The only thing really stopping me from getting a 3DS is the region restriction on games. I currently live in Korea, and am aware that US games would not work on a Korean device were I to purchase one here. So I'd probably have to import a US version. But then, if I do that, I also need to worry about whether, when I…

The difference being that cable and satellite boxes don't cost hundreds of dollars, on top of whatever channel package you've ordered. Microsoft is clearly trying to market the XBox One to a broader audience than just gamers. But what perplexes me is how they plan to get those people to shell out the money for it.

I think fruit is expensive in Japan because, if the fruit is grown domestically, the agricultural space is at a premium. Growing things like apples and melons requires more space compared to, say, rice. And Japan isn't exactly a huge country in terms of arable land. Farmers always have to consider what else they could…

Oh ... my god. Console manufacturers and publishers are "in bed" with one another? What a terrible scandal.

I think your smartphone analogy is deeply flawed, mostly because smartphones are a convergence of truly useful technologies. It is very convenient basically having a computer in your pocket at all times. I'm not sure I really give two shits, on the other hand, whether I have the ability to look at my fantasy team or…

This whole TV-centric rollout of the XBox One is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.

This is either the funniest bit of sarcasm I've ever read, or the detailing of a truly pathetic life. I cannot tell as of yet.

Jonathan Blow hates XBL and basically vowed never to work with Microsoft again after putting out Braid with them, so yeah, I think this is probably going to be a console exclusive, even if there's no contractual obligation for him to do that.

I insist we all pronounce "gin" with a hard G then, as well.

So I assume you also pronounce NASA "Nayseah" (like Nay-yeah), right?

Because the indications we're receiving speak to a continuation of the norm for Microsoft and XBL, not a divergent path. If XBL had previously been a hotbed of indie development activity (rather than a huge pain in the ass for indies, a topic J. Blow has notably expounded on), then maybe it would be worth waiting for…

Horrible move on Microsoft's part. If Sony makes it even marginally easier for indies than they have for the current console generation, we can look forward to the PS4 having a near-monopoly on the best content from small-scale developers and indie studios. A vibrant homebrew-esque community is yet another tiny bit of…

App discovery is one of the biggest areas in need of improvement as far as mobile gaming is concerned, and is one of developers' biggest gripes. It's pretty clear that the big players (iOS App Store and Google Play) have determined that the heavyhanded curation of apps (and the resulting obscurification of anything…

I can't wait for the clusterfuck of region-locking bullshit this is likely going to require me to deal with. So, here's the deal:

"They [Microsoft] are not looking at Sony or Nintendo, but are frantically coming up with countermeasures for Apple and Google."

That's the problem. I don't think it's particularly clear exactly where the lines can be drawn. Or if they can, they need to—and certainly can be—redrawn. For example, it is pretty clearly illegal under the DMCA to circumvent DRM on copyrighted or otherwise protected material, devices, etc. But the same law also…

Well no, the ship hasn't sailed. Everything is changeable.

I honestly think that something needs to be done—a court battle waged, new laws passed, whatever—to reinforce that people who purchase copies of licensed content do, indeed, have the right to various types of basic fair use, such as lending it to a friend, and that manufacturers or content producers must not create…

I've gotta say, if Sony can differentiate themselves on a lot of this peripheral nonsense (always online, anti-used games, backward compatibility, or any of these other little fires that start up as we learn more about the Xbox One), I think they may be able to clinch a definitive lead and turn this into a real…

So basically you're sad about losing the materialistic buzz of the newest, latest version of the classic home console? Even if consoles disappear, games will continue to be made. And you know what? They'll probably be far more interesting and worthwhile than 90% of the fare that makes it onto consoles. They will be…