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I interpretted it as games can have in-game achievements, but there wasn't an overall level, and no way to compare trophies with your friends.

Obviously, saves would be a big one for Mass Effect (though that wasn't big enough to stop me from play ME2 and ME3 on PS3). But for starters. Most of the multi-platform games (ME3, Arkham City) are coming out about a year too late. Lots of these games have multiplayer, and my friends list on PS3 features many of my real life friends, plus you dudes, and I don't see everyone switching to Wii U right away (not to mention: Friend Codes). Even though I believe the Wii U will be slightly more powerful than 360/PS3 I don't think we'll see games looking any better on it for awhile, this will be early in it's development cycle, and games always tend to look pretty crappy. But most importantly, and I know this doesn't matter for some people, Nintendo has said there still won't be an achievement system. I have a real hard time sitting through a game and not getting anything to show for it, unless there was no other option and it's a game I really want to play (Mario/Zelda/Metroid). When PS3/Steam/360 all have achievement systems, Nintendo's refusal to implement one of their own, just reeks of their usual attempts at trying to be "different".

Why? Really?

Being able to play console games without using the TV is really what I'm most excited about for the Wii U. If you live on your own, or with your parents (and have your own TV), it won't be a big issue, but I live with my girlfriend and we only have one TV. Even if we had two, it's still nice to sit together. This way instead of her being bored and watching me play Mass Effect, she can watch whateverthefuck she watches on TV and I can play my game. But where the Wii U fails is, I would never play a Mass Effect game on a Nintendo console.

Garrison at 4.6 for 6 years!?!?!??! Yes please. In Gillis We Trust.

I've spent most of today playing Gravity Rush, it is awesome. Uncharted is great, same with Lumines.

On vinyl! One of my favorite country records... great find.

I still need to play the Prime trilogy but at this point I wonder if there will be an HD port in the next couple years...

Negative, I have one game on Steam, Portal 2. The person below wears jean shorts!!

Agreed, a lot of things about the Vita OS is awesome. See: trophies.

I'm pretty sure it's a mini, which means you can play it on PS3/PSP.

I've been playing a little bit of Sorcery, still pretty early in the game. My only compaint is I'm finding it a lot easier to play standing up, and, honestly, that's the last thing I want to do when gaming. This aiming probably would have been better in first person.

Or maybe modern consoles+handhelds(PS3/360/Wii/DS/3DS/Vita), pre-7th gen consoles, and pre-7th gen handhelds??

I was going to pick this up, but something tells me there's going to be a Vita version. Just a hunch.

How do you get the tux?!

Honestly, I've spent most of 2012 catching up with 2011 games, 2011 was an amazing year, I don't think 2012 will come close to equaling it. That said.... Final Fantasy XIII-2 improved upon everything that made the original (IMHO) so awesome. Except for maybe the characters, I am not crazy about Serah and Noel was a wimpier version of Snow. Oh, also the music was kind of mixed. The gameplay was great, especially with the battle system being tweaked to fix a few of XIII's problems. Running into Noel, Sazh, and Snow were great moments. What really made the game for me was the more open level design. I liked XIII's level design for that game, but mixing it up for XIII-2 was the right call. Journey was an awesome 2 hours. In fact, I am hesitant to even go back to it, because I enjoyed my first play though so much. Kingdoms of Amalur was one of those games that was fun, I enjoyed it, but not enough to download the DLC or go get some more of those trophies, but it did make an enjoyable 20-hour hack and slash through the main game. Mass Effect 3 might be my favorite game of 2012, so far. It was pretty much everything I had hoped it to be (though it did feel a tad short). I wasn't pissed about the ending like some people. It seems like everyone had very different experiences based on what they chose in the previous games, so they did a great job of incorporating all of that. The writing was superb, Garrus and Tali especially, with their scene together at the end of the game, as well as drunk Tali and Garrus' "this is my favourite place on the Citadel". 2012 games I'm working on right now: Gravity Rush and Sorcery. Both are promising, and should probably bump Amalur off my shortlist.

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I'm probably the biggest hockey fan around here, there's a few others though. Chewblaha likes to try and talk hockey but he doesn't seem to know much about the sport. Penguins signed Crosby to a 12-year contract. Really, really, hope he can keep playing. I'd be a little nervous to be their GM, but what can you do? If you don't sign him, and he leaves, knowing puck luck, he'll probably have a long, healthy, career. But if he can stay healthy, that's good for the game, the league, and most of all the Pens.

Maybe they'll design it so the extra stick goes into the empty bottom right corner, and just force you to take the 3DS out of the contraption before you close it... that could cut down on size and increase playability. Course, if you're using your 3DS in transit, that's not really ideal.

My girlfriend got my the PS Move bundle with Sports Champions and Medieval Moves, as well as a Nav controller + Sorcery for my birthday. Really digging the Move so far, feels great in your hands. The only wish I had was for a second stick, or even a d-pad, for camera control, because currently games like Sorcery sort of remind me of Ocarina of Time. Now bring on Portal 2 with Move support!!

I'd imagine it would happen on a Tuesday, when the store updates, but hey, I'd be happy if they were right.

Just watched all three (+ new one) endings....