd seem like Harmonix already figured this out since a lot of the videos I have seen have shown multiple people dancing and they have stated it only tracks one person. There didn't seem to be any issues with it only recognizing the person in the front.

Conveniently left out of the screenshot? "Official pricing and release date have not been announced by the publisher. These are estimates only and subject to change."

@Jnas: Yes, this was shoddy IGN journalism, per usual. It was quickly clarified that they were wrong.

So in the US, at the age of 18, it is OK to go and die for you country, but a mere two years earlier, you are incapable of doing something you are passionate about? I understand the need for parents to tell ensure their kids don't do drugs, drink, have unprotected sex, etc. But I also feel that if a child has a…

@FrankieViturello: Well said, sir.

@Dayvie: Yeah, the island wasn't purgatory. I'd be hesitant to call the sideways purgatory as well due to what purgatory is supposed to be versus what this was.

@Optrirominiluikus: Yeah, GOG does the work of getting the games to run on modern operating systems so that you don't have to.

Holy spoilers right on the main page for anyone who hasn't played the game yet. Thanks! :|

Oh man, it's so sexy. Must...Resist...Temptation...

Yeah, if someone makes an awesome HHGttG app for the iPad, I will actually buy one.

Well, you have to also remember part of the culture here. I've been to GDC and Japanese developers tend to keep things "in house" as much as possible when making comparisons. I'm not sure of the reasoning, but it could be that they see it as rude to use other peoples games as examples in a presentation about their…

Did you ask if that was expected behavior or if that was something that was getting tuned? I'd imagine that lots of your quibbles come down to tuning the experience.