@Slagathorian: Stand tall and shake the heavens...: It has no direct impact on the game except for the meeting that Bannon holds shortly thereafter. If he sees the paper on the table, he'll throw it away and complain briefly about people's trash. If you threw it away, nothing happens. It's just a little random…

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: They don't let you choose because the relationship between the characters is actually different, as I understand it. The older Nier that we know is Yonah's father, whereas the younger one in the Japanese version is actually her older brother. While it seems like a…

@Illundiel: I hadn't seen that they were specifically talking about a new Call of Duty.

@Illundiel: Exclusivity doesn't mean you can't go looking for a different job (which is more than likely what the two were doing with EA given their new studio opening). It means you hold the exclusive rights to whatever franchise or IP is in question for the duration of the contract. There's no chance those two…

It's not like the Ultima series hasn't stuck references to real life in it before. Why, if you look hard enough, you'll see Richard Garriot, Richard Garriot, and yes, even Richard Garriot represented by different characters all throughout the series.

@Ashurahori: If you're going to be defensive like that, then there's no reason to talk to you any further about any of this. I was trying to share my view of it, and all you had to offer me was sarcasm and dismissal.

@Ashurahori: Well, to be honest I can't actually picture the short ending with some happy-go-lucky, 1920's villainous fist shake sort of ending. If he were going to serialize it, maybe, but from a narrative standpoint, the musical is dealing with a man who wants to be a villain, but doesn't really seem to get what…

@Patient: There's also a huge issue of correlation versus causation. The statistics rarely venture to ask whether playing the games cause the violent tendencies, or whether instead the children with violent tendencies are drawn to the violent video games.

I worked for Gamestop. Fortunately, I worked at a store that believed in actually being honest with the customers, but I know there are a lot of total numb-nuts working at stores. In fact, an old room mate and I got a couple of employees fired because they outright lied and insulted us. There are a lot of insidious…

@Legrasse: Oh, I agree entirely. With so much on the table, lying about all this would be disastrous.

I want to see Activision's side of this. Don't get me wrong, I think Activision is run by assholes of the highest order, and I find everything they've publicly said or done over the past months deplorable to the point that I refuse to purchase their games. I still want to know what they have to say, and how they…

Augh, flashbacks of Act II. Must... assemble... Staff of Kings. OH GOD SCARABS AND BUZZARDS.

@surft: Not a chance. Based on vgchartz's numbers, there are roughly 4.7 million PS3s in Japan compared to 1.25 million 360s. The four to one ratio there makes it rather obvious why the extra money wasn't spent on a port.

@the7k: I agree completely. The only thing the motion control actually added to the original release was a bit of humor in the whole shake-your-sword-like-you're-playing-with-yourself thing to charge the blade.

@ghettogamer: Definitely. There was an article several months ago about a teacher that used WoW to teach economics through the auction house, which is a wonderful microcosm of an economy. Watching who is patient enough to actually control a market (which I did on my server for a couple of weeks) versus who is…

@tetracycloide: I agree entirely. World changing events are always dependent on a convergence of multiple people, talent sets, and uncontrollable events. That's not to say that effort is meaningless; any number of scientists and artists would not have arrived at their conclusions without having spent so much time…

The individual claiming that there is no analysis in WoW has clearly never raided or pvped. Questing to get to 80 is merely the front end of the game.

Meh, big whoop. The film wasn't that great anyway, and people don't seem to understand the concept of franchise dilution.

I [do/do not] agree with this choice of [genre]'s inclusion in Rock Band, because [genre] [does/does not] belong in a game about rock. Also, I [can/cannot] believe they picked [song title] out of all the [genre] songs available. [musician] fits the spirit of [genre] way better, and I [will/will not] give Harmonix my…

The day Suikoden 2 gets a release in the PSN, I will be watching ebay like a hawk for a drop in price. I love collecting, but I'm not stupid. I refuse to pay two hundred dollars for a game.