We're not sure what the special occasion is, but there are a ton of Studio Ghibli Blu-rays down to $20 right now.

There's an anime very loosely based on Chevalier d'Éon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Cheval…

One can buy all the stuff in the bundle for less than that, actually, provided they're fine with refurbished stuff.

Strange Days probably skews closer.

Neither. Had a PS4 preordered, but cancelled it. I'll buy one when there are exclusives out for it I care to play. Most of the current crop of software, if I wanted to play it, I'd get it on PC.

Different races get different options. Mi'qote get options for their tails, plus ear clasps. Lalafell and Elezen get options for their ear shapes. Roegadyns and Hyurs get a muscle tone slider. /shrug

The overall game structure is a lot more reminiscent of Arkham Asylum than Uncharted. There's a bit more focus on ranged weapons, which can be similar to what the Uncharted series has, so you still might not love it...but it's not Uncharted with Lara Croft pasted in.

It is, but don't worry, FF14 is getting FFXIII content too. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/post/455

Not exactly the first XI account that's ever been sold. Or likely the most (relatively speaking) decked out one.

The Asciipad used those button colors, if nothing else.

Second going to a hardware forum for continued discussion.

The pose itself is -highly- reminiscent of the DAII cover (though it is a fairly generic pose either way), but that features the male version of Hawke. Far as I've seen, the "official" art for female Hawke is the pose in the comparison pic here http://arcadesushi.com/hawke-and-fenris-cosplay-of-the-day/

And before that it was called Macross Plus (and probably other things as well).

Seems like 360, if only by a little. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-far-cry-3-face-off

I read that as a conclusion to the earlier paragraph discussing the large variance in FPS for the Wii U version. The videos also show that it's inconsistent, with a generally lower framerate than either other console version. So counter to what LaBubblegum took away from it, the PS3 version isn't necessarily dead…

Depends on what's being compared. In terms of picture quality, the PS3 comes in last. With regard to framerate, however, the Wii U is, at least in single player.

Wasn't there rumor of a 7" Surface tablet with XBox branding coming down the line? Or was that refuted?

Because integrated solutions tend to be fine for most people. It's better than it used to be, and the relative CPU use is negligible. If someone is going for quality, then a card may be something they want...or they might just use HDMI audio, or a USB DAC, etc.

I've hardly ever gotten a console at launch, and nothing in the Wii U's current lineup is compelling enough to change that. I'm fairly sure I'll get one eventually, since that's pretty much been the case for most other consoles, but there's just no rush.