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In practical terms, what's the difference? You can play immediately in either case. I inferred from "pre-caching" that you meant that content was streamed and cached. Rather than downloading in advance of release.

Is that DLC on the Vita version as well? Need a reason to return to the Guac.

The power brick itself has the same lead going from the wall to it. The bit that plugs into the PSP is a standard 5v DC I think. The Vita power brick uses the same with a proprietary USB connector the other side.

Pretty certain that PS4 allows playing while downloading. Xbone also has a provision that a certain amount of playable content has to be available after a small(ish) download. So with either console you won't need to DL all 30gb to start playing.

It's crazy to launch hardware without a strong software line-up. If there is one thing that is true of all consoles it is that software sells hardware. Rehashing old games is not going to shift anything. The only people buying old ninty games are the hardcore, which happens to be the only people who are buying the Wii U. Lucky for nintendo margins on both hard and software for these are great. But that will only work for so long.

It's interesting, this isn't the first I've seen this mentality. There are those who would be THRILLED if Smash Brothers was taken away from it's progenitor so Sakurai would stop "ruining the franchise". And yes, a lot of the things that people didn't like in Metroid Other M came directly from Mr. Sakamoto, also known as the guy who made metroid. I tend to be unsympathetic to such views. Regardless of what product comes from it, I wish I lived in a world where games could be a reflection of individuals, and if those individuals change or were never happy with what everyone else thought of as a "masterpiece" then they should keep chasing that original muse. Better that these games release and are polarizing and reflect the auteurs who came up with them than that they get absorbed into the homogenized whole of Nintendo EAD. Sakamoto's only one third of Metroid though! There's still Satoru Okada (granted, he's stuck doing handheld stuff now) and Gunpei Yokoi (RIP!). I don't have a problem with the idea of a game being a reflection of an individual, but that also doesn't mean an individual should be immune to criticism or feedback from anyone else. If the rest of the team wanted to use the nunchaku in conjunction with the Wii remote while Sakamoto was needlessly adamant about 'the simplicity of only using the Wii remote', let the feedback from play testing speak for itself. Sometimes dumb ideas are just dumb and there's no excusing it. Based on the interviews floating around the interbutts, Sakamoto sounds like one of those guys who wants things his way and anyone who disagrees 'just doesn't understand his grand vision'. We all know how those guys tend to work out. One minor niggle, bit of a pet peeve but... It's called a Nunchuk™ not a nunchaku. http://www.nintendo.com/wii/what-is-wii/#/controls/nunchuk On topic. One of the problems with "artists" is that you have to take the bad with the good. They often have a unique vision now because they have been ignoring people telling them that X is wrong or Y won't work all their lives and every now and then they prove the critics wrong. It's a kind of gambler mentality. They remember the hits, they forget (or explain away) the flops and carry on with the same system till they get rich or go bankrupt.

Bluetooth or 3.5mm jack. Besides which. Not too fussed in any event. The mono headset looks serviceable. What's next? Shall we compare the HDMI cables bundled with the consoles?

Don't forget how long it takes to translate Mario games. "Hup!" "Wuh!" "Yahoooo!" "Waaaaaaaaaa!" these complex phrases are not just overnight, stick it in Google Translate jobs. They need to be crafted.

Bought Defense Grid and all the DLC. That will keep me occupied during dull conference calls.

Not much of a point of recording it without sharing it. Plus perhaps there is some cloud computing shit going on with it such as always uploading what you're doing. Ohhh! There is possibly "cloud computing shit" going on? Well that's fine then. Or you know people could just record the output like they do currently, and then share that stuff via youtube like they do currently. This Xbone "Power of the Cloud" bollocks is the most emperor's new clothes thing I've ever witnessed. FDS is gaping at all the marvellous colours while Dean is shouting "He's fucking naked for Christ's sake!" I honestly can't understand how someone who managed to navigate their way through life to this forum cannot see what a load of crap MS are peddling.

Just the one? What if I get the wrong colour?

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I bought Frozen Synapse complete edition. Also got Lego LotR and When Vikings Attack courtesy of PS Plus.

The Frozen Synapse soundtrack is really rather good.

Same place they used for "Paradox Training" in Inception. Obviously we didn't have the Escher staircase installed at the time, though that would have explained why I was always late for meetings.

Password rules generally annoy me. I should be the one who decides how secure I want my information to be. If I want an account that I use solely to comment on a website to be "password" then that's my shout. If I want it to be "correcthorsebatterystaple" then I should be allowed that too. It also annoys me that caps and numbers are harder to remember and not much (if any) more secure.

How is that annoying? I'd rather it remembered I bought the app than it charge me again.

Yes sir!

And Destiny is on PS4 too. Isn't there some sort of exclusive things on PS4? Or was it just some "unprecedented partnership" BS?

Straight Versatile. Largely due to my more... mercenary outlook on life (I will fuck mingers for cash).

I think he's a great choice. Can't wait for the new series.

Picked up Frozen Synapse while it was on sale. Playing campaign at the moment. I tend to rush missions, don't press play nearly often enough and forget to move enemies when I'm planning. I would get torn apart online. Still enjoying it though.

From the Outrun album.

On the contrary; i kind of hope they delve into those aspects a little more. I still want Jaeger's vs Kaiju, but maybe giving us some interesting characters could be a good idea. The drifting thing was massively underdeveloped in the first movie. Apparently they threw away 100 minutes of extra stuff (i'm not sure if it was shot or not), but hopefully we'll see an extended version at some point. Yeah, sorry, by hand-holding I meant introducing everyone to the terminology, not the concepts. Now we know the terms Drifting, Jaeger, Kanji and all that the film can actually explore the concepts.

I learned to drive ASAP because I lived in a village out in the sticks. ~10 miles to the nearest shop. My youngest sister didn't because she is lazy, lacks ambition and had friends and two siblings to ferry her about. These days though I almost never drive, unless it is to visit family. This year I've done around 3000 miles in 7 months. Two years ago I was doing over 24,000 miles a year.