Ad viewing. I manage ad ops for a website and being able to check on what desktop people are seeing when I'm away from a computer is invaluable. That's the reason it will remain on my phone as long as I can physically keep it.

The game is not Move only. I think Sony is trying to play this element up for now, to make their Move customers not feel abandoned, but you'll hear that it is not required as more details emerge.

Yeah I guess I'm not thinking as much about first party games. It seems like from a casual scanning of Steam and Origin that most current gen games wind up with PC ports.

are there any/many 360 games that haven't been ported over to the PC besides Halo/Gears of War?

no, not really. I'm not at all excited about Windows 8. Some of those incremental performance improvements sound great, but not enough to deal with ribbons on everything, the death of aero, and the lack of a start menu. I'm worried about all of these UI and UX changes.

I personally really want the desktop. I'm going to wait for reviews, but running a desktop I don't see any compelling feature to make me want to switch to Win8. It looks like a fantastic tablet/mobile OS, though. Even for $39 I don't know if I want this aggravation. I see no killer features and 7 is working great…

"I've never even seen a >30 script for any painkiller." - then you've never known anyone with advanced cancer.

I'm surprised Lana doesn't crush the controller with those freakishly large hands.

Maybe it is just where I'm at in life, but I'm discovering quite a few of my friends who are gamers with kids have bought this as a console replacement. The kid is on the TV (or sleeping, or the wife is watching Real Housewives) and the Vita becomes the console you can use while everyone in the house is doing other…

agreed. I got the cart for Gravity Rush because I compounded an Amazon sale with some credit I had and got it basically for free. But 99% of the time I like downloading right to the device.

have you tried to use it recently in the wake of next gen controllers? That thing is carpal tunnel city! But at the time I didn't know that, and completely agreed.

hopefully Gravity Rush will be the first awesome one. There are some good games on the system. If you're a Katamari Damacy fan the Vita version is surprisingly good. And some of the smaller PSN titles like Mutant Blobs Attack was a great game. I do wish I had more impetus to take it out of its case consistently…

I think this article needs a bit of context. The ultra-Orthodox, as anyone who has ever been to B&H Video already knows, are very into technology and tech savvy.

no, not really. They aren't calling on anyone to do anything. This is religious leaders coming to a consensus on how their insular community should adapt new technology. And they did it in a big ballfield. Really nothing to see here.

google it.

the big muff deluxe doesn't run on a 9v. It only runs on AC power and has a hardwired cable.

That video is fantastic and illustrates everything awesome and awful about EHX.

they didn't. There are a lot of dudes who will mod your EHX to be true bypass for very little money, and I'm sure there are plenty of online schematics if you are handy to DIY. If you're recording in an improperly grounded room the big muff growl can infect the entire recording chain.

There is no wasted plate area when you put a slice of pizza onto a plate. If you use one of these plates you are not accounting for cheese/topping ooze nor crumbs. This looks like a very messy way to eat pizza, although the aesthetic is cool.

there's no wasted plate area. You're not factoring in for crumbs and cheese/toppings oozing out over the sides.