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I don't even know what "DoW" is and I don't care about boring strategy games. If I wanted to play a Sega game I'd play Valkyria Chronicles, you know, on my PlayStation. Hell, if I get bored enough and actually wanted to do a strategy game, I'd play Xcom Enemy Unknown, which I didn't pay for thanks to PS+ The best part of PC gaming is in the indie games, but the best indie games most often end up on console anyways, usually improved. So... if you want to waste your time and money in the bullshit abyss that is PC gaming, you go ahead Dean. I don't get it, but if it makes you happy, that's good, I guess.

One game, nice!

Yeah! Just like current PC's are enjoying Red Dead Redemption, Uncharted, Halo, and the upcoming GTAV.

Interesting article courtesy of IGN. Or, Iwata, is the reason the deluxe sold better because people are not willing to buy a console with an 8 GB HD? Alternatively, because the only people who'd buy the Wii U at this point are hardcore Nintendo fans, they don't mind dropping the extra 50 dollars, but the reason no one else will buy either version is because they're both too expensive? You have next to no games in the horizon, and you're getting your butt handed to you buy 7 and 8 year old consoles. What are you going to do this time next year?

Mario Kart 7 is solid, probably my favourite in the series since 64, though to be fair, I didn't play Double Dash. Crashmo is a good puzzle game. Plus Zelda GBC games.

Yeah. Nintendo's 3DS storefront is bizarre. No Pokemon? Seriously? No SNES games? A lot of junk NES games. GBA being missing, as we were discussing in the status section, is major missed opportunity. How about downloadable DS games? Think of that back-catalog they could be exploiting. Instead it's crummy GB and NES games with a few (crummy) GBC games mixed in. Plus a few downloadable indie games but nothing to compete with the Vita indie scene. What Nintendo needs, as many many many people have stated before me, is a user account system and the ability to transfer my Virtual Console games between my platforms as well as a cross-buy system for smaller games similar to the PS3/Vita crossbuy games. Instead, they restrict purchases to each system, thinking we'll just buy everything twice, but instead it just causes me to hold off on purchasing a lot of games. I basically didn't purchase any VC games in the last few years of the Wii waiting to find out if they'll be transferable to the Wii U, now I'm going to have to wait years till I can get Donkey Kong Country 2 or Chrono Trigger of the Wii U VC. It's like they don't want our money.

I actually really liked the gameplay of Other M, just didn't need all "the baby" garbage.

Was Strangelove76 taken? lololololol

That was an unusually bad Nintendo Direct today. Oh really Luigi is going to be in Smash Bros? You don't say! Also it scares the crap out of me that they announced SMB3 is coming to the Wii U VC later this year. What about A Link to the Past? Super Mario Bros? Final Fantasy II and III? Yoshi's Island? Anything N64? I know I complain about this regularly but it just boggles my mind that they stagger these releases so much when they have so few retail games coming to their console at the moment. The new Wind Waker HD and A Link Between Worlds footage was great though.

Can you play online with Vita players if you're on PS3 and vice versa?

That George Harrison hair thing is eerie and accurate.

August PS+ perks are in. Hitman seems cool, I'm excited for Machinarium, which was available for just PS3 a few months ago but I've been holding out for a Vita version.

Coolest thing about the new Doctor? He use to be in a band with Craig Ferguson, also they did acid together: http://youtu.be/YD7Dz_1u2Jo

He sort of looks like an older David Tennant.

Interesting that the Fires of Pompeii had both Amelia Pond and 12th Doctor in it under other roles.

Cool story, Dean! Eight more minutes!!!

I wasn't talking about any of those episodes though, just the season 6/7 episodes. Everyone knows the first time Doctor Who shot in North America it was in Vancouver for the 1996 movie. So, let it go? And if you guys don't like my choices, post your own

Thomas Was Alone. Good platform puzzler and addicting when you got into the rhythm of it. No platinum sucks but the gold for completing was appreciated.

1 360 and 1 PS3... I AM INVINCIBLE!! .....knock on wood.....

Hopefully that carries over!

Uhhh.. Dean, they actually shot episodes in NYC and Utah, not a Quarry in Wales. The first story arc in season 6 and The Angels Take Manhattan. So what exactly are you arguing? EDIT: IN FACT.... why am I arguing this?! I legit don't care. Legit. Anywho... here's my top 5 list of 12th Doctors, so when one of them is named the Doctor tomorrow, I can quote this and we can all discuss how accurate I am. IN NO ORDER: Rupert Grint (He finally goes ginger) Daniel Radcliffe (Cause you know, British actor) Ben Whishaw Idris Elba Richard Ayoade

Except for the episodes they shot in USA... EDIT: And anyways, the way you came across was pretty dismissive against ANY black or woman actor. Obviously they're not just going to give the role to some person just because they're black, but if it's an incredibly talented actor that's perfect for the role that happens to be black/white/woman I'd hope they get the role.

Yeah. Nintendo's digital policies are bullcrap. This is why I would NEVER in a million years purchase a 3DS game that's available in retail on the eShop, though I purchase almost all my Vita games digitally, because Sony knows what the fuck they're doing. Sucks you lost the ambassador games. Hang onto your PC backup, maybe they'll stop sucking one day?

One of these days, Gerbil... one of these days!!!

What Gerbil said. You're crazy if you think Idris Elba shouldn't get the role because he's a black man. He's more than suited and capable. Also not sure what you're trying to argue about the CBC/BBC/DW thing. Has the CBC given money to help produce DW? Yes. Check out this article here, while they didn't put in any creative input, they did receive a co-producer credit. Even if they didn't, that doesn't mean the Doctor couldn't be Canadian/Australian/American/whatever as the show has become a lot less British under Moffat's rain and a Doctor without an accent could help sell it further to American audiences, which could help grow the show even further in North America, a much bigger market than the UK. That's really the show's next step, isn't it? Great, Gerbil, I forgot about Richard Ayoade as a possible Doctor... now I'm going to be disappointed tomorrow no matter who it is unless it's him.