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Costume Quest!

"If you were a fan of the first game, Borderlands 2 is a no-brainer."

I agree. At worst, it's more Borderlands and I can definitely get behind that. I'm going to start the first DLC pack soon, so stay tuned for my next review on the extended content.

This is sounding pretty fantastic. I'm a big fan of the series, so I have high hopes that this improves the core formula and doesn't dumb it down. More information sounds like a great way to do that as long as you still have the unprecedented choice you've typically had.

As you put it Julian, it's sort of a puzzle stealth experience, where the puzzle has many solutions. Not too much longer till its release, so we shall see what comes of this.

Nintendo Arcade Compilation? That would be amazing!

I must agree, however, that it's fairly odd how Nintendo chooses to ignore its arcade heritage - even with more recent releases like the Mario Kart Arcade GP games. People have been calling for home console releases, but they just never happen. Not sure why there's such a strong division there for Nintendo, but it sure would be nice to see that change at some point in the future.

Very surprised that there's no mention of a Wii U release. I wonder if there's a version planned and they didn't want to announce it for fear that they'd canibalize the upcoming sales of 3. Logically speaking, this would've been a much better thing to release instead of just 3.

Thanks for the kind words, vudu. I'd absolutely be interested in sharing this information. Let me see if I can draft something up today and get it posted soon. As for the history behind what happened with Neal and Lauren, I'll share some of that here since I probably won't include it in the article.

Truthfully and honestly, it was just a difference in opinion. Neal and Lauren had a different vision for the site than Chessa and I - as a result things began spiraling downward pretty quickly. The break was a little messy due to some outstanding obligations left unfulfilled and some general bad blood from the conflict. But in the end, I saw Neal at the following E3 and we put the whole thing to bed and moved along amicably.

Regardless, I don't think we rank particularly high over at NWR these days, but c'est la vie. In the end, the split was in all of our best interest. Neal & Lauren moved back to NWR and he got control of the site shortly thereafter. I can only imagine that has been great for his career and under his leadership NWR has seemingly increased their readership and expanded the coverage of the site.

For Chessa and I, we've had the opportunity to build something from the ground up and that's something that we wanted to do from the beginning. Toiling in obscurity is never an easy thing - you need to be satisfied with what you create and be happy with whatever it is, solely because you love what you're doing.

If you have any more specific questions about the situation, let me know, I'll be glad to answer.

It would really be a huge boon for Nintendo if Bungie's stuff came to their system. If I were them, I'd be courting Bungie and ensuring their stuff always made its way to my system.

Valve is another one that I'd make sure I was getting in bed with. These experiences must be on Wii U with some unique functionality if Nintendo expects to continue to compete.

OK, now let's get some Wii U pre-orders out there.

Very excited about the Nights port and even more excited now that it's going to include Christmas Nights. A nice little bonus for what's already a pretty damn good value.

If you haven't played Nights before, it's worth keeping this one on your radar, especially if you're a fan of classic Sega work.

Well, $350 it is Nintendo. Nothing too surprising here outside of Bayonetta 2, but I'm not complaining about that announcement. I'm hoping Nintendo at least starts teasing some more interesting Wii U software soon. Also, I want to know when Pikmin 3 is dropping.