I aim to misbehave

Why must video game developers continue to bolt on useless multiplayer modes to their great single-player games? Are they that afraid of the vocal minority backlash? Are one player games really that bad?

See also: Bioshock 2.

I wonder how many times Donkey Kong will take a break from busting baddies in Donkey Kong Country Returns to flashback to his childhood and talk about his daddy issues in hammy, poorly voice-acted cutscenes?

Samus, any thoughts on that?

PlayStation Move: Good hardware, no games, don’t buy at launch. Kinect: Can’t understand you, you foreigners!

The motion gaming experience, it is tougher than Nintendo makes it look, huh?

O what a glorious day it will be when Microsoft announces that the $10 Xbox Live Gold price hike will result in fewer advertisements on the service!

More incredible value from Microsoft: Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the world’s first $65 directional pad.

Reader Jonath makes an astute observation: Which game has better cutscenes—Super Smash Bros. Brawl or Metroid Other M?

And remember, Smash Bros. Brawl really doesn’t any voice acting to speak of, pun intended.

G4′s Other M review is incredible. Really glad they had a woman review it as well, considering how insulting this version of Samus is to females–gamers or otherwise.

Watch for a bit, and tell me you don’t laugh when the Dawson’s Creek-like soundtrack kicks in.

I think this is a first: I don’t particularly take this personal blog very seriously but even so, I marked an annoying, ill-informed little troll as spam today. I doubt I’ll ever do it again, but this shit was seriously getting worse than any religious fanatic I’ve ever encountered–and it was over a game!

If a price increase is delivered by someone named “Major Nelson” it’s easier to swallow because it’s hip and cool.

Hey, somebody’s got to pay for all that awesome Xbox Live Facebook connectivity. Might as well be you.