Well... I did enjoy many of the old school Paper Mario games such as TTYD, but I definitely don’t have the hopes/expectations of many of the commenters here. I will miss having companions in battle, but aside from that I’m actually pretty excited for Origami King. I love puzzles and the aesthetic looks great, so…

Alternatively, why can’t companies like Hasbro make these items “print on demand” (or whatever) so that when little Timmy can’t get one he can just order from an online store instead of his parents being forced to try to barter on a secondary market for one?

For me that was because it looked like it exactly copied the anime (did it not?). It also wasn’t very long, and used carefully chosen shots.

As always with this stuff, it’s all about the song selection (and cost for that selection). I’m an old fart, so I want to be able to sample and mix songs with a heavy 70s/80s/90s vibe to them and I (no offense) couldn’t care less about 99% of music that came out in the last 5 years and, for what I do like, I want a…

All hail the Dungeon Main.

Same. There is an interesting (depressing?) paradox that emerges from this:

Oh Christ. I bought the new expansion to play with a buddy during these ronatimes, and the initial gap between power levels was shocking enough. Then came that all my old gear was basically crap and required a whole new system to infuse. Now it’s that they can’t even be infused to a high enough level to be worth it.

Hah, that is my go-to mental model too, but I think you could argue that the master/slave terminology in BDSM represents the subculture’s focus on power structure by invoking the historical usages of master/slave (which includes racial slavery as well as many other variants throughout history).

I see everyone around Kotaku is pretty skeptical of this, but as someone who hasn’t played a Paper Mario game in some time, this is... intriguing to me. Will need to check reviews first, but fingers crossed that they avoid the mechanics others seem to be complaining about because it looks like the kind of Nintendo…

I would not. It spoils bosses, how to beat them, companions, and a number of collectibles. 

I think they should’ve done Spiderman 2: 2Miles 2Morales, the Search for Curly’s Gold EXPANSION EDITION (Includes Full Original Game)

I suppose it all comes down to:

Wow. Demon’s Souls was the reason I bought a PS3, and I’ve never looked back since. I wonder if they’ll fix the supposed broken archway and add some content? I also hope I can still cheese everything as a magic user since that was the only damn way I finished it the first time *shakes fist angrily at maneaters*

Interesting write-up. Like I said, I haven’t done my research so I’m definitely behind (though clearly I need to read up on XCloud).

Just did something similar: Had a 51" Olevia from 2008 or so and just upgraded to the LG C9, 65". It’s... something else. Just installed some bias lighting too and excited to see how that looks tonight.

Yep. It’s as if the designers have never seen your average TV console before. I suspect the inevitable slim/improve version will get a more sensible shape for AV enthusiast setups.

Kind of. Just because Microsoft has a larger market cap and more cash doesn’t mean that their internal accounting will allow one division a massive loss to undercut a competitor.

Amazon could do something like a 1-per customer order and require that the customer have sufficient shopping behavior to be eligible for purchase, such as a diversity of products over a certain amount of time.

You can definitely jump in and enjoy. My bigger cautions to you:

I tried to do this this past weekend and it was very, very hard. Aside from being underleveled, Bungie once again changed up the armor and infusion systems and it was immediately impossible to use any of my armor without special items that didn’t seem trivial to obtain. I gave it a go for a little bit but felt the…