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Microsoft seems to be taking the approach Sony too last generation where they view the console in much broader terms and almost as a way of getting their shoe in the door. Despite the PS3 having a slower start than the 360, it is actually something that benefited them in the long run. The...

I wonder how much of that is "Hey, we realize the show isn't as good without you!" and how much of it is "We were wrong to choose Chevy over you!"

They're up!

It's really too bad the PR firm didn't have a camera with them, because I'm sure that easily would've resulted in another hour of entertaining television.

With as popular as mini-games have become on things like Facebook and the iPhone, it's always surprised me that no one has attempted something similar for crafting - just a little mini-game to determine whether or not you're successful and the quality of your item. Even better was if they made...

I'm guessing this is so they can have even more control over indie games. I'm sure Microsoft realizes most indie games aren't going to be able to find a major publisher, so that forces them to go with Microsoft Studios if they want to publish on the Xbox One, and I'd be curious to see what all...

I always thought the reason the Xbox 360 wasn't named Xbox 2, was because they were afraid people would automatically assume it was inferior to the PS3, so it's bizarre that they call this the "Xbox One", particularly when I've seen people refer to the first Xbox this way. It does seem like a...

They did have the Battlestar Galactica spin-off.

Yeah, for all the ways they've come up with to get more cash to make up for used-game sales (or piracy), I actually thought this was a good compromise. People could still buy the game used, but they could pay $10 to EA to play online. It sounds great that they aren't going to do this anymore...

You might have to wait a while. I've read that they've kept the restaurant closed since the episode aired, which is pretty stupid. There would definitely be a lot of people checking out the restaurant right now for nothing more than to see if it's really as bad as it was on TV.

Yeah, that's just it. If you are going to pay your employees enough so that they don't need to work for tips, you at least let the people coming in know that they don't need to tip. You don't take the tips which are people intend to go to the waitstaff and just pocket it.

Good point. I think this is becoming even more of an issue with the rise of iOS and Android. Over the past few years, my mom has gone through several iterations of the iPhone, yet she still has and plays many of the same games she had on her very first one. You could argue that this is more...

I'll wait and see. There really doesn't seem to be much premise in that trailer apart from android buddy-cop. I'm guessing it'll be a procedural which seems really disappointing considering what looks like a really cool setting with surprisingly good special effects.

The reason I like backwards compatibility is because it means I have instant access to a huge library of games the instant I purchase a new console rather than depending on the significantly smaller library of the new one. Since I skipped the PS3, it'd be great to buy the PS4 and not only be...

Trailer has me reasonably optimistic. It definitely seems to capture the feel of the first three seasons.

I saw some talk of it being moved to Friday, which would make sense if they renew it. Friday nights aren't heavily contested and don't really need the highest ratings, which led to moderate successes on the night for NBC with Chuck and Grimm. I just hope NBC tries it on another night before...

While working for Dwight... because apparently everyone is supposed to forget that he was a terrible boss when he filled in before and had everyone wanting to quit. I could see if some of this season's story revolved around Dwight growing as a person and him finally earning the position, but...

This whole year was underwhelming for television. If it weren't for Hannibal sneaking in at nearly the end of the season, this likely would've been the first year in quite a while where there was no new shows I cared about getting renewed. Revolution is the only new show I've stuck with, and I...

To be honest, I'm not really that surprised. At the end of this season, Community has 84 episodes. That means it only needs a little over half a season next year for it to reach the 100-episode threshold for syndication, and since the show is produced by NBCUniversal, that means it's to NBC's...

I agree it looks like a Saturday morning cartoon, but that's actually one of the things I like about it. I like that it's more stylistic than MMOs that go ultra-realistic, and that also means it's likely to age better (WoW still looks decent after nearly a decade). It also potentially means I...

NewHumble Bundleis up, includes all Double Fine games: Pay-what-you-want: Costume QuestPsychonautsStacking Beat the Average: Brutal Legend $35+: Broken Age Pre-Order (Kickstarter project) $70+: T-shirt I'm guessingThe Caveand/orIron Brigadewill be added later in the week as a...

You say this like Disney is known for releasing stellar games.

It wasn't just Abed that drew that conclusion, though. It certainly seemed like the intent of the episode was to show that these characters were brought together through their actions (or Chang..?) and had the characters accept that reality. The most glaring one I read was that, in the first...

I can't say as I found this episode to be very funny. Usually there's one or two jokes that will stick with me after watching an episode, and nothing really stands out this week. It seems like the writers were relying too much on the origin concept to deliver the jokes while the origin concept...

It's not just a matter of them not being able to charge as much for commercials as they do during primetime, but that shows watched on demand aren't included in official Nielsen ratings, which is used as a measurement of how much its worth for companies to advertise during shows. But yeah, I...

For as much grief as I give the show, I do have to say I think it's shown a marked improvement since its return from hiatus. Since the show doesn't primarily revolve around Charlie rescuing her brother, they've allowed her to become a stronger character by not making her constantly break down...

The fact that The Voice is on before it is definitely a big part of it. It's the whole reason NBC kept Revolution on hiatus until it came back. It's NBC's strongest show and therefore the best lead-in, probably one of the smarter things NBC has done (though it still loses more than half of The...

August 11th The show was devolving into a disaster that was only halted when Christina Applegate had the foresight to jump ship. NBC apparently had a lot of faith in the show (perhaps since Lorne Michaels was producing), but since it never got the ratings they were looking for, they just kept...

Yes. Believe it or not, this is NBC's highest rated non-reality show.

I can't tell if this episode was supposed to give Monroe some depth or make him even more two-dimensional. Regardless, at this point, they might as well have him grow a mustache so he can twirl it while coming up with his nefarious deeds.

I don't know. If anything, now is probably the best time to go to investors and convince them of trying something new. The $15-a-month subscription method has basically died. To my knowledge, there hasn't been an MMO since WoW has released that has been able to subsist entirely on...

I don't think they've given any indication yet what sort of pricing model they'll be going for. Considering they do talk about having on-going story content, I'm anticipating a GW2 type model where the subscription is supplanted by paying for additional content. I could really see them doing...

SimCity players report new bugs with patch 2.0 Patches that break more things than they fix? Maxis is really going all-in on this whole "SimCity is like an MMO" thing, aren't they?

And Darksiders bought by Nordic Games, soooo... not counting on a good third game in the series. I wasreallyhoping Crytek would get the rights.

While the coverage was certainly horrible, I'm not sure the media can be blamed for this. Them not immediately jumping to conclusions and identifying possible suspects (like they did with Newton) was one of few responsible things they actually did during the coverage.

Wow, over a quarter of a million people watching the uStream. Wolf Blitzer better hope CNN doesn't find out, or they're going to give the police scanner his timeslot.

This is only the second episode Jon Hamm directed. The other one was Tea Leaves last season (the episode where Don and Harry try to get The Rolling Stones for Heinz).

Culling never sounded like it was something they put off fixing. They were honest pretty early on that it was something they wanted to do away with, but that it was difficult from a technical standpoint. They did reduce it and changed how it works a few times last year, but the actual getting...

It was preempted everywhere. NBC has subsequently pushed the finale back into June.