Speaking of shipping, you'll be surprised how much shipping costs can take out of your bottom line. We've talked about how to save money shipping things to other people, and it's even more important here. If you're going the Fulfilled by Amazon route, Amazon handles all of this for you, but if you're an individual…

This is going to sound terrible, but it is what it is. When my grandfather passed away, one of the first things I did was remove the stickers from his VCR and DVD players. It always drove me nuts, but he would never remove those damn things. I sure do miss him and his goofy quirks.

The original comment was a price edge, not bundle edge. The price of a console and camera is $500 for one, and $460 for the other. That's how you do a true comparison shop.

That is the definition of apples to apples, all things being equal. The options need to be the same. You can't compare two cars based solely on price. If I take car that's similar to another one, but the Ford forces you to get the spoiler and sound package, I can't compare it to the Chevy without adding the…

If you compare apples to apples, you have to include the PS Eye (or whatever it's called), and it's an additional $70. Granted it's optional for PS4, but it really should be compared as all things equal.

$30 isn't much of an edge at the current price points.

Xbox One: The Xbox One's middle name might as well be "media integration." It would sign checks and wedding registries Xbox "Media Integration" One. It's designed to be more than just a gaming console. Sure, it lets you watch Netflix and Amazon Video and the like, but it can also take in your cable box's A/V signal…

After a couple weeks of testing in a couple of different rooms, I'd say the Xbox One's Kinect works about... 80-85% of the time. Not a terrible percentage, but not enough to call consistent, either. The camera mishears me frequently enough to be annoying. Each time I have to repeat myself—"Xbox. Xbox. Xbox go to…

The thumbsticks have been slightly elongated from the 360 controller, and they're enhanced with a rough, treaded edge around the top. The added height means that the player's thumbs will have a greater range of motion as compared to the 360 controller. I haven't yet noticed a tangible benefit to that, though I also…

Wally World is good for breaking street dates on special editions. I got my GoW PSP a week early from there.

Is it just me, or are they all maniacally wringing their hands?

I actually like the idea of having them do all the shopping and just picking it up later. Saves me the hassle of finding good prices on all the stuff lost.

NOTE: There's another eyebrow-raiser on the back of that Call of Duty box. "Offline play enabled." Gee, Call of Duty people, why'd you need to tell us that? Since when can't you play part of a CoD offline? Was anyone expecting the game to be online-only?

Good to know it's my recollection that's fuzzier than the GC. :P

It certainly looks sharper, but how much of that is due to the GC version being played on a HDTV trying to upscale a standard signal? I don't remember the game being so fuzzy, but I was playing on a standard TV with a tube and all in 4:3 rather than 16:9.

Probably pictures of adult genitalia.

I don't think it was just drawing penis, but probably sending 3D Weiner pics.

Said the irresponsible parent. It's a parent's job to at least have a modicum of knowledge about what their fucking kids are doing. If you can't handle the responsibility, don't reproduce.

They've been using it on 360 for a while now, so it's not that radically different. I think that's why I took to Win8 so easily- too much time on XBox...

I have tithed, you could even say religiously. All it did was move hard earned money to the pockets of people who didn't need it.