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Has anyone tried comparing two similar games, one which works and the other doesn't? It might be interesting to compare "Amy" and "Ico."

Do you think "janitor" is a lower rung than "thief?"

Granted that we don't know what was going on here, aside from the fact that people who know the kid and work with kids professionally consider this appropriate. My take is that if you're too special to drink the free water, and you're such a delicate flower that three hours of manual labor...

I don't know anyone involved in this, but from what you've said... The little price's palette is too delicate for water, so he stole something, and then he burst into tears when his punishment was to do work any janitor would do? And you think the entitled little snot deserves sympathy...

>Samus - I awoke to the familiar voice of a quarantine officer. So ... all quarantine officers sound the same? She always gets the same quarantine officer, but never learned his name? What?

Very true. I live in Boston and I sure as heck didn't see any panic over the earthquake. Heck, I didn't even notice. However, I did see Seattle shut down for three days during a snowfall that might have delayed or closed schools in New York. And yeah, the OP misled everyone. The geologists...

Humor's almost as bad as porn. If it works, it works; if it doesn't, it's embarrassing. I don't think this article's going to add much to anyone's understanding of humor and its use in games. I'm perfectly happy to believe that Duke Nukem Forever fails where other shooters succeed; but the...

No, not really. Hating someone doesn't make the bullets leave your gun faster, or something. I can imagine getting a damage bonus on another species ("Try to shoot the human above the eyes") but on male or female ... zombies? Developers: the thing to take away from this is that this is...

Depends on what "failing at school" means. I lost my grandfather right before finals week. My teachers knew and I'm sure I was graded more leniently than normally. Missing a few days? Sure. Blowing a test or two? I could see that. Dropping out completely? I kind of see his point.

No, that's equally bad. Without knowing Japanese, I would guess that "Mistress of unlocking" is a too-literal translation of the original script, matching the original words instead of what an English speaker would say in that situation. Probably "I found some lockpicks. Jill, you'd better...

Even better -- she then touches it, and the Light Guardian says he will have to kill her. Which he doesn't do.

I'm pretty sure Metal Gear Solid IV has a line like "Deny your fate, and follow your destiny!" I really, really hope that it's a translation glitch, and that in Japanese it actually meant something.

I'm pretty sure that Catherine is only a "Couple in the beginning and couple at the end" in two of the eight possible endings. A stable relationship is a bit less dramatic, because there's no change to the status quo at the end. Unfortunately, that plays into the cliches of the romance...

Boston, didn't notice anything.

Very true. And, of course, the idea gets even sillier if you think about implementing it. Sure about 17% (at the moment) of the respondents here "support Eugenics." That's because the original poster used meaningless terms like "improving." What does "Improve" mean? What traits are the...