Nate

Yeah, exactly. They called themselves Lacedaemons, not Spartans, so they used a lambda (Greek L) on their shields. Apparently most Greeks called Sparta Lacedaemonia, I don't know where the name change came from.

Hooray for Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta

God of War 3 on PS3, Joanna Newsom's "Have One on Me", and my girlfriend.

Done, done, and done

I'll be out of school with a real job.

I want one, thanks.

I have no idea how it would work, but I'd love a new game in the series, so I'm going with Sly Cooper.

Ars did, they liked them both a lot: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2009/02/mad-catz-street-fighter-iv-sticks-ars-mods-reviews-loves.ars

I got to play this at NextFest a few weeks ago, and it plays a lot differently than Braid. They are both 2d platformers with time mechanics, but that is it. I actually prefer Winterbottom; it has a great art style and has fun with its own silent-film influences. (I thought Braid's story and art were mopey and bland.) The version of Winterbottom I played was in Flash, I'm really looking forward to the console version.

My favorite scene was when they were fighting the grenadier guys and the voiceover was all like "We fought their magics!"

Yes, please, four!

There's no need to use "gyp" in the post title. There's enough evidence that is short for "gypsy" that it's unprofessional to use it. You wouldn't say "EA jews its customers", and you shouldn't say "EA gyps again."

I'm sure no one cares, but Joystiq has gone down hill enough recently that I'm not going to come here anymore. The Wii "announcement", firing Summa, Vladimir Cole's weird Latin ramblings, booting the guy with the ign.com address, and this post all adds up a blog that isn't worth visiting anymore. There are better videogame blogs without worthless commenters and mean-spirited authors. See you all there!