Woke up at 2 am, did not sleep again till 8:30 am, woke up 2 hours later. Stomach, all night gurgling. So tired, felt legs give way. How are y'all?

Gameinformer Reviews:

Assassin's Creed III - 9.5/10 (Game of the Month)

WWE '13 - 9/10

Need For Speed: Most Wanted - 9/10

Skylanders Giants - 8/10

NBA 2K13 - 8.75/10

Hitman: Absolution - 8.75/10

The Walking Dead Episode 4 - 8.25/10

Karateka - 8/10

Retro City Rampage - 7/10

Zero Escape - Virtue's Last Reward - 8.75/10

Dishonored - 8.75/10

007 Legends - 4/10

Halo 4 - 9.25/10

Forza Horizon - 8.5/10

LittleBigPlanet Karting - 8/10

The Unfinished Swan - 8/10

Torchlight II - 9.25/10

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress - 8.25/10

Paper Mario: Sticker Star - 8.75/10

Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask - 8/10

Code of Princess - 7.5/10

Nintendo has a France based research division called.........NERD.

Iwata asks said:


I didn't really go into this today, but Nintendo European Research and Development SAS France (NERD)17 helped us with our video player and Nintendo Software Technology (NST)18 helped with WebKit's JavaScript JIT19, so this new Internet Browser really came about with help from so many different people outside the company.

17. Nintendo European Research and Development SAS France (NERD): Development subsidiary of Nintendo located in Paris, France.


18. NST (Nintendo Software Technology): Development subsidiary of Nintendo located in Washington state.


19. JavaScript JIT: A technology to run JavaScript programs at high speed.

Iwata


NERD has a number of skilled engineers with experience and expertise in video playback technology, and they have helped us to resolve various problems we encountered around video playback. By the way, partway during development you also received the JavaScript JIT that was being developed for another project, right? (laughs) Building a browser is a huge undertaking, but sticking with it opens up all kinds of possibilities. I really felt that was the case this time.

Sony rating lowered to one point above junk status by investors:

Investor services firm Moody's has reclassified the ailing electronics firm to one point above junk status.


Shrinking consumer demand for electronics has resulted in the Japanese firm's long-term debt rating being lowered one notch, according to Reuters.

Moody's Investor Service now considers the firm applicable to the lowest investment grade level possible before hitting "junk status". Once a company hits this grade, otherwise known as a "BB" rating or "high-yield bond", any investment made is high-risk by default -- something which could impact the company's plans to restructure and recover.


In October, the investment firm began downgrading Sony's status, believing the electronics maker's prospects, despite restructuring efforts, remained negative.


If Sony's rating is cut by one more point, some funds may be forced to offload debt, and the firm may find itself restricted in how much money it would be allowed to raise in credit markets.


"Without robust restructuring in the coming 12-18 months, Sony's non-financial services businesses will at best achieve roughly break even, and are also at risk of remaining unprofitable," the rating agency said in a recent report.


Sony's Q2, ending September 30, resulted in an operating profit of $388 million, in comparison to a $20 million loss in the same quarter within FY2011. The ailing electronics maker made a loss of $5.7 billion last year and $312 million in the first quarter.


As part of restructuring efforts implemented by CEO Kazuo Hirai, the electronics giant plans to close a number of offices within Tokyo, Japan, has created a voluntary retirement program for employees and the eventual dismissal of 10,000 workers from its global workforce.

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OMG I feel horrible. My body desperately wants to eject everything I have eaten.

...

(5 minutes later)

And its all out. I have not vomited in years. Bad arros con pollo. I feel good as new now.

GG GME by the way, I should be good to go later.

Dvader said:

OMG I feel horrible. My body desperately wants to eject everything I have eaten.

...

(5 minutes later)

And its all out. I have not vomited in years. Bad arros con pollo. I feel good as new now.

GG GME by the way, I should be good to go later.

Don't eat meat

Glad you are feeling better Vade.

So I'm in Jacksonville tonight. I hate this town. It's the unwashed taint of Florida.

aspro said:

Archangel3371 said:

Just finished Halo 4 and WOW was it ever amazing. 343 did an absolutely fantastic job with this game. Great audio and visual, top-notch gameplay, and the best story in a Halo game. I went right in and played the game on Legendary difficulty and it was a terrific experience. I'm very interested in what's going to happen in part two of this trilogy.

Are you concerned at all that the assets/ engine on the subsequent sequels will be "last gen"?

Even if they did use the 360 engine, I'm sure its a pretty flexible engine that will allow them to go nuts on a more powerful machine. All these consoles are at this point is like upgrading a graphics card anyway.

BTW...yes Halo 4 is awesome...I am loving it so far. These guys did a much better job than Bungie at a few simple, but key, things. First, the power and sound of the weapons. I thought Bungie did a great job with this on Combat Evolved...but I felt the sequels were lacking in this area. Weapons didn't FEEL as powerful as they should. Second, the the atmosphere and feel of the game...the art....it may be a small difference but this game feels like a more "serious" Halo experience. It feels like the true continuation of the vibe Combat Evolved had.