It's hard to say what Americans would or wouldn't do. At this point, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Subtitled films don't get wide theatrical distribution, so they don't get big marketing budgets, so they don't get publicized to those Americans who may or may not go see them under other circumstances.

But that's what businesses do. They place orders with manufacturers for what they think they can sell to their customers. I'm sure her vendors were eager to make whatever she wanted if it meant selling more product. It's not as if they were engaged in some ancient sacred ritual - they were making tchochkes to sell.…

Err...like the flag of the USA and the insignia of the US Army and US Air Force?

Yeah, let's get rid of Metacritic and go back to the old ways when a developer lived or died entirely on sales. Now that they have Metacritic as a backup metric, they can make a great game that sells poorly and might not go out of business (if their revenue is indexed to Metacritic numbers). Let the money speak! …

LEGO is a corporate trademark and I'm not in the habit of thinking that the English language should develop in a way mindful of a particular business' preference. As evidenced by its popular usage on this page, plenty of people are content to call them legos. Your contention that it is otherwise, that isn't the…

What do you imagine the reason for the law is? Laws like this normally exist to prevent businesses from sending out completely unwanted merchandise then charging the recipient for it if they keep it. Otherwise I could send you a console then follow up with a bill for $500 and you'd be on the hook for property you…

I have made a point of saying "Legos" ever since I saw a note from the head of Lego asking that people not call them that because they are "Lego" or "Lego Toys" and never just "Lego". What an asshat. Just because he created them doesn't mean he gets to control language. There is no failure to communicate…

Maybe my experience isn't typical, but it has been consistently playable for me since release day. Yes, the client and servers are unstable - in the course of a 3-4 hour session I'll usually experience a couple server crashes and one or two client crashes, but in the end I'm still spending most of my time playing and…

But that's just my point. Why would the money go to Michigan? Lots of Toyotas are built in the US and lots of "American" cars aren't. The reason that Detroit has been on a 30 year downward slide is because the big 3 can make American cars a lot cheaper using labor that isn't American.

Agreed. Best gift I ever got was when my wife gave me a plane ticket, hotel reservation, and 3 days of Skip Barber at Laguna Seca.

I saw that car when I was in Austin for the USGP. It was out towards Round Rock at the time, heading in the opposite direction as my brother and daughter and I headed to the FP sessions.

What constitutes an American car? A Mexican-built Chevy? An Opel? A US-built BMW? What if a car is assembled by an American-based manufacturer in the US, but the components are transferred in such a way that most of the profit is realized internationally?

I'm not sure that cops need to be any more intimidating. It doesn't reduce crime it just sets a tone that spreads to how cops interact with all civilians. They don't actually spend very much time "chasing" anyone. Most speeders pull over, regardless of the perceived toughness of the cop's car. Those that don't…

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Forza will let you be so stupid that you can use a manual clutch on cars that don't actually have them.

iRacing now has Mac support. I don't think any of the other serious sims do at this point. The problem you'll run into with a Mac is the lack of supported force-feedback racing wheels.

A standalone feudal Japan with combat similar to AC....

I've always thought it would be awesome to skip around the rooftops of Victorian London in an AC game.

And then that corporation decided that the majority of their customers that are adults actually have the hands of a 12 year old.

Loved the spring weight on the Dreamcast controller triggers. Perfect.