Just to preface; I don't hate the Wii U, and I am sure beyond a shadow of a doubt I will own one in the next 1-2 years. However, I take issue with "badass chance-taking insane new ways to interface with games;" slapping an iPad in the middle of your controller isn't a colossal innovation. Here I now defer to a more…

Love it.

Glorious news. The used game lockout is the sort of thing that I'd imagine can only happen as some sort of mutual armistice, so it's pretty unlikely MS will do this unless they want to shoot their own leg off.

Heh, thanks! I thought about a "toldyaso" post on the newer thread but nah, it was pretty obvious this was coming.

You really should give Rachel Maddow a chance. She's a political talk show host so of course the interviews are usually terrible tow-the-line crap, but some of her investigative segments are extremely insightful. It's especially great when Ezra Klein guest hosts, because he is an ultra-wonky Nate Silver type.

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Really depends on the game. My hands don't sweat playing most games, but particularly action-packed or intense games can do it. Dead Space 2 had me pausing to wipe off my hands every twenty minutes, I had to chain-chug water the whole damn game. From what I've seen of Metal Gear Revengeance, that's gonna do it too.

Probably not. Industry buzz around Wii U is all negative right now, so developers are gunshy. This leads to a bit of a vicious cycle where the Wii U has no games because it's unpopular because there are no games.

Loved the first game. It's a shame this didn't take off, I don't think it ever even made the top ten on the app store.

Only problem is that everyone associated with MSNBC is immediately discredited by the beltway, because MSNBC is widely seen as the liberal Fox. O'Brien would be immediately discounted as another liberal talking head.

"Don't you guys think that Mayer might just be COLLOSSALY KIDDING literally all the time?"

I'm not sure how much of the finished product I'd expect out of an ugly proto like that, but at least they appear to be relatively flat. I'm still hoping Sony has learned their lesson that yes, triggers are supposed to be concave so that your finger can get a grip on them, and the PS3's awful shoulder buttons are a…

You're confusing smirking mockery of a disgraced (formerly) national political figure with fake outrage.

They have to be extremely cautious about their level of honesty. Too many "this seems like it might possibly who knows maybe totally suck when it eventually releases***[citation needed]" and they don't get invited to the next preview.

To be fair, the naysayer-y among us predicted doom from the start. A dev window that long is usually a death knell; Dragon Age: Origins being the one exception I can recall.

"I wish Karen the best of luck in reaching level 20 and earning a last name."

PSP is a really awesome console if you absolutely love JRPGs. I personally do not dig them a bit, and as a result my PSP has been sitting in a box in my closet for five years. I probably spent 20 hours playing it grand total.

Actually, since I always full-install 360 games, the install wait is even longer; but of course, then I get really quick loading times.

It's a great console if you're into Japanese games. There are some really good American console exclusives too, like Infamous and Uncharted. Ultimately though, mine ended up a Blu Ray player, because I mostly play American games which are usually designed first for 360 and then ported, and thus almost always have…

Haha, the ultimate troll.