Free falling sales are usually expected when the next version of a console is announced, but this seems like a way to offset that a bit. MS will be getting more for these units, and full retail for Xbox Live (lol) so the hit wont be as harsh.

This is far and away the most interesting article I have have ever read on Deadspin. Great work.

My point was that your pie in the sky desire for each and every game to be a complete, stimulating, challenging masterwork will never come to pass because every person defines that differently.

Here is a nice quote from the "Smart Games Catalog" linked in the article:

I think it's just waiting for him to bring out the salmon.

Isnt TF2 free to play and supported by micro transactions now? Free maps are the best way to keep new people coming in and old people coming back to buy hats.

Most (all?) tech journos are big Apple fans, and iOS games are super popular but yeah, the monthly update format of this list makes it difficult to understand why there is so little movement. What have MOST of these people done since the last update?

Definitely the hardest Halo. I have so much fun playing the others on Legendary, but for some reason the Elites' Plasma Rifles just destroy me in Halo 2.

Kind of what I was thinking. The primary and oft-repeated purpose of all this is to have all those brilliant people, supposedly free to dream up, work on and "ship" products. That just doesnt seem to be happening in reality.

Default Shepard - bleh.

This movie was so much fun, cant wait to see it again this weekend.

Epic delayed response, but thanks for that. Had never heard Grandfather before, very cool!

Replying to promote. Thanks for the info and the map links.

I really cant pick up on any connections to the theme in this mix tape so far. It basically seems like "I enjoy both metal and jazz so here are some jazz tunes I like, maybe other metal heads will like them too."

I am a lifelong metal head, but at the suggestion (insistence?) of friends I have tried to get into jazz over the years. I turned into a huge fan of Al Di Meola (I guess he is sonically one of the most obvious) and a few other fusion acts, Keith Jarrett's solo albums, and Bill Evans' trio, but always have trouble…

I would think that someone attending "cram school" would know how to hide more phones than that on her person.

Yeah, she is OK, loaded up my end game save and found her in the Citadel.

Whats the matter with you? While its true that the GMC (Galactic Military Community) has always had a bit of a strined relationship with the press, comments like this dont help the matter at all.

Now that you mention it, I remember! Didn't one of them show some Asari getting all charged up? Maybe she is dead and wont even appear in three...

There was a surveillance video in the Shadow Broker HQ that showed her being assaulted by a Volus, so its not just Shepherd that hates her.