Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

No way by the only measure you choose to accept, but we've already established that I don't accept that as the only metric. Read more

I'm actually sad to hear that the product itself may end up being hurt by this. He doesn't work for the company making the controller, and (according to the emails on Penny Arcade) the original customer feels it has a lot to offer people with disabilities. Even the person who originally brought the concern to the… Read more

I'm always wondering why people are doing video game related web-searches at work. :) Read more

If the games were weeks from release I'd agree, but since these are nearly a year from release (and haven't been discussed a great deal yet) I think damning their lack of pre-orders is premature. :) Read more

I have my doubt that this is the beginning of the end of violent video games. Every legal and social attempt to stop them has ended in abject failure. Read more

Which Star Trek one? There were two (one a museum, one an election crowd scene with the Enterprise in the sky and at least two crew members on the ground). Read more

Why does Kotaku need to address it beyond how they already have? The claim is being made by Ocean Marketing, and it's up to them to support their claim. Read more

That would explain why he can't spell and/or use proper grammar with any consistency. PR rep, you say? *shaking my head* Read more

Dragon Quest has always been bigger in Japan than Final Fantasy in Japan. Perhaps this is a further realisation of that trend. Read more

original Xbox (Japanese sales total): 477,809 Read more

I loved, loved, loved the MDK2 entry. Such a great idea for a shop. Read more

How is this a dick move? No one who's bought them in the past is losing what they've bought. Why is Microsoft somehow obliged to offer guns for avatars? Read more

I was more open to the new review format than some people... Read more

The Bleemcast! version of Metal Gear Solid is all I need. Read more

I'm not sure the PSV is as useful as a tablet, though. I've got a $200 Kobo Vox 7" e-reader tablet in my pants pocket as I type this (they're mountain biking pants so the pockets are pretty big), and there's almost nothing it can't do. Read more

I think you're right that the lack of a mad rush to high-end gaming PCs has reduced the impetus for HD consoles to get successors. I hadn't thought of that before, good observation! Read more

In some jurisdictions in North America you'll be paying as much as $288.74, and that's before a memory card. Read more

Another historic element of 2011 gaming was the 360 enjoying year-over-year sales increases to round out it's sixth year on the market. Read more

I disagree for the previous points listed, *however*, pre-orders actually don't disprove my point. For example: Read more

I had no personal experience with SWG, but I definitely remember the criticism of it from Penny Arcade when it first went up, saying that it was too much like a traditional MMO with a Star Wars motif than a genuine SW experience. He related experiences such as seeing a wookie fleeing a sand crab through a town,… Read more