When will parents be held accountable for actually watching what their kids play? There's already an ESRB rating, which essentially acts the same as the ratings board for movies. Video games should be no different.

Why does FemShep look like she's about to hold up a drug store for Pseudoephedrine?

Although the used slices can be bought at a reduced price, all new pizza slices include extra pepperoni that are unlocked after verifying the included code and establishing a persistent internet connection.

Every time I see CD-i Link, I throw up in my mouth a little bit.

This "civil disobedience" angle the HL community is playing will go nowhere. We could crowd-source the next game in less time.

You're dead on regarding FFXII, my favorite one after FFIV

I think the creators not only haven't embraced new design philosophies, but they are ignoring the hallmarks that made past Final Fantasy games successful. Most notably, they are not putting effort into making an engaging story and a world that I actually care about. That and the characters are shit in the XIII…

Since Nintendo is on a mission to rid the world of all consonants, maybe they could call it "EIEIO"

Well played, my friend. Between pipe-filling and enlarging mushrooms, I'm sure there's a Super Mario joke that I can't articulate.

It's the Wii Crossbow...Miyamoto had a hand in its development. As long as whatever "new idea" he's working on does not involve another Wii peripheral, I will sleep better at night.

Did you watch them play Skyrim? I about died when that grizzly rocketed into space (28:05)

So terrible....yet can't...stop...watching...

Roger Roger! What's our vector, Victor?

I couldn't agree more, and I was even on the receiving end of the buggy PS3 version. Every time I want to complain about the problems I ran into, I remember how I was mesmerized by that game world for a week straight and have recommended it to all my friends.

Count me in as a big fan of Darksiders. If you're in the "it's too derivative of other franchises" camp (see: Legend of Zelda), I suggest reading this article by Anthony Gallegos: [pc.ign.com]

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