If there were a cowboy transformer or a pirate transformer who talked in cowboy or pirate lingo respectively, no one would see it as offensive. These are big cgi monstrosities, it is pretty hard to be subtle. In this case, stereotypes help you identify with their characters more easily. Did they have to be racial…

Godzilla was awful. I enjoyed some of it (namely the 22 minutes of the 2 hour movie that Godzilla was actually in it, and the other 22 minutes that Walter White, the only interesting character, was in it). My opinions aside, in NO way is it any higher form of entertainment than the transformers films; and the Japanese…

Agreed on AC3 100%. Slow, maybe, but quality. It did a lot of things wrong, but out of all of the AC games I found it immersed me in the story and world much better than the others. I cared about my silly little town that I was building, and I felt connected to the historical characters. A big part of that is probably…

I much prefer Soul Blazer to it's two pseudo sequels. The other games try to do more, but come across more uneven, with more filler. I like your description of the tug - it's a constant back and forth of dungeoning and town exploring that is unequaled. The way the areas all feel unique, with the changing landscape was…

Yeah it was a great read. I disagree that it is an open and shut case. The relationship between Oculus and ZeniMax, and the communication between Carmack and Lucky, and Carmack's actions, read like a tangled mess to me. Some things are denied outright, while some of the more damning allegations are swept away with…

I think you mean 2 months old. In fact this is one of Oculus' key pieces of evidence - that they have had negotiations on various things with ZeniMax for 2 years and ZeniMax has not litigated until now. This is not the ONLY piece of evidence. But it does show severe negligence on ZeniMax side - to let all of the very…

Actually that's kind of BS. If it makes a mark as a porn device it will probably be about as successful as the VCR and the internet.

First, many thousands of developers have purchased the kits. It may not be mass market, but it still is a product that exists. If there were no product, and we had only heard rumors and seen backroom demos I would agree with you. But I own an Oculus Rift. It IS the leading hmd at the moment. It has the largest install…

The thing is, even WITHOUT the backroom deals and the infighting and trying to make things worse on the competitors cards, you would still see performance differences between cards depending on the game. The two cards have similarities, but they are not implemented equally. Developers have to put time into…

Is her maiden name Garno or Garneu? You have her listed under the first and her brother listed under the second. Also, I think it would have flowed better for me to use her maiden name in the historical sections. Other than those nitpicks, interesting article.

Yeah I was going to bring up New Star (actually thought the title of the article was a backhand reference). The developer also came out with a more similar Sensible update without all the career elements from New Star called Sensational Soccer although I don't know if it's available anymore.

It DOES in fact have a no purchase necessary option.

Right now, they need to play it conservative and give the fans what they really want. It's the smart thing to do, rather than attempt some new things that may flop or not generate buzz. The Wii U itself was an attempt at doing something a bit new that didn't work out for them. Now is the time to consolidate and…

You really have to hand it to Nintendo. They aren't in the dark here - supporting their console is good business, and everyone who has bought a Wii U deserves to be supported. They made a lot of mistakes with the hardware, with the launch, with the software - but if they were to just stop supporting the thing and make…

Speaking about unbreakable DRM is as much conjecture as anything anyone else has said on this thread. You can't properly determine sales going up or down without measuring "up" or "down" against a control group - and that control group, being a world in which drm actually works, doesn't really exist. It is hard to…

Ah yes, the "oh, it's just like last gen but with more pixels phase". We will have to push past the initial knee-jerk period of just slapping a first person camera in games before things start to take advantage of it. I've had a DK1, and I go through periods where I don't use it, and then I pull it out again for…

It is currently unknown if 360 degree + 3d is feasible. 360 degree cameras cannot currently support stereo. There have been 360 demos that are pretty cool with headtracking, but losing the 3d element is a shame.

The market for this, in general, are people who already own computers. Just like the market for morpheus are people who own ps4s. And by the time of release, it will not be hard to find an oculus-ready pc or laptop for 400$ or so. I think they are aiming for less than 300 for the final price as well, both DK1 and DK2…

If they decided from the outset not to include a female Assassin, no one would be talking about this. But that's not what happened. Essentially, we get this: "Hey guys, we WERE going to have female Assassin's for our awesome coop mode, but, uh, we ran out of time making sure the flags flap in the wind properly. So no…

2015 - the year I buy a wii U.