@Boomaga: thanks for giving me the heads up metroid metal will be playing. Sorry Kotaku (and honestly, the 33 Lounge sucks).

@Gomerboy: Seriously. He walks into McDonald's and says "don't talk to me?" Well WTF is he doing in McDonald's? Are they supposed to read his mind?

@sandrewmorrison: yup. And accidentally at that. No thanks.

Slowly and loudly. If they don't get it, I then repeat myself even slower and louder.

It's not "fake," it's "scripted."

@WhiteMage says fix the comments grr: Playing old games that are not longer produced and downloading/ripping games you had no interest in buying are both still copyright infringement. You can justify it all you want, but that's the law. The monetary damages you allege are non-existent are irrelevant to your liability.

@mms9304: What do you expect? Jellyfish is probably a European (Brit guessing by his Manchester United profile pic). Everyone knows that every single European, without fail, thinks they're better than Americans.

Here's my litmus test - if I don't mind spending the money again during the warranty period to replace the item, I won't get the warranty. XBox 360 - pay $300 again some time over the next 3 years? Yeah, I'd be ok with that.

@Ueziel: Dude, it is very awkward - you have a visual cue saying two things are parallel when two gems are coming down and the physical buttons are not lined up parallel. You may be used to it, but it is not an intuitive setup. #djhero

@Ueziel: This statement:

@Psychopathic Assassin: I'll chime in - as pointed out on Big Bang Theory, people replace real-life achievements with virtual ones. It is an escape that people retreat deeper and deeper into. Works sucks? You can always get more gold. Haven't done something personally fulfilling lately? Well, there's this boss that…

@Soldier_CLE: With all due respect, I really LIKE that my ePeen grows when I play PC games under Windows Live. I LIKE that the time I spend in DoW2 shows up in my gamerscore/achievements for my Xbox. Yes, it is meaningless (and admittedly my gamerscore is piss poor low), but I like having a unified identity across…

@UnityAmythaon: guilty as charged - I switched to ToodleDo after RTM refused to make outlook sync available. I'm pretty happy with it.

@Jadakra: "F*** yourself and die" I'm guessing

@jedbeetle: Actually, if you look at the screen shots, you can see that the vocal sections look like they are broken up into octaves (alternating dark and light sections) with the main pitches of the chord, I'm guessing 3rds and 5ths, represented as the negative color of that octave, i.e., the 3rd and 5th are light…

@Save me: "What happened Activision?"

@Mister Adequate: Oh, I see. When Boston Police shut down a bridge because strange electronics were planted underneath it and call the bomb squad, they are overreacting. But swarming on a guy playing dress up is an acceptable response. Got it.

@JonnyDee: It's pretty easy to fund a movie when the German tax laws used to allow you to reduce your taxable income by the amount you invested in said movie.

@DoctorCello: *meekly looks at unfinished Pheonix Wright* *Proudly looks at law degree*

Credit card roulette. Everyone is allowed to pay for their total out of the check and opt out of credit card roulette. Everyone participating puts a card in (two for couples so it's fair) and whichever card the waitress picks, pays.