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I can't even imagine how much this must be affecting those close to him if this news is already having me feel torn apart. As morbid as it may be, at least some of the best years of his life are archived here on this website where he'll be the jolly host of TNT for eternity. However, Giantbomb as an institution, as well as a family, will never be the same again. I can't even begin to comprehend what Patrick, Jeff, or anyone must be going through right now. Here's hoping that the trek out of this emotional abyss will be a steady climb towards brighter days.

Just to reiterate, 8 years in jail is enough to destroy a person's life. We have people willing to destroy a young man's life over a comment, made in jest, in a competitive online videogame. I don't think I even need to explain how ludicrous this is. At most, the whistleblower should be examined to make sure she doesn't cry wolf over innocuous comments again.

I know, it shows a complete lack of understanding of the mechanics at work in the industry. Besides the fact, you can already do the whole digital thing he wanted so badly: it's called "logging on to your friend's Xbox One with your account and downloading everything", and we can already do that this generation with digital titles. Also, the idea that Microsoft would willingly drop the average price of AAA titles just because they're digital is ludicrous. Look at what EA did with Origin; huge digital push, games cost the same if not more. Publishers will just keep sucking up all the profits as long as they can get away with it.

Wow...

This is possibly one of the worst PR management fiascos I've ever seen. You don't go to E3 to 'test' the public opinion on your policies, you present them to the public when you already have an idea of what will sell. Do they expect everyone who payed attention to them all these past weeks, as they justified anti-consumer policies as if WE were the ones at fault, to suddenly have renewed faith in them as a company just because they forced themselves into a compromising situation?

It's obvious that Microsoft is changing it's ways not because it's good for the industry, or even its customers, but because they've screwed up so much that the only way for them to look even remotely attractive is to copy the more successful company. They've already shown their hand, have let us see first-hand the future they would prefer come to pass had it not been for the enormous public outcry. While Sony could have enforced the same spiteful measures against gamers, they at least have the benefit of the doubt when it comes to all this DRM atrocity. We honestly don't know how the company really feels about it all, and that engenders trust. But we know that, given the chance, Microsoft would see fit to treat us like cattle, and what goodwill they had shriveled up once they flew their true colours.

While this is undoubtedly better for everyone in the end, it's still surprising to see people hailing Microsoft as saviours; you don't get to threaten people with the absolution of their rights, apologize, and have everything be just dandy afterwards.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

Splatterhouse

Anarchy Reigns

Baroque

and God of War 3.

The music is definitely reminiscent of Kingdom Hearts, you can really tell it's from the same team. Adding this to the list of things to buy when I get around to purchasing a PS4.

Hi Kyle.

I had actually forgotten about Bayonetta 2, so I'm gonna try and get a Wii U during the holidays. PS4 also looks cool, but I'll probably wait a year or more for it. Not much point in getting any console at launch, especially when you've got such a huge backlog of games like I do.

@assinass said:

@m_shini said:

What's the thing called where articles have big quotes from the article even though your probably already reading the article anyway? Its totally dumb, i want jpegs of ninja swordsmen with guns.

But anyway enjoyable read.

These guys should form a club.

I'm still not sure why he got fired. Were his employers working under the assumption that call centres don't suck? Making an artistic statement about how terrible it is to work in a call centre isn't exactly pushing the envelope when it comes to the message. There are plenty of jobs that just suck, there's no need to pretend that every company has happy employees.

As somebody whose main gaming console has been a MacBook Pro for the last two years, this device seems to perfectly fit my needs as something portable and easy to use with the capability to interface with many other devices. I've got no idea how to upgrade or maintain a traditional tower computer in any case, so something small like this seems right up my alley.