Well, now I'm wishing I'd budgeted for the upgraded HDD from the get go. It's a little late for that though, as now I'm in grad school and have no money to spare. This is my last luxury purchase for a while.

Really? I think Kotaku has done a pretty good job of parroting consumer interest. Microsoft has done a stellar job of reversing opinion on their console. Sony has basically stayed quiet and let the hype from E3 pull them to launch.

I remember those jam packs! At the time, I thought they were the coolest things ever. So many demos!
I also remember game specific cheat disks from magazines. Specifically final fantasy X-2. Those cheats were the reason I skipped half of that game.

Oh hell yeah. I would rock the Key and Bey blazer so hard. Plus, magicians don't even really have to have jobs afterward. You can be as lazy and crazy as you want or work behind the scenes and control world governments.

Yeah, I know it's Gamefreak that makes the game. I guess I was kind of slap-dash thanking the overall entity providing me with the game.

Source? Does it have to be a specific ghost type?

I am loving all of the hidden stuff in these games. It seems Nintendo went above and beyond to make them last. I know part of this is due to hackers not being able to completely dump all of the data and mine it, but it is still super cool. Here's hoping some of these secret items and characters actually mean…

Your argument is sound, but I do have a question for you. What re your thoughts on the Xbox UI for many of those apps you mentioned? I've had a lot of issues with them on my 360, and I have a "wait an see" attitude about them on next-gen. I really don't want to preview every netflix show if I stop on its icon for…

Yeah, this is super interesting. Plus, you received such real answers! No PR spin, no marketing talk, this was about how to make games coming from the guys that make them. The tidbit about The Last Guardian and the friction caused by changing the studio up, that's great. I haven't heard about that from any other…

Interesting. Potential AZ battle down the line somewhere with him using an endgame team similar to Red? I would be in favor of that. Especially if it came as an event like Giovanni in Heart Gold and Soul Silver.

Yeah. They made such a big deal about them being back in 3 and then no matter who you chose, it was a lame story. I much preferred the non-squad stories in ME3. Specifically Thane. That guy was so awesome. Especially if you romanced him.

Wrex vs. Garrus would've been an amazing plot point. A much harder decision than Ashely vs. Kaiden.

Oh yeah. I always play goody-two-shoes on my first playthrough, so both Carth and Kaiden were good squadmates.

Maybe I've just been "trained" for games with these situations, but I thought this was a no brainer. Any game where there's an option to upgrade your influence or talking skills, I always give it a one or two point boost per level. By the time I was at this point in the game, I easily talked Wrex down.

Yup, I missed it too. No idea how or why, but I did. It's something everybody talks about, but it didn't happen for me. I suppose I should feel bad, but eh.

Yup. I've had a PS4 budgeted for some time, so I'm still getting one. But at this point it's more of a declaration of support for Sony than a killer desire to play next-gen stuff. I like the direction Sony is going, I want them to continue in that direction.

Best GIF.

Yeah, same for me. Looks like a mistake.

Cat Cafes are awesome. I went to one when I visited Japan and it was just the right mixture of insanity and adorable. Seriously, they had a whole fake house for these cats to live in and tons of climbing areas and hidey holes. Plus there were just enough areas for the antisocial cats to go that people couldn't get…

Ugh... I resisted the Pokemon XL's but this one is so cool... I have my launch 3DS. I don't know if I can justify a new one while mine still works! But I've played it and its so much more comfortable! Arghhhhhh