"Haha this is awesome. If Mass Effect lets you have male-male relationships in it's next game, then maybe gaming/gamers will be a step further to acceptance of homosexuality."

That's the International Gay Conspiracy.

You've shown your willingness to behave like a belligerent fool with the aim of silencing anyone who opposes your misguided ideological position. Throw feces if you have to (and I believe you do have to--I don't believe you have a choice in this), but do not try to portray yourself as an intelligent or respectable person, because you are neither of those things.

What's the revolution? Civilization SNES works fine for me. This is just high-polygon crap with overblown cut scenes.

If you want good games on the DS, maybe you should release development kits for free so they can get in the hands of 17-year old kids.

There is NO DEBATE HERE over opinion. The "debate" is over basic reading comprehension and fact.

Two (possibly three) fanboys accused me of getting something wrong, which I did not get wrong. They did that for no reason other than THEIR OPINION that Super Smash Brothers is the most awesome game in the universe.

Here's a fact: Calling me a jackass is a personal attack.

If you had a VALID REASON for calling me a jackass, that would be fine. But you do not. You do not have any basis for that assertion, because you don't even know the difference between fact and opinion. You are demonstrably a moron. How do I know that? Because I just demonstrated it.

If you want to dispute my opinion about the quality of Wii graphics, go for it. I welcome disagreement on matters of opinion. If you want to misread and willfully disregard the facts in order to say that I've done something I did not do, then you can go fuck yourself.

Go fuck yourself.

There's something like an "uncanny valley" ... for 3D

"For 3D" is a pretty big clue. As in, "For this thing--not for that other thing, by which it is more commonly known."

"Linguistic confusion" ... My fucking God.

This is the reason LeechBlock was invented, and it's the reason I'm blocking this fucking site again. You can't make a non-fanboy comment without two or more morons biting on your balls.

There's something like an "uncanny valley" for 3D, and Wii graphics fall dead into it. I almost feel like I could reach into that game and pull out individual pieces--like there's a 3D element here, and another here, and the character portraits are another element. It looks like cut-and-paste crap. It looks like next gen--if last gen was POS pre-rendered 3D arcade games from the early 90s.

Follow along with me, step by step.

There's something like -- That's your first clue. Not "exactly like." Not "is." "Something like," as in I'M MAKING AN ALLUSION.

"There's something like" ... an "uncanny valley" -- There's your second clue. Quotation marks. As in, "That topic--I'm alluding to it."

Example: It's something like "collateral damage" when I humiliate someone who probably didn't mean any harm, simply because two fanboys angered me.

Fanboy response: "Gawd. Collateral damage is when civilians are killed in war, dumbass. Leave commenting to the educated people. SSMB looks amazing!"

Are you with me now?

Now, I'll explain the allusion for those hard of thinking.

"Uncanny Valley" is to "humans" as "Wii graphics" are to Next Gen Graphics

The graphics look 3D all right--they look shiny and rounded--but they don't reach a level that actually looks good. Wii graphics are like those creepy mannequins associated with the uncanny valley concept (not too popular a concept among serious people, BTW) in that they're a kind of sub-normal simulacrum of good computer graphics. They're like good computer graphics as reflected in a funhouse mirror. They're like good computer graphics as painted by Christy Brown.

Fanboy response: "Gawd. Don't you even know what simulacrum means? SSBM rules!"

Don't ever rely on other people's analysis. If you aren't sure whether a word was used correctly or not do your own research and read the comment more carefully, because on the Internet, nine times out of ten, the person "correcting" people is a dumbass.

Now that we've gone on this journey together, I expect evidence that you have learned something. I expect you to post a comment, briefly stating (more or less), "I was wrong."

It's called an analogy. A-N-A-L-O-G-Y. Look it up.

"Leave it to people who are educated." My fucking God.

There's nothing I hate more than being "corrected" on something I know more about than the person "correcting" me.

There should be a rule here: If you "correct" someone and are wrong, you should be banned. Immediately fucking banned--and ass raped. That should also go for anyone who refuses to admit he is wrong when presented with clear evidence.

@Kotaku

Put a link below each comment that reads: "I challenge this comment." A sub-thread then opens, in which the challenger and original poster state their evidence. An objective (stressing objective--that's a rare thing) third party then evaluates the evidence and bans one of the users. If it's a toss up--if a clear winner cannot be determined--the challenger gets banned. Putting a system like this in place would end 90% of all bullshit "debates" that never should have started in the first place.

Note that this system should apply only to evidence-based claims. Anyone who formally challenges an opinion or a morality claim should immediately be banned.

If possible, both parties should have one arm strapped to a table and the other arm strapped to an axe.

Also, I've played Super Mario Galaxy and therefore lost all enthusiasm for the Wii. The controller is unintuitive and bothersome. Wii made me look forward to a lot of potential games--games that have not and probably will not ever be made. The thought of playing Smash Brothers with that controller makes the vein in my temple bounce, and if there's "waggle" control I'm going to kill somebody.

That's one hell of a way to smear a guy.

I don't, however, feel stupid for expecting Hellgate London to revolutionize games. I feel angry at the developers for having so badly blown it. Now some other developer has to implement the concept to some degree of competence. Maybe some tactical or stealth shooter will have a random level generator and that will revolutionize games.

Not different. Inferior. There's a difference.

I became one of the top Blackjack Solitaire players in the world about two years ago. I only made about $120 because playing so good put me in the top ranks quickly, where almost every player plays a perfect game every time, so it becomes a game of chance. I could have created new accounts under fake names, but it would have been damn frustrating to keep on top of all that for only so little money each week.

My point is: If people do bot, they'll become the top-ranked players. You won't have to worry about them until you enter the top ranks. (If a good ranking system is in place. Then it depends on how easy or hard they make it to register under a fake name.)

Only one problem: Psychological testing stinks. I doubt there's any way to distinguish between a kid who just wants to beat Final Fantasy and a kid who has no life. Or the kid might be training for a career in gold farming, and who are they to deny him that chance?

No, the U.S. can't adopt such a system. ... Unless we develop more scientific standards. For example: BMI. Any child clinically diagnosed as obese could be forced to attend summer camp. Now that I would support.

Do you have a point, or are you just flaming me for no reason?

Politically motivated reality reprogramming is not cool.

Penetrate an underage girl today for FREEDOM!