And not necessarily while in the bathroom.

PS4 ownership was exciting at first, but I'm waiting for things to get interesting again. Right off the bat, me and my buddies grabbed a whole stack of PS4s and copies of Battlefield 4, which we regularly hooked up at my house for little pseudo-LAN parties, running my squad simply by yelling at the guy next to me.…

She needs your pylons.

If you change the telephone to "parents" and the rest of the crap with "marriage" then you'll have a chart for conventional 20th Century Asian relationships.

Missionary.

I always had a strange feeling about Bastion's gameplay, and I think you nailed it: it had solid gameplay, using a polished version of a conventional formula, but the art, setting, and narration are what made it into an immensely satisfying experience. From the looks of it, the art, setting, and narration of…

Quite the opposite. I was a HUGE fan. Knowing that Transistor surpasses Bastion makes me tear up a little, with quiet joy.

Personally, I get games like these early because the longer I wait to play the game, the greater my chances of accidentally stumbling over a spoiler.

For Pikmin, that's real-time strategy. Transistor takes on a far more peculiar beast: the action role-playing game. I don't really know what that mouthful means at this point, but the way Supergiant handles the hybrid genre is far more interesting, and far more rewarding, than Bastion ever was.

True as well.

Yeah, but even if they sound decent, they're usually wired, proprietary, or have have suspect build quality (lookin' at you, Logitech G390). Rule of thumb is that you can't trust a wireless headset under $100, but the Sony Wireless Headsets are an exception to the rule.

I think you'll need to depict the situation in Sid Meier's Civilization terms. Everyone knows how tense the late game land grab is, when you've got this huge standing army and these tiny neighbors... Then again, that would also mean that our closest allies are on the verge of nuking us. Lookin' at you, Gandhi.

Yeah, ouch. So what's the word for the 3D? Still in the pipeline?

Most folks (myself included) feel that these cans sound best without the virtual surround, so it's not too much of a loss for the PC in terms of quality, although it'd be nice to have as a feature.

Yeah, and I'll admit the Virtual 7.1 doesn't touch Dolby goodness, but for the price it's hard to beat. In my opinion, the only headsets that match or exceed the Gold Wireless in terms of quality and features start at around $130 or $150.

The Sony Gold Wireless Headset is one of your six contenders for the best, and probably the best option for dedicated Sony console gamers. [Sony Gold Headset, $85]

Papa Blox - Not a lead character, mind you. This old guy continues Nintendo's tradition of making strangely compelling elderly characters (see: Cranky Kong, Peppy). This codger gives advice in the Pushmo and Crashmo games, which have their own distinct aesthetic. Like Dillon, he's not just a new character, but a new…

If he has Johnny Depp's voice, I'm sold.

You may have missed this, but it's been happening—even as people have been saying that it hasn't. It's not been happening the way it did in the '80s or '90s, mind you.

No! That's Odysseus and/or Trevelyan!