Ravenprose said:

I saw Iron Man 2 yesterday. I'd say it was about equal with the first one, which means I liked it a lot.  

I saw it on Saturday and I'm right there with you.  Just as good as the first.  Not sure why the reviews are saying it's not as good. The only thing I was really disappointed with was the teaser at the end of the movie.  Minor spoiler in next paragraph:

Okay so the next movie is Thor. Probably not a big secret to anyone.  But that teaser was taken from the recent reboot of the Thor comic.  So they've kind of given away the direction that the Thor movie will take, and thats putting a very depressing preview of what will happen in that movie.

robio said:

aspro said:

Woah -- Capcom says they will sell the following (has this ever been done before -- a pre-emptive announcement?)

• Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP): 3.6 million
• Dead Rising 2 (PS3/X360): 3.0 million
• Lost Planet 2 (PS3/X360): 2.2 million
• Marvel VS Capcom 3 (PS3/X360): 2.0 million

I've never seen a formal announcement of sales projection done in this way, but I recall is seeing some quarterly reports where they mention anticipated sales for upcoming games and then those reports get put online and make their way into the media.

These all seem pretty fair projections though, except for maybe Lost Planet 2.  The reviews for that one have been mediocre so that may be enough to convince people to ignore the sequel.  

Companies do do this. I think they think to much of Dead Rising 2.

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on the way from Gamefly!!! This game better impress the hell out of me. Haven't played a Wii game in awhile actually, will be nice to fire it up.

Dvader said:

... BTW I typed this on the iPad. Not bad at all to type.

Yeah I'm thinking of getting a clone when they start coming out.  HP bought Palm, so they'll probably bring out a Web OS "pad".  I can see the benefit of having essentially a fast-booting internet appliance for the couch, so I can check in on forums etc... in between load times.

ASK_Story said:

Ah, nevermind. Threads of Fate is for JPN PSN.

But GAF is saying FFIX is coming tomorrow! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to get some points for this!

I remember when that first came out...  Threads of Fate will end up here as well.  It's not a bad game at all, it's just an interesting choice given all the games people are begging for them to re-release.

On a successor to Wii

"As soon as a new system is complete -- from the very moment it is complete -- we're thinking about the plan for the next game machine.  We believe there's still more we can do with the Wii,"

On social gaming

"If you ask why we make game consoles, it's because we believe that 'offering experiences that cannot be done on other devices' is our life line. With that meaning, offering software for a multi purpose multimedia device is, for us, an area of work that we have least interest in.  If we were to stop and do nothing, the current game system framework would probably become antiquated, but because we continue to offer new things, we don't feel at all that this will happen. We've not once thought things like 'we'll be behind the times, so we should enter social games.'"

Why the 3DS has on/off 3D tech

"This isn't limited to just kids, but we're aware one in some tens of people, including adults, have difficulty with three dimensional visuals. So, while the 3D image is a special feature of the 3DS, we won't force the player to use the 3D functionality. By making it so that the player can at all times play with [the 3D feature] off, we believe we can comply with those who have difficulty with the 3D view or those who are worried about their childs' eyes."

ASK_Story said:

What? Mafia 2 is only 15 hours long?

Is that bad or good? I thought it was going to be a GTAIV type of game where you can play forever.

Thought it was open-world, but it looks like they went for a more streamlined game.

According to everyone who played Mafia, its not an open world game, its a linear game. So 15 hours sounds good.