I'm curious what game you're thinking of, because the only 2 I can think of are The World Ends With You and Dragon Quest 9, which are both predated by Nintendogs (by 2 and 4 years, respectively).

Out of curiosity, where do you tend to tag people? On the street, subway / bus? I got hundreds of people at PAX East, but on a typical day in my small city I'll get my wife, and maybe one of my coworkers.

They couldn't let people vote for Mario 3D World because then everyone would have voted for it, and if a Mario game won then Kotaku would lose all of their credibility among the dudebro shooter crowd.

Sure, you'll pick TLoU this year, but last year for game of the year you passed up an even better game about being a surrogate father to a young girl while fighting zombies.

We expect Sony's and Microsoft's new consoles to thrive over the next three years, with cumulative worldwide sales of 37.7 million PS4 and 29 million Xbox One consoles by year-end 2016. We do not expect Nintendo's Wii U to fare as well, with cumulative sales of under 20 million by 2016.

Sorry, the First Amendment doesn't have a "had it coming" clause.

I read the first 3 words of that headline and thought this was going to be an Ada Lovelace action figure. So disappointed.

It's funny you posted this picture, because your fourth paragraph perfectly describes what Shadowrun calls an overwatch decker.

You're right, the circumstances are completely different. Nixon was a criminal.

Why not? Nixon was.

If you're bored with Cards, try combining it with other games, like Pictionary: "You want me to draw Pac-Man doing what!?"

Not blasphemy. It's a perfectly passable JRPG, and it does somewhat succeed in using time travel in a clever way, but doesn't belong on the same list as The World Ends With You.

You can either future proof your system for $1500, or you can get something good enough for right now for $500 and later buy another good enough system for $500, and that second system will outperform the future proofed system.

Seriously. For people who don't understand how ridiculous this is, this is a law firm that specializes in helping people sue their own property.

The D&D geek in me is happy to see fireball, magic missile, and web all make an appearance.

By that logic, laser would be pronounced "lah-seer".

This was part of their Black Friday sale. My local Gamestop wasn't too busy at 11AM, and I was lucky enough to find a copy of each.

No 3rd game free. I tried. You get whichever sale is better, either the $40 price, or the buy 2 get 1 free, but not both.

None of those are as good as Gamestop selling Xenoblade and Metroid Prime Trilogy for $40 apiece. Used. Still totally worth it, picked up one of each for gifts.

I wouldn't be this rough with a baby under 6 months old, but once they're moving around a lot on their own, you get a pretty good idea what your kid's tolerances are. In general, if they're still laughing, you're good. Just be careful of the neck.