I can't help but notice your earlobe.

This is something from my nightmares.

Your response is thoughtful, so thanks for that. I still like the idea of backing up my installation files on a RAID. I am perfectly fine using Steam and GOG most days, and don't even think about being locked down to Steam licensing. I love the convenience, but I like the peace of mind as well. That's essentially my…

As said before, GOG gives you executable installation files, as you would find on a CD, DVD or floppy disk. I can stick those files on a hard drive and install them whenever I like. If the service is down or I can't get online or, in a terrible twist of events, GOG shuts down, I could still install my games. No…

In reference to your last paragraph, you still need the Steam client to play even in that eventuality. So you'd have to keep a full copy of your SteamApps folder indefinitely and also keep an installation file for Steam knocking around. The problem would be you wouldn't be able to log in to Steam upon the initial…

True, but I can download the installation files today, and if GOG goes bust tomorrow, I can still re-install the game tomorrow. The same cannot be said for Steam.

Same here. I'm totally down for this and highly respect GOG (they've taken a lot of my money).

The best I ever achieved was a Herbert Johnson fedora shaped by Steve Delk, the guy who made the hats for the fourth film. Too bad #4 was such #2! =P

Absolutely beautiful. I salute you!

For years, we only owned SMB and Double Dribble. Level 1-1 is my childhood and it will forever hold top-spot amongst every console experience. For the PC, it is likely Prince of Persia or Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.

I think Hernandez may have been going for dramatic effect on that one. You might be conflating facetiousness with true offence here. She's just emphasising how much of a new and stressful experience it was for her; she wasn't really telling a bunch of people that they're full of shit. Have you ever tried anything new…

The most nerve-racking moment is pushing that damn power button the first time. The moment of truth.

I totally agree with you on this. 6 Golden Coins is great, but this feels like classic Mario with a funky spin. There are times I'm still glad I own a GameBoy.

Also, how much box art do we need where some embattled, 'darkened by world weariness' male anti-hero is standing with his chin dipped down? Christ... The state of some games these days.

Your post is full of so many assumptions, I don't even know where to begin to start! Here's an attempt at just a few:

Finally, we've de-gendered the phrase, 'it smells like fish'!!

And therein lies the problem. Even Microsoft knew to make the Kinect an optional feature despite spending a lot of marketing hours telling us it was 'essential'. When the chips fell, they ditched it to lower the price and get more people to buy Xbones. Nintendo screwed the pooch on this one. The gamepad is an odd…

I certainly wish that were the case. My patience has been tried with Nintendo for too long - I can't keep buying their consoles solely for first party games no matter how good they are. The Wii all but lost third party publishers and the Wii U might as well not have any. I'm not asking for Call of Duty on a Wii U,…

My friend bought a PSP Go recently simply for emulation and handful of PS1 games. He thinks it's pretty good for that and certainly more worth to him than a Vita. I'm a recent 3DS adopter. It's cool, but again, like all things Nintendo these days, it's largely a first-party gaming device (I don't play Bravely…

Steam is not a platform, it's a software distribution service. A platform would be a 'Windows-based PC', etc. Perhaps you might argue that SteamOS on a Steam Box is a platform, but it remains to be seen how much of one it will ever become. If you are speaking of SteamOS as being 'the best gaming platform out there',…