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http://majornelson.com/2013/05/21/xb...tecture-panel/ will have hardware details at 3 Eastern.

This conference didn't make me pick PS4, but it didn't do much to discourage it either. About all I know now vs. an hour ago is that their DVR stuff looks well made and the Alan Wake guys aren't doing Alan Wake 2 at the moment. E3 is way up for grabs.

And how many of those are "People doing the same genre as last time, just with a different name and slightly different mechanics?" Do I care if "Kinect Adventures" is now "Kinect Experience" (or what have you). And are they really making us wait to E3 for ten of them?

Worked for iPad.

Err, what? They haven't said anything about the X1 being better than PS4, aside from DVR usage. Nor have they established that their console exclusives are any better than PS4s. They still could by the time E3 is over, but at this point there is no reason to lean towards X1.

I dunno about those dynamic achievements as a draw. If nutcases can't catch up with their friends (because they missed Weekend Activity X), will they stop bothering?

No mention of the type of RAM suggests it is still DDR3. Those months old specs probably haven't been upgraded.

Controller had instead of a back button a little button with two rectangles, I imagine that switches to split-mode / changes active programs if not, if you aren't using voice.

Xbox one? Meh.

Like I'd be anywhere other than Giantbomb. *Disclaimer: Watching a clean stream on another machine.

It's on TV, so odds are it will be exactly 1 hour, starting at 1pm eastern.

Nintendo's fixed this all up by making the next Sonic games Nintendo platforms only. Crisis averted! That we've run out of people willing to pay $300 for eight year old hardware doesn't say anything about how many people are still willing to pay ~$450 for zero year old hardware. That said, I...

I forgot to mention, Sarah Shahi got bumped up to a series regular (in TV terms, is paid for (and thus usually appears in) every episode). I'm not sure how I feel about that. Reese clearly works better when he has someone to bounce off of, but the two of them overpower everyone that isn't the...

Not a single network trailer impressed me. Hell, every network trailer made me want to watch the show less than I did sight unseen. I'll still check out SHIELD, Brooklyn 99, and The Blacklist, and a couple midseasons (Intelligence, Believe). But I suspect that this time next year, I again...

I'm not saying half the 360 audience will migrate to the 720 this Christmas. I do think the people most likely to buy XBLA/PSN titles are heavily weighted towards being early adopters. Half is an exaggeration. It probably isn't that much of one though.

Is it handy for the first 6-12 months? Sure. Is it important? No. Again, I feel worse for developers than consumers. Imagine you still have an XBLA or PSN game coming out and half your audience isn't going to turn on the system again in 6 months.

Pretty good list, though off the top of my head they missed that CBS picked up the comedy "We Are Men". As to the current limbo shows: The Cleveland Show - Fox has officially stated that they are not ordering any more episodes, which in the world of animation means the show is dead.. until...

Well, I was talking quantity of shows canceled point of view, not show quality. (Though the number of new shows killed was higher than usual - again, see the ABC and NBC comedy pileups.) Quality wise, yeah, I can't disagree with you. Vegas, Revolution, Last Resort, and Elementary were OK at...

ABC: Obviously, we will all check out SHIELD. Some of you (I'm undecided) will check out (the terribly titled) Killer Women, with Tricia Helfer. (Call it "Six, Texas Ranger".) CBS: Intelligence, with Josh "Sawyer" Holloway seems to be in the PoI mold. (Though instead of an AI giving him help...

Only slightly more cancellations than usual, honestly, and most of that was due to the comedy pileups at NBC and ABC, as expected. The only shows I am bummed about are 30 Rock, which had a good, long run, and Last Resort, which I ultimately found underwhelming. (Honestly, I am more upset the...

ABC: Body of Proof, Malibu Country, Happy Endings (on ABC, anyway) dead.

Yeah, they keep throwing out different rumors of prequel, faked death, and Life Model Decoy (or whatever they were called). Who knows.

