TheMightyEthan

Yeah, Gamestop might refuse to sell Vita if they discounted the DD games, but I doubt Walmart or Best Buy would. I mean, retailers (even Gamestop) carry the Go, and that eliminates physical game purchases all together.

Yeah, the bombs were cool. I think the reason I didn't use them though was because the rest of the gameplay was unchanged from the previous two, so basically I fell into the old flow which just didn't include bombs. It's like they just glued bombs onto the side of the gameplay loop, rather than integrating them into it.

I disagree with calling it an "ungame", but I don't necessarily disagree with the underlying criticism of that. If you really look at Call of Duty it's basically a really high production value, very cinematic version of Duck Hunt. But Duck Hunt is clearly a game, and so is Call of Duty. But I also think a lot of people are misunderstanding the criticism. He wasn't criticizing it for being a corridor shooter, he was criticizing it for spending so much time not even being that; for making you sit around and look at pretty things, or wait at a door while your squad yammers on. Thank link Dean posted while I was writing illustrates it perfectly: you don't have to do anything in CoD, the game progresses with or without your involvement. (Granted, at this point I'm criticizing CoD in general, not MW3 specifically.) That's why RPS called it an ungame: because the game makes it feel as if the player is just watching the action, rather than a participant. It's a movie that allows you to control the viewing angle, and has an engaging, but entirely optional, shooting game built in. I still enjoy playing Call of Duty a lot, but I recognize that that's a very valid criticism.

It was Assassin's Creed. If you've played 2 or Brotherhood, then it's more of that. I enjoyed it. I will say there was a lot less side stuff to do in this one, like there wasn't a series of thieves' guild missions or anything. It made it seem like there wasn't really a whole lot to do besides just continue through the story. Though I will say I spent an inordinate amount of time recruiting assassins and sending them out on missions around the Mediterranean. There were only 5 of those lair/crypt things, 4 if you don't count my Gamestop bonus one, and that made me sad because I really enjoy those. And their added stuff just didn't need to be there. I only used bombs like 2 or 3 times after the bomb tutorial, and the only time I played the tower defense stuff was in the tutorial because it's so easy to prevent the Templars from ever attacking your dens in the first place. Basically it's fun, and it plays like you would expect Assassin's Creed to, but it definitely suffered from the yearly dev cycle.

As I told dean on twitter, it's not just EA. My new copy of AC:R said that its bonus code would expire in February (I think, could be wrong about the month).

Whenever I help someone build/upgrade their computer it always makes me want to upgrade mine.

22 hours and I did pretty much everything except collectibles (and even did a fair chunk of those).

No, the RAM link is in there twice. I thought he was getting 2 sets of 8GB too. *Edit* - Actually, double check on your mobo's manual. My old motherboard was 1 and 3, 2 and 4, but my current one is 1 and 2, 3 and 4. It's weird.

Yeah, most of what I know about verb tenses I actually learned in my French class (the technical stuff I mean, I already knew how to use them fine. )

All that looks good to me. Do you have a monitor already, or do you need one of those too? Also, don't forget mouse/keyboard. Another thing when looking at cases is to be sure and check if they have built in fans. First time I built a desktop I neglected to order fans and the case didn't have any built in; I was not happy when I was putting it together and realized my oversight.

If I understand right, at least most of the video editing will be ancillary to gaming (recording game videos, then editing them), so a card that's no good for gaming wouldn't be a good choice.

They also said to expect a patch "next week" (which is now this coming week).

<ridiculous falsetto>Who wants a banger in the mouth? Oh, that's right, you Yanks call it a "sausage in the mouth".</ridiculous falsetto>

Cool. I'd completely forgotten about that.

Yeah in OoT I always use the mirror shield and the fire tunic at the end.

You just made all those words up, didn't you?

I'd go with "zj", but really I don't think there is a "phonetic" spelling for that sound.

Hotlink to stock image or it didn't happen.

I didn't realize Harley originated in TAS.

My theory is that he's reincarnated, but others disagree.

Yeah, the French pronunciation of "é" is really somewhere between the English "ee" and "ay". Neither one is really quite right.

Oh, I'd only launched the game once to make sure it was working, and I got stuttering sound during one of the logo FMVs, but figured it was just my computer being retarded. Hmmm, maybe I won't play this today then, cause I don't want to suffer through that either.

Sorry, just read this. Yeah, when I said "barbecue" I didn't realize what a wide variety of foods that actually covers. I was (apparently) referring specifically to Kansas City barbecue.

You know, POE-TAY-TOE? Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew? I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. You know, the only place I've ever heard anyone say "potahto" is in that saying, "I say potayto, you say potahto." I've never actually heard anyone use that pronunciation in normal conversation. Also, not quit on topic, but isn't it weird that the second "o" in "pronounce" gets dropped when you write "pronunciation"?

QFT! Still fun though.