TheMightyEthan

Yeah, apparently I know the exact opposite people as Fuchi. Everyone I know has an Android phone except my sister who has an iPhone.

Google Maps is great on Android. I haven't used my standalone GPS once since I got my Android phone.

<Grammar Nazi Hat> Semicolon is distinct from either a period or a comma. The closest thing to a semicolon is really conjunctions, like "because", "but", etc. For example: "I like pancakes because they are delicious." "I like pancakes; they are delicious." Commas are used to separate clauses within a sentence, set off parenthetical statements, etc (or items in a list, as I used them there). Semicolons are usually used between distinct thoughts that are nevertheless related, like in my pancakes example. "I like pancakes" and "they are delicious" could both technically be complete sentences, but we link them with a semicolon because the thoughts are not as disconnected as a full-stop period would imply. People often use commas when really they should be using a semicolon, a la "I like pancakes, they are delicious." </Grammar Nazi Hat> All that said, if you want to use a comma in that sentence that's not something that bothers me. It's kind of like who/whom: you can use "who" when you should use "whom" and it doesn't sound too weird, but if you use "whom" when you should use "who" it sounds awful. Similarly, (ooh, look, another comma usage, this time to set off an adverb!) if you use a comma when you should use a semicolon it's not too awkward, but if you were to use a semicolon where you should just have a comma it's awkward as hell. For fun, I could just as well have written that sentence, "Similarly, if you use a comma when you should use a semicolon it's not too awkward; if you were to use a semicolon where you should just have a comma it's awkward as hell." It's not as elegant though because it doesn't mirror the previous sentence's structure. I could also have rewritten the previous sentence though...

I wonder if they're using the rest of Tamriel that was already roughed in in Skyrim or if they're rebuilding it from scratch.

Then/than really bugs me too. Also to/too/two (although "two" usually isn't much of a problem).

lol @ "I expect the leader of the free world to go commando."

lol, sorry, I wouldn't really consider myself a grammar nazi but I do have a few pet peeves, like should have/would have/could have, your/you're, there/their/they're, etc.

This looks really cool: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1035580424/blackspace-plan-dig-defend-survive

Should have*

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/17/bioware-announce-dragon-age-iii-inquisition/

This whole race seems kind of like the Bush/Kerry race, but with the party positions reversed. You have a not-super-popular sitting president who's doing well because the other candidate simply cannot get his shit together.

Interesting that it looks like the animations are high-quality enough to also be running at 60 fps. When I played Darksiders 2 even though it was running at 60 fps the animations were only at 30 fps; the effect was... interesting.

From the "G" points symbol in the corner it looks like 360.

Yeah we do, look at the link again, we just call it "steak sauce" instead of "brown sauce".

I don't think I can stress enough how much the controller ruined it for me. I was actually quite excited for NSMBWii until I actually played it. I just can't stand holding the Wiimote sideways like that, and the shake-to-special-jump really irritated me as well. *Edit* - Sorry, wrote that hours ago and apparently forgot to hit post. I've never had much luck getting Dolphin to do well on my PC with all the prettiness of that screenshot, it always runs in slow motion for some reason even though I would think my computer should be able to handle it fine (even knowing that emulators are much harder on hardware than native games of the same quality).

It also uses the tablet thing.

Wipeout the gameshow is like a less funny version of Most Extreme Elimination Challenge/Takeshi's Castle. I've been playing Halo: Anniversary since I never beat it on Legendary last year. The skulls for infinite ammo, big explosions, and exploding grunts make it SIGNIFICANTLY easier. *Edit* - Except for a few parts, which they make much much harder. Or at least the big explosions/exploding grunts ones do.

I'd be tempted if it was a 3D Mario rather than a NSMB game; NSMB has never really appealed to me much. Though I will admit that a significant part of that is because you have to use the Wiimote, so if they had just made it playable with the Wii U Pro Controller I would have been much more tempted. Re: Bayonetta 2: My first reaction was "Wii U exclusive? How weird." Then I found out that SEGA had dropped the franchise and was like "oh, that makes sense then." People need to calm down.

That's why I said "seems like". I know rationally that it's effectively the same thing, but one makes it seem as though content is being arbitrarily withheld while the other makes it seem as though bonus content is being granted. And the manner in which something is presented cannot be entirely discounted. Think of the difference between telling a girl "Holy shit, I would love to fuck your brains out," and "Wow, you look great."

At $200 I'd probably get one even considering there aren't many games right now that I want.

This was not a wise purchase. It cost less than a fast food meal though, so I can't be too upset about it.

This is what I think it is. If it's included on the disc but locked then it seems like the content's already there, they're just withholding it, whereas if it's actually downloaded later then it seems like an addition.

Not even remotely the same. The popular Western conception of God is of a being existing outside the "regular" universe, which while we lack any evidence suggesting its existence beyond that fact there's not any specific reason to say it doesn't exist. With the teapot we know those to be man-made objects, created on Earth, which would suggest that there isn't one orbiting Mars unless we put it there; given that as far as available knowledge goes he haven't put one there we have a fairly compelling reason to believe that there is not, in fact, a teapot orbiting Mars.

@FDS: Vita, obviously.

I thought it was old at the start of the second.