Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

Because doing a web search is... hard? Read more

I never had a Wii, and my introduction to motion gaming was via the Kinect. It seems strange to me to see people engaging in motion gaming while holding controllers, as that just doesn't seem natural to me. I'm sure that's just because of how I came to it, though. Read more

I'm about to pick up the Windows Phone title, so that makes the XBLA version more interesting to me. Read more

Armada? That game was ahead of it's time, kind of like "Asteroids: The RPG". Interesting comparison. Read more

That's.... cool and all I guess. Read more

Comment of the day here. I think you nailed it, personally. Hearted, dear sir. Read more

Switch to blog view. Problem solved. :) Read more

Why not? If you're connected to the internet, and you put in a compatible Xbox game, it should download the backward compatibility update. Read more

Wow... Desert Bus for Hope now constitutes an absolutely *massive* percentage of Child's Play donations. They're nearly at 1/3 of a million this year? Holy frak! Read more

I'd be unsurprised if Sony pursues a similar strategy. Let's be honest: gaming is a business, and the business case for this strategy is very strong. Read more

XBL required a pin on the original Xbox. It became optional during the transition to the 360. It's been around since day 1. Read more

I worked at a really busy EB Games and I wouldn't call the job piss easy. Mind you I worked for EB Games Canada which was doing a lot of things that wasn't being done elsewhere yet (EB Canada was the first to develop and roll out the gameplay guarantee add-ons, for example). I think a lot of it is how much you want… Read more

How long the checks take is highly dependent on how much stuff you bring in with you, and how many times you leave your store each shift. It can easily take minutes cumulatively over the course of a shift. Read more

They were typos in the original article, now corrected. Read more

I actually think Skyward Sword Travel Guide is really catchy, but to each their own. :) Read more

It does amaze me that Sony consistently puts effort into things that few care about, when that one is absolutely screaming for attention. Read more

Zelda could not have been done on Pong's hardware, at least not in something approximating a recognisable state. There is a point where better hardware can contribute to a more engaging experience. Read more

Some people purchase and/or author strategy guides for *just this purpose*, and people pay money for those. Why criticise Kotaku for giving it away for free? Read more

I agree with everything you say, Stephen. I think the feature might be better received, however, if "the best way" was removed from the title and replaced with something that invokes what you just said. Why not Skyward Sword Travel Guide, or similar, if that's what the feature is? Read more