At first I thought today might be April Fool's.

In case anybody was curious, Bump of Chicken is as awesome as their name.

That could be either incredibly bad or incredibly good. I'm leaning towards the latter.

Hilarious, incredible beard, and slightly creepy.

When I'm feeling peckish I just bust open a can of nade spam. Mm-mmm!

Frozen bananas! Bananas are already excellent, but frozen they just taste better, somehow. Dip in chocolate and coat with nuts to taste. Goes well with ice cream, too.

The problem with the teaser is that it really teases (or lets us know) nothing. Yes, we know bane is coming. Yes, we know that it's the last movie of the trilogy and it's going to be epic, because it's Nolan. Catwoman doesn't even show up. Needless to say, it doesn't tell us much.

"Why do you need Japanese steel?"

I feel like you already know the answer, but I'll explain anyway. Many games these days have an online multiplayer component, and so anyone pirating these games would have to pay. Obviously, singleplayer isn't affected.

Well, the whole thing with piracy is that you want to play games for free. Now you have to pay. I'd say that's somewhat of a deterrent, don't you think?

It definitely sucks for gamers like me that like to buy games used, but on the other hand, I'd say it could be a pretty good piracy deterrent. What do you guys think? Would there be any way to get around this as a pirate? (Not that I'm one, yohohoho.)

Boy do I love me some OCRemix. Thanks for the that!

Well said, and since it's both Icefrog and Valve working on it, it has a pretty good shot of being good.

Anyone that hasn't checked this out really needs to, as well as all of the other musical Brawl in the Family strips. They're all sweet, humorous, and well-crafted. And they'll put a smile on your face!

Each to his own. That piece stands out to me because I'm a drummer and guitarist—it's a pretty cool tune with a nice groove. Nobuo shows that he can do funky just as well as orchestral.

I'm not sure about "nice", but she's pretty cool. Check out Girls With Slingshots.

He's singing in Korean!

Indeed! Mr. Big is awesome, and some of their songs are pretty ridiculous (like Colorado Bulldog). It's sad that they were underappreciated in America compared to Japan. There's always hope!

He actually does mention that track, you silly.

It certainly wouldn't be a stretch. Say what you want about the game itself, but I believe it has one of the most memorable and well-constructed soundtracks of all time. It's truly a masterpiece.