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Really? Unlucky you... I don't have to count the number of times I've had to reinstall Windows due to crashes, as I've never had to.

Oh really? Because I'm using Windows 8 on the PC that I'm typing this up on right now. Lookie here! Its fully functional!

The fact that I hadn't heard about it makes me believe MS handled it very well :p

I dunno, when I read about a bricked system, that means its unusable, which would imply that it can't receive any new updates (by conventional means, anyways) to undo the damage.

Funky business. I'd be curious to do a postmortem on the whole thing, but it sounds like you're all set now?

OK...except it hasn't on the 360, and nobody was talking about the X1 or the 360.

Haha I know a few people that still want the old old blade interface back.

This is true :)

I'm not exactly sure what you're getting at here...

Yeah, and all modern Windows installations have a recovery partition that it automatically makes, plus an option, while undesirable, to start from scratch.

Windows doesn't render my entire system permanently unusable after an update...

I'll give a pass on the circuitous route, did you see how the ball curved in the air? Headed left initially, turned straight by the apex, and dipped right as it came down.

I'm not holding out hope, but is there any indication about whether 3DS will be playable with WiiU? Or is it same platform only?

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Neato, thanks!

Yeah, I'd heard about that but was a bit fuzzy on the details. How wide is the selection there, and can I buy most DS/3DS games on it? Or is reserved for older titles?

Right on, IV it is.

Yeah, I mean EO. The first 3 are on the DS, but I was wondering whether its better off starting from the beginning or jumping right into IV.

Hmm, which version would you recommend?