There are two marks of the beast, 666 is only one such interpretation of the number.

Complaints get reported more often than compliments.

But it would still weight a non-zero amount, which in turn could impact someone reputation in unnecessarily negative ways.

If you have a friend with a copy of the game I suggest you try to borrow it. It's control scheme can get so hella frustrating that people stop playing.

I don't like the idea of in-game griefer protection affecting your online reputation. People giving feed back is cool, but a game marking me down for exploding my buddy while he's surrounded by 4 baddies seems like a way to dictate what is the "correct" way to play.

But that doesn't explain why it has to phone home every day, it just gives an example on why cloud-computing might be pretty rad, and why opting-in to an internet experience would be fun. One could still have all of these neat cloud-computing based processes without blocking someone from playing their off-line run of…

Man, it's a super bummer that the Wii U game will be limited by the 3DS's memory stuff.

That last features is super unsettling, especially since the TV features only works in North America (and more realistically, just the US, since Mexico and Canada usually get gimped or excluded altogether.)

This is one of the few times where media about the game (Interviews wit the creator, talking to friends who've played it, reporting, advertisements) is more interesting to me than the game itself.

This is one of the coolest things I've seen anounced for Battle.net or any online service. The world of internet-required games have put a real damper on LAN parties for newer games, especially if people haven't had a chance (or can't afford) the new game.

I know right? Sonic Drive-in is where it's at!

Well, I'll need to get a copy, so I'll bump it up on my acquisitions list, but who knows when I'll get money for it.

I haven't played Chrono Trigger, so I still get to be technically correct in my statement.

These are my two absolute favorite Zelda Games of all time. While I hated the Pokemon esque Version 1 & Version 2 thing that went on, those games were so awesomely unique that I couldn't fault them for it.

It's always a bummer to hear these stories, mostly because there's no way for anyone to give meaningful input to help.

I think his anti-empathy machines statement was aimed more broadly to include all digital media, Television and Film included.

Yes, Magic still uses "you" to refer to to a controlling player. Whenever control changes, so doe the referent "you" on a card.

In this fictional example, if I cast Threaten on your Ygritte, Wilding, then whenever I used her second ability I would lose life.

No it wouldn't, since that would change the functionality of the card.

If it dealt one damage to that creature's controller, then she would be the greatest 3 drop creature ever printed, because she would kill each of the opponent's creatures will making mana equal to 1+those creature's toughness. On top of that, the…

This video is fantastic, and actually touches upon a lot of arguments people have been making about why killing used games are supposedly good.

This is a pretty lengthy and thought out video, and it's good to hear his perspective, but I feel like he's got a very jaded subjectivity.