I think it's a matter of drawing the comparison that I find bothersome.... the suggestion of serious social disorders being so easily applicable to this context without an acknowledgment that it might be offensive to others on some level that's a bit perplexing. I say "insulting to their intelligence" as a simpler way…

To an extent, the whole "friendship and acceptance" thing can be quite annoying from a critical perspective: it's the most annoyingly simple response to being critical of their practices (co-opting symbols of autism, as you pointed out in your first post, is somewhere between fucked up and uncool, and doesn't do much…

Part of me genuinely struggles to believe that there isn't a high level of irony many of these fans are operating on. I try to be open-minded about a lot of things, but this is one I genuinely have trouble believing, and I honestly think that many folks started being "bronies" ironically, and inevitably other people…

Have there been any outside of Zelda and Mario? I don't seem to recall any beyond that, and the subsequent retellings of those stories through future editions of the games, many of which he wasn't a direct producer of, if I recall, with Aonuma taking the reins on the series. Games like Pikmin or any of the Wii series…

I can't imagine why this couldn't be said by the person you spoke to before, but it's good to see them simply say what they did above. I feel like it's pretty non-controversial to say that, honestly, so I was doubly confused by the bizarre subterfuge you dealt with. How bizarre.

Indeed. Sony's been making some odd choices this week, disguised as doing the player a favor.... not something I like seeing from any of the big gaming companies, as it's horribly patronizing.

No kidding. It would be incredibly easy to say "we're focusing on PS3 games now and have no current plans for older titles, though we hope to add them in the future." What in the blistering hell does "We're in the opening days of the beta" nonsense have to do with a damned bit of any of that? Who gives a shit if this…

This seems to be the latest in a curious line of corporate decisions in the games industry that don't seem like they're really there to benefit consumers, but get spun as the company in question being a hero. It sounds much nicer to say that Sony is protecting their fans from a "poor value" than it does to say that…

Right? My hunch is that EA wanted some of the PS Plus money, and Sony wasn't up for it, and wanted them to put more of their games into offer on Plus instead, and naturally, since the money wouldn't go more directly to EA, they weren't up for it. This question of "value for customers" really doesn't make sense, as by…

Now that they're not fighting to sell hardware at a loss anymore, I think that with the core focus being on games for the company in the coming 3-4 years, they'll be continuously making a case for selling hardware that they'll profit off of, and more games people want. I think profits will soar then, especially once…

To my knowledge, the Warriors series is big in Japan but not so much in the West (like Monster Hunter, I suppose), so they may actually see some solid sales for at least that title, but not likely in North America. In all fairness, I'm open to it, since it twists the Zelda formula into the mix and experiments with…

If anyone other than EA did this, people would be dazzled. For once, EA deserves its due: this is a great deal, and one I'd jump on immediately if EA had something similar on the Wii U...... But lord knows that won't happen. Haha.

Given the touch capabilities, and the likelihood of there being controller support for this game on touch devices already, I imagine it'd just be a case of getting it up and running, as the Vita could likely handle everything else it'd throw at it in terms of hardware functionality. I'm guessing they won't, if only…

Black magic?

Bear in mind that the Amiibo platform comes this year, starts with Smash, for which there will allegedly be statues for the whole roster, and a promise of Amiibo functionality in Mario Kart 8, as I recall, and I think it could be a real possibility. Add in some other Amiibo figures for additional items to be used in…

I play videogames to get unique and powerful experiences. I believe in games as a medium capable of much more than they're typically given credit for. The addition of gameplay mechanics and how they can be used to affect the player is perhaps the most important thing to me, and what brings me back to the medium…

Cashing in on a bunch of people's garbage Early Access titles? I really don't know. As someone who couldn't care less about DOTA, Valve hasn't been up to anything I cared about for a very long time, which makes me sad.

This is Ubisoft here when it comes to Johnny Unity. Surely he wears an ICONIC ball cap.

It feels like such an obvious fit for a Nintendo system, and the Wii U would work so incredibly well for it. I'm not honestly that interested in Minecraft, but if they put it on the Wii U? I'd probably buy it. I imagine a lot of other younger gamers would want it to (and judging by Miiverse, there are a LOT of younger…

Oh god! You don't have the eShop AT ALL??? That's just sad. There's a lot of great content there, including the NES Remix games, and all the really cool indie games popping up on there (Little Inferno, Shovel Knight, Armillo, and more!), and I definitely hope Nintendo gets its crap together and brings it there, as I…