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For UK folks, won't this only be Pay as You Go pre orders? Apple didn't offer the ability to buy contract phones for the 3G or 3GS.

Don't forget Brutal Legend!

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a bit boring to start with, but then they start chucking in things like the huge sentinel boss towards the end. Also, most JRPGs are pretty boring for the first 10 hours, but then they really pick up.

Yes, I'd definitely rather have this than nothing, but for the sake of 5 hours, I would rather have full review.

It's just a shame that these have to be used as companion pieces with reviews from other outlets. Otherwise I'll never know if the game gets better.

I hope they still mainly do the standard reviews, rather than these. I trust Joystiq's judgement a lot, so normally I just read Joystiq's review of a game, but with these I have to rely on other outlets as well.

I agree, but what if the first 2 hours are terrible and the last 5 are great? Then it's worth slogging through, since there's more good than bad.

*but it all picks up about 5 hours in.

What happens if a game really picks up in the second half, but you've already stopped playing and so don't get to experience it? All we would read about is the negative first half.

This often happens with JRPGs where the first 20% of the game is pretty dull, but it all picks up about 5 in.

Games don't always provide an evenly spread amount of fun -- quite often the pacing is off.

It's a shame they can't use Gears on iPhone.

Guys, the image is there!

It's a polar bear in the arctic during a heavy snow storm.

Ho ho?