This sounds a lot like Myst to me, when it first came out. Gorgeous, but not combat-oriented, definitely more about the puzzles. Of course, this one apparently gives you adequate clues; maybe it's cause I was still really young at the time, but Myst just frustrated me, and I never did figure out where to go.
I hope your cousin has more luck finding jobs out of the gate; one year anniversary of my graduation, and I'm still not where I want to be. Oh well.
That's cool that Target sells vinyl.
There were a lot of food trucks like that when I visited Austin too; I think it'd be fun to work in one.
I don't know that there is a movie of his I've seen, but I do know who he is, and just how much time and effort must be put into stop-motion animation. Sorry to hear this.
Yeah, I don't know that I'd like it better than the first one, but to each his own.
I don't even remember that much about two, except: bad guy was Whiplash, Don Cheadle replaced Terrence Howard and they had an army of Iron Man suits/War Machine, whatever, there was a car race, and Bill O'Reilly was in it for some strange reason. Also, Cheadle crashes Downey Jr.'s party at one point. Outside of that, details are hazy for me.
I'd imagine either it's "real," or Microsoft "leaked" it so people would stop saying always-online was their plan.
Wait, next gen consoles are going to be powered by what?! Awwwww yeah!
That's possible, yeah. Here's an example of the most hilarious "I'm being fired ahead of time" gag.
My belief level was at 35%. It is now at a healthy 10%, just to be safe. I'm also 78% certain the Sun revolves around the Earth, and everything around me is being created by a brain inside of a tube.
In closing, Sigmund Freud was right about everything he ever said.
Virtually killing people? I think you mean literally there, whatsacow. If that is your real name. 
I'm a smart person and I agree about the intelligent frugality behind Nintendo Direct.
