TheMightyEthan

I would consider myself part of the left and I wouldn't necessarily dispute this. Blanket statements are fun. *Edit* - Okay, now that I've read the whole article I can actually comment on the rest of it: I think it's just as disingenuous to say that "Democrats intentionally promote the idea of racist America to get black votes" as it is to say "Republicans are racists." I'm sure there are some Democrats who think that way, just like there are some Republicans who are racist. Also, to say American is the least racist country in the world (whether true or not) is entirely different from saying it's not racist. There is plenty of institutionalized racism in the US. For instance, black and latino defendants are more likely to be convicted, and when convicted in general receive a harsher sentence, than similarly situated white defendants. Is it better than a lot of people act like? Hell yes it is. But that doesn't mean it's not a problem at all.

So does it work like other slurs? Since I'm a heterosexual who intends to have kids in the biblical fashion, can I use the term breeder?

I love Arrested Development too, but yeah generally I hate the awkward approach to comedy.

Sorry, I was just listing games on the PS3 that I thought of off the top of my head that weren't first party.

I've got two Ghost Recon Online closed beta keys if anybody wants one.

They do get ported though.

Too bad it's iOS.

Still have the same issue any other Wii games have with being ported over and vice versa. The Wii not having the power of the PS3 doesn't prevent Wii->PS3 ports, just the other way around.

Is breeders a derogatory term? (honest question) The sexual content in ME1 was far more explicit than that in ME2 or 3.

I agree that in general whistleblowers need to be protected, but in the military an intelligence agencies there are countervailing considerations that imo outweigh the need to protect whistleblowers. In my experience people, even educated, otherwise intelligent people, are absolutely retarded about what they believe it is and is not legal for the government to do. I don't think we should be giving people carte blanche to substitute their own judgement about what is or is not legal and what is or is not an "actual" threat to national security for that of their superiors. Even if you only give immunity to people who disclose actual illegal activity everyone is going to believe that that's what they're doing and that they're in the clear until they actual do it and find out they're wrong.

Anybody played No More Heroes Paradise? I remember hearing good things about the Wii version. Kinda surprised more Wii games haven't been ported over, honestly.

The only time I found the camera irritating was when I would be standing still on something like a fire escape and trying to look up the building to find a grapple. Any time I was moving I was always running, so the speed didn't bother me. Obviously it would have been nice to just have analog run/walk controls, but I didn't think it was a big issue.

So be opposed to shitty marketing/exploitation, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. This is like saying blaxploitation films are bad, so we just shouldn't have films staring black actors.

That's a bad line of reasoning. The fact that one person isn't being prosecute shouldn't be a get out of jail free card for somebody else. Like I said, they probably need to be prosecuting people running the program too, but that doesn't let this guy off the hook.

Yeah, the model looks kind of shitty, but as far as the overall design of the package goes I think this is about the only time I've liked the US box art over the international one. Pixelation's obviously just the specific image I grabbed off google.

So would you guys recommend getting the Sharp Shooter? I'm gonna see how I like Killzone 2 first before getting Killzone 3, but it just seems so expensive.

That's really cool, though I must admit that I'm having trouble looking away from her boobs. I think I might have a problem.

I'm torn about stuff like that. Waterboarding is bad and we shouldn't do it, and I'm glad it was revealed that we do it, but at the same time I recognize that you can't have your government employees (especially those in the military and intelligence) substituting their own judgement about what should and should not be kept secret for that of their superiors. Ultimately, while maybe there ought to be prosecutions of those responsible for the program as well, I think it's probably right to prosecute Kiriakou. At the very least we need those people to know that there are serious consequences for breaking security, and so if you decide it needs to be done it had better be for a good enough reason that you're willing to go to prison over it.

Move Champions is MUCH better. Only has table tennis and disc golf in the demo, when what I really wanted to try was archery, but it shows real promise. I actually had legitimate fun playing table tennis.

Just got a Move Friday, and so far my experience with it has been pretty terrible. Didn't play it much over the weekend, but I did play some LBP2 (the game it came with) and thought it added nothing to the experience. I would have been better off playing with a regular controller. Also tried the Tiger Woods 12 and Topspin 4 demos that came on the demo disc and had really bad experiences (granted they're 3rd party, but they are on the demo disc). Tiger Woods was bad because nothing I did had any affect on the game: no matter how I swung every shot was perfect, including the put that I accidentally made while I was playing with turning the move to aim. Didn't even swing, just turned the Move, the game decided I'd swung, and it sank perfectly. Topspin was terrible because it was unresponsive but in a different way: it only recognized a forward swing, even when my character on the screen would have been backhanding (if I backhanded it just wouldn't do anything at all) and about 1/5 of the time even if I swung forward it wouldn't register it. Getting ready to try Sports Champions and see how that goes.

The only earbuds I've ever found comfortable are the origin iPod headphones. Even the new iPod one's don't fit right. I think I have freak ears.

One reason I think they probably need such a high markup is because of the low attach rate with the "casual" market they're targeting. If you can't sell more than 2 or 3 games for each console you're not making that profit and need to make it up in the console itself.

Yeah, any era where the guards/police/military have ready access to rapid-fire guns (ie shoot more than once a minute) is going to seriously fuck up the gameplay mechanics that have been established. I'm wondering how they're going to deal with the modern segments.