So.. the pilot was Alexander Kerensky, right?

Hum. Not so sure about a lack of challenge. They picked out some pretty obscure points of history, which was nice. I'm not sure I could recall them all without looking them up. Then again.. I always loved history (but hated history classes. Mostly because they for the most part were "here's the book, I will now tell…

Maybe a wormhole opened up at kotaku and Brian just can't wait for the systems to be finalized so he actually has something to play on the xbox 720 and ps4 the wormhole brought to him.

Carmen Sandiego stole my heart. I've been chasing her since 1985: across the USA, to Europe, around the world twice, into space and even through time itself. Every time I manage to catch her, she claims she's changed but I know in my heart it's never true. She'll be off again the second I'm not watching, stealing…

It would be nice to see this technology develop to the point where possibly we could have a better machine interface. I think I would not mind becoming some form of cyborg if my other choice were to be trapped in a coma. Or at the very least some form of communication with my loved ones. (Or inception level "insert…

This. Very much this. This would be my very aversion to suggesting my wife do a reset or restore on her ipad.

The Karl Rove thing is funny in a "Dewey Wins" kind of way, and just makes him look like an idiot for refusing to believe people who were unarguably on his side.

I picked it up at a library sale when I was younger. It wasn't a bad read..it was an interesting take on the whole Xcom idea.

Sprout shows the new and some old ones that in some cases I can go " I remember that" .. it's awesome. Although it has down sides.. You know you have a kid who watches sprout if I can go "1 2 3 4" and what pops in your head is "monsters walking across the floor" (or chickens just back from the shore...)

Hum. I just beat the game last night, have to disagree with some of your points.

Let me guess, you're single?

On difficulties higher than easy, I can assure you, they can and do patrol the map without having spotted you. Otherwise, it makes no sense for the patrols I've had come running out of ufos/buildings when I am not in LOS, or ones I've had move into sight, do the "oh crap, we're spotted, free move to cover"

When I was in my early 20s, I felt that most college educated people with no experience were fools. (Full disclosure: I dropped out of college in favor of a full time job with a major Linux company. I also had already had picked up Linux and C/C++ in high school.. and most of what my state considered useful "computer…

Am I the only one who wishes for more with the outsiders? They show up until you capture one.. and then it's like they disappear and are never mentioned again. Maybe it'll be explained later.. but..

Let's take a look at those examples:

Speaking of board games inspired by Xcom - A friend of mine in high school bought the strategy guide to Xcom, and since this was still 1993, it was pretty damn in depth. It was closer to an RPG source book (tables and %s for EVERYTHING that could happen in the game, even what the aliens were likely to do was…

I love you, you love me, I now have to shoot the tv..*blam*

Aye. I don't mean to imply in anyway that this is "shady" or going to be vaporware (I'm looking at you Star Command.. ). I'm just concerned that it's promising a bunch, and we're already hailing it as a triumph.

I would describe myself as "cautiously optimistic" on this one.

Sadly, my squad is once again filled with rookies, and two vets who survived the last mission against a battleship. Before that My squad had contained several characters who had reached the Colonel rank, two of which I had the entire game after the tutorial.