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As far as I can judge from hearsay, the reason that Sony sticks with such a crappy D-pad is because other companies (such as Sega and Nintendo) have a lock on the patents. Although, if this is true, it raises the question of where Microsoft found the technology for the Xbox's D-pad.

tru dat ErkelJ. TRU DAT.
option-command-esc is #1.
forget you suckas.

I think Ctrl-Alt-Del is pretty damn stupid. I've never found the comics funny at all.

Option-Command-Esc 4 life.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Nintendo couldn't sue the guy unless he charges people to download the final game, in which case he would be capitalizing on intellectual property to which he lacks the rights. Otherwise this is comparable to the innumerable conglomeration of authors out there who write fan fiction set in established universes and publish them on their favorite forums. Unless Nintendo could prove that a lone guy selling his homemade game is damaging to the company or to the brand somehow, I doubt they would look at this in anything but a positive light.

Hey, but I could be wrong. After all, a few months ago Vivendi tried to shut down a fan-made King's Quest game that had been in production for a few years and only relented after significant community backlash. Story here:

http://www.joystiq.com/2005/12/10/a-silver-lining-for-fan-made-kings-quest-ix/

Imagine, Darth Vader smacking Luke on the hand with his little bitty lightsaber, causing it to fall out of his little hollow arm.

And at the end of the game, we find out that The Force is just a ten year-old kid with a very overactive imagination.

Ah, Legos. Is there anything you can't express in tiny plastic figurines?

Of course they're not referring to the map pack. Am I the only one here who remembers Halo in One: Golf Evolved?

Git, as a matter of fact, that very fact will be the primary focus of the next round of criticisms to rock the 360: the controller is not optimally designed for anal insertion. Once again, the Japanese leave no doubt as to whom is the more compassionate faceless corporation.

For the record, I just now pretended that the Steelers were a selectable team in Tecmo Bowl and allowed my five year-old brother to play as a reasonable approximation of the Seattle Seahawks, and conclusively determined that Pittsburgh will win by no less than 481 points. Also worth noting is that both teams will run the exact same four plays over and over and over again, compounded by Seattle's cunning strategy of arbitrarily running in circles.

I never fail to dispense mad props to everyone who can name fonts off the top of their head.

"PROPS DISPENSED!"

Very few people appreciate the level of dedication, commitment, and sheer boredom it takes to learn fonts by heart. OF COURSE there's a difference between Georgia and Times New Roman! Do you not have eyes?!

I certainly hope the fact that Link is left-handed doesn't ?weirden the gameplay somehow. Damned nonconformists!