In other news, official image of Anne Hathaway as the new Catwoman emerges. My dark knight rises.

There was a TV show (only lasted 4 seasons) called The Unit that had a couple episodes that is very much like what you are talking about: [en.wikipedia.org]

So, there is a difficulty slider? One of the reasons I am leery about picking this up is because I don't want to have to re-do a level over and over a thousand times to pass it.

I'm reading the thing right now, and videogames are a very small part of it, like, a miniscule part of it. It's pretty crazy. He basically outlines his entire operation. The planning is insane. Ultimately, however, the impression you get is that this was a smart man who never was very important, but wanted to be…

Kotick saying that DJ Hero killed Guitar Hero is like Casey Anthony saying that DJ Hero killed her baby. Does not fucking compute. It was you milking the shit out of it that did it.

Anyone else immediately think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

Dennis Dyack was right. God help us all.

Finished the game a couple weeks ago. Not fond of the gameplay. Even the shooting wasn't that charming. For me, this is the first miss by Rockstar in a long time. I'm just waiting for Max Payne 3 now. We'll see what happens.

Me too. It was a great thrill ride. Some of the driving was try and die, but they were exhilarating, so...forgiveable.

Well, it seems like the tears open up alternate dimensions. This might be one of them. Where George Lucas didn't ultimately fuck up the franchise.

Did they ever catch those kids who leaked Crysis 2 onto the net?

It was pretty great. Near the end it changed the gameplay, but that was quite far near the end. Up till that point it was exhilarating near-open-world FPS. Your friend was overly-critical.

Cowboys vs. Aliens?

To me, this is like the great grandson of Hitler's bastard child with Eva Braun trying to trademark the swastika.

Love that trailer, but there were a lot of things about Far Cry 2 that prevented me from finishing it. I actually never even got to the second map. I have heard that Ubisoft actually reads forums and things and tries to make changes based on that feedback, so what I'm saying is nothing new, but I need to vent, because…

Played it a couple weeks ago. A lot of fun. Some of the environments are gorgeous. There's this one area during this storm and it really feels like the end of the world, like it's raining fire and brimstone, the sky is black, with this beautiful rimmed light coming from just underneath the clouds near the tattered…

That was beautiful. And despite all the action, understated in a way that a tv show like Generation Kill was. It managed to be entertaining, yet convey a little bit of the boredom that soldiers on the front line must experience. And still, there was tension throughout that entire mission sequence. Well done. I like…

Is this going to come out alongside a movie? That reboot movie came out in 2009. About time for a sequel. Or is this game coming out INSTEAD of a movie?

Babel fish tech?

On an opposite tack, I was only mildly interested in Batman Arkham Asylum until I played the demo. Then, 8 runthroughs later, it was my most eagerly awaited-game.