I'll hold off final judgement until I've played the second part, though for now I'm not sure about the decision to engage Infinite so directly. Infinite's ending was a double-edged narrative sword—it cut sharply and with admirable boldness, but it also severed its connection to all that preceded it. With an ending…

I've reached that point. No matter how interested I am in the game, I refuse to pay a penny for it if it requires an always-on connection. I will never pay for Sim City. I will never by an Xbox One for the same reason. I tolerate Steam because I *CAN* play offline, once every 30 days is as much as I am willing to put…

Did anybody else see this and think, "Spaceballs the video game!"

Right? I've decided I don't need this Sim City. The more I hear about it the more I'm sad about how EA has killed it. Always-on DRM = never buy. Period.

I think this about sums it up.

I totally agree. I can relate to the 50s a lot better than I can turn-of-the-century America.

As far as Steam sales go, I think it shows that games are too high priced for casual players. Sure there are some games that I will pay full price for at launch... but most of the time, I would rather wait until they come down in price, or until they release a GOTY edition so I don't get nickel-and-dimed to death with…

I don't hate Windows 8, I just hate Metro. When it becomes optional (and I mean REALLY optional, not just "Oh you can still see the desktop but every time you go to the start menu you're back in it") then I will consider upgrading. In fact, I don't know a single desktop user who does like Metro.

Freakin amazing. I built a P3-800 a few years back just so I could play System Shock 2 again... it will be nice to be able to play it on my real hardware!

If I had to guess, I would say they are adding to it, given the lukewarm (at best) reception it's gotten on the Xbox. Well, I hope they're adding to it... otherwise there's no way I'm spending money on it.