The article also states that Sony is going to be making (possibly a number of) Robotech movies. There's three ways this can happen. Either they will localize existing Macross media directly (unlikely given that 'making movies' implies new work), do it the Robotech way and stitch other Macross media together into a…

The above poster brings up a good point, and probably is the only thing that brings me genuine concern here — If Sony acquires the rights to Robotech and starts making new material based on that knockoff universe, what does that mean for Macross itself in the west? Will all the other existing material in the franchise…

That would indeed be best-case scenario! Except that doesn't seem to be the case here. This literally appears to be Sony wanting to capitalize on Robotech with new material based in that knockoff universe. Which makes me wonder how much harder it's going to be to actually do what you're hoping.

If believing that pleases you, go ahead. I'm merely killing time after work replying to everyone with as much time to waste as me (or at least enough time to take such cheap bait). Would you have preferred that I had ignored you? That's not very entertaining, is it?

You severely overestimate the degree to which I actually care either way about this. I just find it incredibly silly to take a knockoff of someone else's franchise and actually keep going with it. Like these companies truly have run out of ideas. Then again, we're talking about Sony here...

otaku SMASH!!

Except for all the editing and bowlderizing that meant you were effectively watching a different show altogether. Robotech was a bastardization of three existing shows, and now Sony wants to take that and just run with it? pass. I mean, it could always be worse — could be Harmony Gold, after all...

Nope, no interest, not a bit, zero. Not macross, not interested. As long as they continue calling it...that...they're clearly going to be showing no respect to the original material.

Hey now, that's not fair. I love VR. It takes everything that's already awesome about gaming and makes it that much more awesome by placing you directly into the eyes of the character. Once the display tech catches up, it will totally be the ideal way to play. That said...

In BattleTech lore, the neurohelmet had literally one purpose: to use the pilot's sense of balance to help keep the mech upright. All actual control was otherwise manual. There was an experiment on a 'direct neural interface' mechanism that allowed the pilot to control the mech without any manual mechanisms at all,…

Sadly, I think there are more options for wheels than for joysticks, making standardization difficult. I use a Fanatec wheel, for instance. Fanatec alone makes like three or four different wheels with different button layouts. Fanatec wheels are made to be multiplatform, and their buttons don't have platform-specific…

ayup. MechWarrior Online supports mouse/keyboard, effectively guaranteeing that nobody will ever use a joystick in it.

doubt it's licensed, but most definitely intentional. E:D has a built-in button profile specifically for the X52 as well. It's just the most common high-end HOTAS model, for good reason. Comes in two versions with different price points (but the same layout), and anything cheaper is junk and anything more expensive is…

I always understood this to mean the stomach as well.

honestly it looks pretty sweet with that panel missing. I'd probably consider just leaving it as-is, if not for aerodynamic implications...

i don't think tom wheeler has been down under lately...

That just depends on who you fall in with and what you decide you want to do. There are industrialists that only do mining and trading, but there are also pirates and nullsec groups and wormhole nomads that get to do lots of combat. Meanwhile, in EVE, you're the commander of a large ship rather than the pilot of a…

Anime polls are almost always garbage. Anime fans have an embarrassingly short memory, so polls are almost always dominated by whatever is popular the time, with just a few classics thrown in for good measure. One Piece, SAO, AoT, etc are going to top almost any poll you make right now.

Indeed! Everyone assumes that all airsoft guns are like the cheap toys you can buy at major retailers, when there are numerous levels beyond that, from the cheap-but-okay Chinese brands to the higher-quality domestic and Japanese brands to home-built stuff. Give a Polarstar or Marui to someone who's only ever held a…

I'm not 100% sure but I think it might even be lower than that. Every Japanese-origin AEG I've ever seen has clocked in at no higher than 320FPS@.20g, with the majority being closer to 280FPS. Tokyo Marui especially likes to stick to the 280FPS point pretty consistently.