TomFooligans's discussions

Eh. "Steve Jobs 2.0" by The Onion was funnier. Read more

Sing it, Tony. Read more

To you, I'm a random Kotaku commenter, but in reality I am a human being behind a keyboard giving an opinion just like everyone else. In fact, I make it my business to concern myself with history, current events, and the way the world works in regards to things like politics, corporate capitalism, globalization, etc.… Read more

I have nothing to say about the article because I'm useless, but I did want to state quickly of the cover image that I love Rumiko Takahashi's art style, and it always takes me back to earlier days of anime, watching Ranma 1/2 and Kimagure Orange Road. Also, Inu Yasha was terrible. Read more

I have nothing to respond with, but am only commenting to promote this comment which I believe has not yet been validated. Good comment. Read more

I am often mortified by the state of the world...I, of course, don't know the numbers for Japan (which a small country, obviously very mountainous and tight on space) but at least in America, our number of empty houses is greater than our number of homeless. It is only the concept of "money" that stands in the way of… Read more

Did someone mention video game lawyers?

The military person giving the quote has a fine point, but I feel that if one looks at the wars of the last 30 years, noticing that they have all been motivated by politics rather than self-defense, I have a very hard time pitying someone who finds entertainment a painful reminder of the realities of war, for I cannot… Read more

I hope they do something about the graphics. I bought Myst for the iPhone and came to realize that there is only so much charm one can get from the grainy, antique nature of its most important asset, its art. Perhaps someone's still got the original art assets and they could be brought up to code? I'd also settle for… Read more

Ads are hardly my concern with the new layout—in fact, I haven't been troubled by them in the slightest. Since the "NXE" and its subsequent Kinect-y re-skinning, I have always had to deal with the obstructive, useless "Spotlight" channel; indeed, having to scroll up once before being able to access the game I wanted… Read more

As a 12 year old, everything about FFX for the PS2 captivated me, because I did not own the system, and therefore it all sparkled with that untouchable perfection that we often imagine of things. Tidus looked so interesting...boyish, yet wry and even a bit manly. Yuna was the most Japanese thing I'd ever seen in a FF… Read more

Wrong. This looks like it was done in Flash. 5 years ago. It also has changing screens—you run so far, then it loads up the next chunk of the level. This looks fucked. Watch this Egoraptor video and compare it with what you see here.

As most native speakers do, I appreciate his attempt to speak to me in my own tongue, and find his slip-ups entirely endearing. Read more

I'm so...fucking...into it. Read more

Bad parents are pro and failing to realize that things are their fault. Read more

I just feel like, if you bought a floppy of Prince of Persia for the Apple II, or if you bought a cartridge of Mega Man X for SNES, it was always considered that you "owned [a copy of] the game". After all, the code that IS the game was imprinted, physically, upon different media, which was then sold to you. Maybe you… Read more

I suppose that argument works, technically, but I don't find it at all convincing. People who love Gears would play it online, all year or longer, even if they didn't get extra maps. How much Halo did we play on System Link before Map Packs were even a concept—and we did it with the same maps that were included in the… Read more

I don't see any connection between the availability of DLC and the deterrence of used game sales. People who buy used can and do still buy the DLC, so what effect does it have on used sales? That thought doesn't even make sense. Read more

Serious back-pedalling here. PETA often reminds me of the Westboro Baptist Church if they had less conviction. They make apalling statements and ad campaigns comparing poultry to Jews in the Holocaust, or attach an issue that they couldn't have given two shits to bring up BEFORE this week like how much they apparently… Read more

I have several things to say. I loved everything about this article; it really took me down memory lane. It was nothing I hadn't heard before (except for that Dreamcast backward-compatibility thing—cool!), but like other gamers, I enjoy reading about things I already know and enjoy. I also loved the writing—kudos on…