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I remember Tycho saying that his favourite video-game web comic is VG Cats; outside of that his all-around favourite is Scary Go Round. Both of them are indeed excellent comics, if you ask me.

VG Cats rocks, but it needs to update more often.

There's a downside to touching, sometimes:

What about those face huggers from Aliens?

I think this asks a question, who's killing it more? Sony, or the media?

It looks like Sony is killing it on one hand by boasting the features of the PSP, bar one (Battery Life).

The media is, forgive me for using this just made up word, "N-Gaging" it. Giving it tons of bad press, so much that by launch time it'll be a laughing stock. Now I know it won't go as far as the N-Gage, but so far the "big" press the PSP has been getting is Low Battery Life, and Huge Cost. Doesn't sound too good, does it?.

However, I don't think the PSP will not fail, because Sony has their name behind them (plus re-re-releases of so many cut down PS2 hits). So far just about every comment I've read in this discussion says the PSP will fail. However that's only the opinions of, what, 30 people? I don't think the market is depending on those 30 people to buy their product. How much of this stuff actually makes it to the mainstream consumer?

All of this being said, I don't like Sony, I'm a big Nintendo fan. And I can't wait for the DS, so I can "touch" it...

You know you want to touch it.

Does this mean that LucasArts hasn't gone to the Dark Side?

I didn't know they were on Hoth.

You have only scratched the surface of the masterplan. Remember the box for the PS3 you kept somewhere because it looked cool. Well seems to me like you just added a hiding place for Solid Snake in every home!

*shuffle shuffle shuffle* "Snake, you are a genius!"

Bah, who needs another iteration of the Battle of Hoth?

Actually, I really do want this game, I'm just miffed that it's on every system but the Cube.

That seems rather interesting, given Nintendo's current online policy.

Shameless Related Web-Comic Plug #13,976 http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=100

I like their take on Zelda.

There are already some good writers out there. People eat up comics like VGCats and Penny Arcade. Why not tap these guys as consultants or writers instead of coming into the culture as an outsider?

It's not an aside if I can hear it, ya' know.

You just never know when a game is going to try to corrupt the youth of today...

Leeches are bad.

http://www.vgcats.com/vgc_comics/?strip_id=23 >)

This cartoon nicely sums up my opinion of the whole SARS thing:

http://www.vgcats.com/vgc_comics/?strip_id=62

Practical effect here in Toronto:

First outbreak: People were edgy for about two weeks, and a few wore masks. Anyone with a cold got nervous looks when they coughed. Then the novelty wore off and it was business as usual.

Second outbreak: Nil.

The number of people quarantined was about 1% of the city's population. The number of people who were actually sick was far lower. The number of people _dead_ was lower than the number of people murdered here in an average year, and we're a city not known for its violence.

Take is seriously? Sure. Panic? Not justified.

The real harm is that the attention on SARS has drawn attention away from things like West Nile Virus.

This is more of a complaint about a common practice on Slashdot, rather than this particular story.

When posting stories, the original poster often puts in too many links. For example, the above story has a link to Game Girl Advance even though it has the link to the story itself, making the first link redundant.

Enough with the promiscuous linking!