Karate Tortoise

This is what I have always enjoyed about the Legend of Zelda games: They are all about saving the world, but most of the time that plays second fiddle to something else. Ocarina of Time was more about the coming of age tale; A boy growing into a man (and back into a boy). Majora's make focused more on the human interactions and connecting the dots between everyone in the world. You saved their worlds before you saved THE world.

Basically, there are 2 kinds of saving the world plots: One where the characters set out to save the world, and one where the character set out to do something else and end up saving the world in the process.

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Eeh. I understand that it wasn't supposed to have the most realistic physics, but there was still something off about how understeer/oversteer worked. Additionally, it seemed like even the fastest cars in the game couldn't go much faster than 120 mph. If it looks like a Ferrari, it should feel like its going at least 160 at top speed. Tire grip and weight and momentum physics were pretty spot on though.

Still, it was better than Midnight Club LA. That has the worst driving physics I've ever experienced in a game that used polygons instead of sprites.

This post omitted a few details about the update

- The standard cars will still look the same on the outside, and the interior views are one of several 'generic' cockpits. Although some cars will get original and true to life interiors.

- There is a new opening cinematic

- You can now have multiple suspension/tranny/drivetrain/etc setups for a car

- Online mode changes

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@(Unverified) The only way to really fix that is to have fewer rooms. BC2's online community is shrinking, primarily because its been out for a while and a lot of people have moved on to different games. Just live with it or keep yourself busy with something else until BF3 comes out.

So what, an hour and a half with WiFi on, the brightness at a highest setting, Bluetooth on, and playing a processor-intensive game online? From a 2200 mAh battery? That's a much higher capacity than just about any smartphone.

This reminds me of the time when the GameGear was much more powerful than the Game Boy but sold poorly because the battery life sucked and most of the games were ports of console games.

I can't say the 3DS is in that much of a better position though.

I'm okay with Emmerich passing on this. I hated Godzilla 2012, and I walked out of the theaters and hour into 10,000 b.c and not a single ounce of me regrets it.

I mean, I half expect Asteroids to suck anyway, but half expecting it is better than a guarantee.

A lot of people are crying foul in here, and I dont blame them; while such tax breaks are the best thing in the world for startups (and the best thing in the world for us because it helps keep the startups and indy developers in the black) but EA is the last company on earth to need the massive amount of subsidies given to them.

However, nothing they are doing is illegal, and the only thing that's in any way shady or unethical about it is the lobbying they do to keep the tax breaks. In the NYT article, it stated that companies doing so much to take advantage of subsidies they are eligible for is really no different than your average consumer taking advantage of BOGO or liquidation sales; its foolish NOT to take advantage of it.

Where i will cry foul is how they play it off. They could plainly state that they are trying to take advantage of these subsidies simply because they can, and that they lobby so they dont lose something that saves them a lot of money. They could get away with it too. but they try to justify it by saying that they have a bigger impact on the world than we think they do and its not about entertaining people, but making the world a better place and thinking of the children and blah blah blah.

I will say this, less returns on R&D = less R&D = less money spent on developing new IPs and conceps = more sequels and less original content.

It's a double-edged sword, i tell ya.

One last thing: the NYT article also states that these tax breaks aren't part of some big-business shenanigans brought in during the Clinton Bush or Obama eras; these were actually put in place in the 50s and 60s to keep technology and software companies on top of their game during the Cold War. The videogame industry was just able to apply itself to both these and tax breaks for the entertainment industry put in place in the 70s and 80s.

I quiver every time I see this picture. It radiates cheesiness do a degree that puts it at the same level as the breakfast cereal dance party commercials of Reese's Puffs.

Never seen an entertainment center that narrow before. It only looks to be about 2 inches longer than the current Wii

The only way man could possibly make this look more like the lovechild of a Wii and Xbox 360 is if it had interchangeable faceplates and some green lights around the power button