CBS: CSI:NY, Vegas, Golden Boy, Rules of Engagement all cancelled. No surprises.

Chevy wasn't in the Christmas party and secret origins episodes; they got him to come back and record his lines for the puppet episode, though he didn't appear on camera. NBC is down to deciding between just New Normal and Community as insurance shows; it wouldn't shock me at all if Community...

Unknown yet. NBC is very likely to keep a couple existing shows for insurance in case new stuff fails; the only options they have left are Go On, New Normal, and Community. As for the episode itself, I dunno. It was obvious it was a dream sequence, but it being in Jeff's head doesn't make...

CW: Nikita and Carrie Diaries renewed. CBS: Criminal Minds renewed (cast salary squabbles).

At NBC: Deception, Up All Night, 1600 Penn, Guys With Kids, and Whitney dead. Parks & Rec (no surprise) renewed.

The CW is trying to expand to both women and men 18-34; youmaywant to check out The Tomorrow People (an adaptation of the British show, standard Heroes / X-Men) and The 100 (twenty-somethings try to rebuild post-nuclear war earth.)

To be perfectly honest, doing one today is silly, as the broadcasters (and some cable networks) will do their pickups this week. Fox already has; the standout there is Brooklyn 99. Essentially Parks & Recreation, but cops, it's run by Dan Goor & Mike Schur (who've run Parks & Rec), with Andy...

If they really are changing it such that Ender knows the whole time, it screws up half the book (including, as already mentioned, the freaking title). Ben Kingsley is so not working for me. Totally should have gone with Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett). I will admit the Battle Room looks...

I had no idea who the hell "Freddy" was either; I thought it was some Sarah Shahi role I didn't know. 1) I don't think she was ever called Freddy in Angel. 2)She's been recurring on this show for a year, why mention it now. I don't know what to make of the backstory now. Finch/Nathan...

We still don't know if this was always the plan or if it was changed due to consumer outcry; if anything, you should wonder why MS would have to put out an internal email explaining how the situation has always been. This still doesn't necessarily answer any questions about the system...

Wow, that's a deep Ringworld pull. However, you forget we still have to go through the Wirehead cull of the population first, which should weed out the easily blissed. (Thanks for reminding me Fate of Worlds is out!)

I didn't think it was bad. I do agree with the people who think that retconning it so they were secretly fated to be together violates the whole damn theme of the show, sure, but I didn't think it was bad. I thought it was mediocre. The laughs / 22 minutes just aren't there, and haven't...

Between this, Iron Man 3, and Elysium, it certainly sounds like the summer of the leftist action movie. It's not unheard of; 2006 with the year of the feel-bad action movie, between Smoking Aces, Blood Diamond, and Children of Men; it's just weird how projects percolate up at the same time.

I wasn't expecting anyone to revive Starcraft: Ghost, but good for Activision for trying to monetize Blizzard harder. One of these days Blizzard will finally get around to nickle-and-diming people like they're supposed to! In all seriousness, like AC4, it's a cross-gen game that probably...

Normally I'd be all over this topic, but this year so many networks did their renewals already that we're down to: 1) How many comedy pilots does NBC like, so how many can they kill of (in rough order of most likely to least): Up All Night, 1600 Penn, Guys With Kids, Community, New Normal...

I have an extremely hard time imagining Xbox delays the launch. I can imagine console supply is limited this Christmas, and the software situation is dire, but I just can't imagine MS delays the launch in the US and probably Europe. The more interesting thing we're hearing is all the chatter...

IhateGeno Smith to the Jets. Look, Rex is getting fired on Black Monday. So now the Jets can only go with coaches who think Smith is the answer? If he doesn't work out, we're talking, what, 2015? 2016? before they go with another QB? Then, look at the financial angle. (IIRC) The Jets take...

Will the Packers ever pick again? It's not like we could use DT, S, CB, or WR depth or anything.