The problem with the Heller decision was that it strips the 2nd Amendment of it's ideological necessity by reducing it to, essentially, a retail transaction. As pumped as gun owners are about it, that's going to be the thing that hurts them in long run.

I think that's a pretty big assumption that it won't be integral to game functionality - we already know they're planning that for Bungie's Destiny, if nothing else. Mandating a connection means devs can design their game with that functionality in mind. DRM is part of it, sure, but I imagine they are going to…

The persistent belief that Nintendo will inevitably rise again like the phoenix strikes me as particularly optimistic in 2013. Even if the Wii U manages not to fade into the ether with the Dreamcast, it's still a poorly marketed, awkwardly designed, technologically stale console, no matter how many Smash Brothers and…

Really? That whole motion tracker thing was like the sole example of an actually neat way to use the Wii U controller for immersion in the previews

I was trying to articulate why modern music is superior to the general aesthetic of the 90s - do you just want a list of new stuff I think is good?

Fortunately, most titles are making their way to the PC, and mobile devices get more powerful every year, so I don't think you'll be missing too much. Much less the PS4, Wii U, maybe the Ouya, and whatever else shows up. MS seems to be making a device that functions differently from what we're used to with consoles -…

Smell whatever you like - I don't see where there's any need to apologize for anything. If MS thought they weren't going to find a sufficient audience for this, they wouldn't make it. I'm sure they will lose some customers who just wanted a 360 with upgraded visuals, but that's not the device they are making. Of…

Superior to what? The aforementioned boy bands, corporate grunge, aimless shoegaze, banal nu metal and droll folk-pop? Let's throw in pop punk and house, while we're at it. Even the blandest depths of today's post-punk-styled indie rock easily eclipses that dross. I'm not saying there's nothing good from the decade-…

I would've told them the internet was going to wet themselves with panic over an required always-on connection, that's for sure.

Cool. If you don't like something, or it doesn't work with your life, don't buy it.

What hasn't spawned this century? The democratization of music that cheap recording equipment and digital distribution has brought has opened up the world to every kind of music made by mankind - if you can't find something new that's completely worth a fuck, you're looking in the wrong place.

Unfortunately, I work for nobody!

Also: draw a picture, go for a hike, cook an awesome meal, go the movies, etc.

Towards the very end of the 90s things got pretty good, but those early days of boy bands and corporate grunge, aimless shoegaze and banal nu metal, and perhaps-worst-of-all, droll folk-pop are wholly dreadful, musically. There's good records, sure, but that's a pretty dire decade for music overall, certainly in terms…

I perhaps should have clarified that's 'statistically extremely unlikely.' In general, products aren't designed to cater to statistical outliers in their potential audience. Microsoft is clearly positioning its device to be a Steam-like living room gaming store, not just updating their old console. That's going to…

Don't take your Durango on an airplane?

Clearly, people struggling to buy groceries are not Microsoft's target early-adopter audience. In case nobody noticed, the newest consumer technology is generally bought by people with disposable income. In this case, I guess, disposable income and a decent internet connection.

Except they paid for a device knowing it required an always-on connection.

Read a book?

They can do whatever they want, including not buying a console that requires an always-on connection.