Maybe I'm pessimistic, but every time this general subject comes up my thoughts go to the same place. Holding out hope is just a way to hurt yourself here. Disney has already demonstrated their position. What was previously known as Star Wars is over. At this point, the situation supports not just low expectations,…

I agree with you until the last handful of words there, while both Microsoft and Nintendo have leftover clout in terms of unreleased titles, Microsoft hasn't had time yet to offload its consoles to those who will simply hang around after last gen fully dies, whether over Live, or out of a simple sense of continuity.…

You typed this while I was writing my own post, but I pretty much agree with your ordering of console successes, though I think Microsoft will be significantly more successful than Nintendo this generation.

Honestly, the doomsayers rarely get it right in this sort of case, instead it usually tends towards a sort of mundane day to day slog. Which is what I forsee going on. I don't expect either striking gold, nor simply letting things be. Nintendo will continue to release significant first party titles, suffer from poor…

I honestly don't know what to say to you on this, since I wasn't there, and my thoughts are based on what was said about you by people who admittedly had reason to be upset. Regardless, a direct response on Kotaku never even occurred to me, so my respect for addressing me directly on this point. It also makes me feel…

... I actually miss those free AOL CDs. They were so multi-functional.

3D. It'd be interesting to add another dimension.

You're talking about the end result, the situation that caused that can be drawn pretty directly back to Brad and his (lack of) relationship with his own development team. Before Vanguard even shipped, there were months where he didn't show up to the office at all, and provided no input. Does SOE deserve blame for how…

I actually assumed they had better sales than they did, (they both approach, but don't quite meet 2 million), the portable sales aren't the main component of that though. And honestly, I'd prefer to just see a movement away from portable, not feeling to guilty about Persona though given I bought 3, FES, and 4 at full…

This is pure fucking genius. It really makes me feel as though someone ought to make, if not a Zelda game like this (due to how unlikely it is to happen), at least an adventure game with this sort of bizarre aesthetic. The genre is really pretty abandoned aside from the FPS/adventure hybrids like Uncharted and Tomb…

I think what disturbs me here is that, well, these aren't disturbing enough. Particularly Alice. In a lot of ways literature which has traditionally been regarded as for, or good for, children is far more bizarre than the typical stuff we read as adults. These representations seem more to conflict with the nature of…

Japan wants Persona 5? I've got news for you, so does everywhere else. I was more excited by that announcement than by most of the actual gaming releases in '13. I suppose that I have to admit I found '13 a slower year in gaming than the last two, but I am being quite literal about my excitement level.

I feel as though the increasing movement towards government interference and in some areas outright control of the internet is a disturbing and problematic trend. In this particular case, while I can see the argument for the treatment of physical goods bought online being taxed based on their area of purchase, I find…

I have trouble supporting anything associated with McQuaid after he crashed and burned Vanguard, which was easily one of my favorite MMOs, particularly in alpha/early beta. He managed to tear apart something that was incredibly promising with simple drama and mismanagement. That said, I'd probably support this anyways…

Cold? I suppose it's a bit chilly. Oh right, you mean for people who are in that big empty space in the center of the USA. The west coast says hi, we're having a cool rain in the mid 50s. Why if it gets a bit colder we might actually see this mythical snow stuff the rest of the nation talks about.

I've actually finished my backlog off before. That said, that was years ago, before I really got into digital. Nowadays my backlog grows at an even greater rate. Worse, I actually play and finish less games now than I did when I was younger. While I might be able to beat it anyways eventually, it'd first require…

I'm regrettably well past that area, I have to actually participate in an active hunt to determine precisely how large my backlog is. A rough estimate is about 80 games. On the plus side, excepting bundles I tend not to buy anything I won't be playing, so it isn't nearly as bad as it could be.

Busy couple of months. Definitely getting Assassin's Creed Liberation HD, Bravely Default, Lightning Returns, and Thief. Might also pick up Revengeance and Tales of Symphonia Chronicles.

Please cover what happens when these idiots real names get revealed. I'm actually genuinely irritated at this point, as I have a game left to buy.

Overlord Computers. Probably what I'll be doing in half a year or so with my next build. Seems more trustworthy than using E-bay to get one from Korea. Although I'm not sure if they're selling pixel perfect guaranteed versions again or not.