I don't recall ever beating it.

I continue to be baffled by the love for Phantom Dust.

Then you're the exception. My cousins and I played that game for hours.

Sure, but why do you think they're bringing these videos down? They don't want the fact that they're releasing a turd known to the public until they've already got our money.

You can't make a game fun enough for 5 hours to be worth my $60.

Portal was released alongside two other games for a total of $60.

5 hours long and no multiplayer or New Game +? And apparently the game is cutscene-heavy?

Or else I won't buy your game, obviously, as Sony is learning from this particular situation. This isn't a difficult concept. Don't hurt yourself trying to figure it out.

It can hurt the same way this leak hurt. If they know they've got a turd on their hands, bad press before the release date will kill their sales.

I wonder when people will realise that the length isn't important, it's what is contained in those hours that matters.

Because the game is short. They aren't worried people will mistake the game for a short game. They're worried they'll find out it's actually a short game before the publishers have their money.

No, by "front of the hippo" I meant that most deaths by hippo attack are from charging or trampling. If you're looking at the back of the hippo, he's heading away from you.

So we've just decided to let the word "literally" go, huh?

There are a lot of hippo-flatulence experts on IO9.

Especially since it's the front end of the hippo that's so dangerous.

This seems less brave and more irresponsible.

Nope. Against these kinds of people, sometimes a statement must be made. Otherwise you'll never get rid of them.

This was a great comic, but it is in no way a super-hero comic. At no point does the protagonist do anything "heroic" with his powers. If anything, he uses them almost entirely in an attempt to placate his own ego.

Man, it takes some brass balls to step into those shoes.

I don't know that there's a right way, but for me I usually play about 1/3 of the way through the campaign, at which point most of the areas and mechanics have been introduced, and they I spend hours just causing as much trouble as I can and seeing how the game's systems react. At some point that gets old, and I go…