I'd also go as far as saying that it's addictive and it has a negative(unrealistic) influence in our mind.

You mean.. like every other 'hardcore' mode out there that deletes your save and prevents you from just, you know, making a copy of it beforehand and stuff.

Oh wait.

I totally hate the stock and financials markets, but I, at least, recognize that stock has value because it is ownership, even if minute, in the company. Stocks themselves are not the problem: All of the financial 'products' that investment banks have come up with in order to try to make more profits are the…

She, at least, is seeing the people as numbers in a 'we promised pensions, so here's what these individuals are going to cost us and we have to be prepared,' as opposed to insurance and risk actuaries who are paid by the insurance companies to try to mark down the 'price' of a human as much as possible in order to…

Bleh, actuaries are paid well, but I could never work in a field that sees people as dollar signs.

Wow, are those Japanese numbers? The PS Vita has so far outsold the PS4 in Japan this year. Though I guess it didn't get released until end of February. Still, it's pushing far fewer units per week. That's interesting.

You'd think there'd be some sort of study, design, and/or science that would go into menu layout...not just 'one guy thinks up how it should be and bam it is.' No offense to you guys or anything, I just thought there'd be more to it.

I really like the honesty displayed by Shu in the interview here. He isn't covering his words in market-speak and boasting about the numbers, he's letting us know what his fears are going forward.

They jumped on Microsoft when they were on the ground and public opinion was negative towards the XboxOne and the balances tipped into Sony's favor.

It's really not Sony's fault that there is a lack of true next-gen games though. Publishers who are more interested in maximizing profits over making top-tier next-gen games are to blame.

Ok, so question: Metal Gear as it was on the MSX and Metal Gear that the US got on the NES.. they're not exactly the same game, am I right? If I recall, they both start differently... do they remain different throughout?

Sounds like he was already in support of the project, but Konami owns the rights and they said no.

You might not feel bad about how Native Americans were treated, but I'm guessing you at least know that imperialism is something nations should avoid in the future. The government doesn't need to accept responsibility, but it at least needs to make sure that when the 1930's and 1940's are covered in Japanese history,…

Young Earth Creationists deny evolution and other accepted scientific explanations of history. They actively try to spread that belief. Should they be hated and persecuted?

Climate Change deniers actively attempt to spread their beliefs, and their beliefs are actually much more dangerous than even Holocaust deniers. …

Remember that day? The day it snowed?

I'm not complicit with them. If they're actively trying to rewrite history, it's one thing. But if they're just denying the Holocaust, that's their own personal belief and they shouldn't be hated for it.

But what right does anyone have to SHAME current generations for things their ancestors did? That's the sort of thing I'm talking about; people want the current Japanese population to feel ashamed for actions they weren't even alive to commit. That's total bullshit.

I don't feel ashamed that my ancestors murdered…

Who 'hates' Holocaust deniers? It's pretty stupid to hate anyone, even for a misguided belief. Hell, hating people over ideology is the reason why we have such trouble in Israel.

Nono, Rome doesn't exist anymore, so we'd have to have the Italians apologize on ancient Rome's behalf. Should we have Greece apologize, too? What about Iran? The Persian Empire was huge. While we're at it, have the British ever acknowledged/apologized to the entire world for things they did?

If it's true that they're whitewashing history and not teaching events, that's one thing. But they don't need to teach them in a way that shames the country. Some would see Japan's schoolchildren presented with pictures of the atrocities with huge letters saying "YOUR COUNTRY DID THIS AND YOU SHOULD FEEL TERRIBLE"…