Subject from Kotaku: "A Night Ranger track pack for Rock Band is coming out next week that is strangely without Sister Christian."

Reponse: "I guess the price for flight was too high."

I love it when financial analysts try to predict the video game industry. Michael Pachter predicted that Gearbox Software's Borderlands was "sent to die." He vowed that if it was an RPG, Dragon Age was "going to kick its butt," and if it's a shooter, "Call of Duty or something else is going to kick its butt ( Read more... )

This is a spoiler-free post! I'm going to talk a little about MW2's single player campaign and try to remain rather vague about it ( Read more... )

Health care is a complicated issue. Last Saturday, the House passed a version of health care reform that included, among other things, a public option, geting rid of the anti-anti-monopoly clause that protected insurance companies for decades, and so on. It's a start ( Read more... )

Y'know, New Super Mario Bros. just doesn't sit well with me. I have the DS one and there was just an indescribable something about it that didn't feel right. Sure, it had a number of interesting stages, but it felt like I was just going through the motions. Nothing stood out. I feel the same way about the new Wii incarnation ( Read more... )

Am I the only one who sees shades of the Matrix whenever I hear Chevron's "That's the power of Human Energy" tagline? :)

Tetris was great.

Lumines was great.

Tetris + Lumines... sounds like an epic win.

Referendum 71, which grants gay and lesbian couples "everything but marriage" as far as state laws are concerned, narrowly passed here in Washington. It spells victory over religious nutjobs who have sought to repeal legislation from earlier in the year. And, as you might guess, the hateful zealots are vowing to put it on the ballot again. So ( Read more... )

A few days ago, the FCC reaffirmed its commitment to protecting net neutrality. For years, large ISPs have fought to destroy net neutrality. Their ultimate goal is to be able to break up the Internet into tiered subscription rates. Just like premium cable, they want to charge a premium rate for you to check your Facebook or watch YouTube, taking ( Read more... )

Everyone knows the Tootsie Pop commercial. The one with the little boy who asks the animals how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. I remember it as a little kid in the commercials between Double Dare and Inspector Gadget. The commercial actually dates back to 1970 and was in continuous play for about 20 years. I haven't ( Read more... )