@Archaotic: The dude merely did voice work for the game. That's like telling me that James Marsden knows the X-Men movie mythos backwards and forwards because he's been in every flick. Granted, it sounds like Hayter actually does play the games, but it's not like he wrote the Metal Gear Database. I respect his work, but I bet there are a ton of people better suited for the job.

And Metal Gear Solid requires no movie. Kojima already thinks of himself as a movie director. I mean, what he does is better suited for movies and NOT for a gaming experience. If I spend more time watching a game than playing it, something's wrong.

But I honestly wouldn't have too much of a problem if someone were to adapt the original Metal Gear games into a couple of movies. They'd be a couple of mindless action flicks, but they're the only ones that aren't movies already. (Well, aside from some handheld games...)

@brainwav: Check out the Zeta movies. Far less angst from the protagonist and far better storytelling overall.

@phoenix: Wing? Really? As far as most Gundam fans are concerned these days, that's toward the bottom of the list - along with G Gundam and Gundam X (which, by the way, I loved). Wing's problem is that it is kind of a super-compressed form of both Gundam and Zeta Gundam in one series - but with pretty boys! You'll like 00 a lot then. It was basically advertised by Gundam Wing fans as "New and improved Gundam Wing!" Truth be told, it does have a better overall plot than Wing, but it takes nearly forever to get there.

@tetracycloide: Well, I actually like Dominoes Pizza and would argue that they get sales via good product. The quality of the product has remained constant over time, unlike, say, Little Ceasar's. They don't claim to sell high-end pizza, but they also don't have unnecessarily high prices either. Why a Dark Knight trailer? Well, I'd have to ask why there were Halo cups at 7-11 a year ago. It's just the direction marketing has gone in. So far, they still haven't found a reason to "improve" their pizza. They simply don't have to. If people are eating it, they're still doing something right.

I can't say I'm much of a fan of CAD anymore, but not because of the storyline. And I will continue reading the comic because it continues to be interesting. What I hate is how people say it's not like Penny-Arcade and all that crap. At least CAD isn't a comic that basically reviews video games and receives freebies from the various companies in order to do so. Hasn't that ever struck anyone as strange? Penny-Arcade receives preview copies and more of games that they put in comics and/or mention in their thrice-weekly blurbs... Worse yet is the fact that they have their own game now. People who are essentially trusted to review games for the populace are now selling a game to the populace... Interesting.

CAD is fine the way it is. The disjointed storyline is over and it's back to the gag-a-days. Meanwhile, I've completely stopped reading Penny-Arcade. There's something that rubs me the wrong way about the entire setup of their comic now...

@greeble: That's kind of whiney. Information revealed publicly before the game's release (and this was well before the game's release) is fair game in public forums. Plus, this is very, very minor. If it the post said something like, "Then my dad reacted poorly to the part where Ocelot shot Snake point blank in the face, immediately killing the poor bastard. I won't even go into what he said about Liquid Snake bursting from Ocelot's chest, fully grown - but dad didn't like the idea of having to control Raiden for the final act of the game," then there'd be cause for complaint. Just thank me for making up inforamtion instead of pulling the ultimate dick move and revealing some really startling information.

(Note: On io9 there was a discussion about what constitutes a spoiler for a TV series and what doesn't, which led to people posting the obvious "Vader is Luke's father" and whatnot. Someone actually dropped the major revelation at the end of MGS4. THIS is a spoiler not worth any whining.)

Oh, and my dad still games every now and then. Ever since I was a kid, he'd play every Zelda game that ever pops up in our house, and he'd gladly play any and all shooters. Yes, my papa played Ikaruga and Gradius 5 for hours on end. When I moved away, I left him with a PS2 and some Ace Combat games. Yeah, I just ended up pissing off my mom by doing that...

Also, Toriyama's artwork goes hand-in-hand with appreciating the awesome time-traveling RPG Chrono Trigger.

Regardless, I like when people accidentally call valkyries veritechs, because it shows that we all tend to have similar roots.

Although, honestly, I think that Japanese arcades are a totally different monster. I've been to a few, not to mention some Japanese/Asian-style arcades on the West Coast. While still neat because they are less familar to me than the Western-style of arcade, they definitely strike me as impersonal shitholes.

@DarkCode: During development, it was actually labeled Rock8.5

As for Macross Frontier, though...it has its moments, but I'm mostly bored with the series so far. I really hope it picks up in the second half. Otherwise, someone got a boring high school pseudo-comedy mixed with my Valkyrie pilot drama!

You can easily find torrents for it all over the place, though. It's a decent option for the time being.

@ggodo: I recommend checking out Macross Plus. Sure, it's still Macross mecha, but it involves more advanced fighters. Plus, the story was penned by the same guy who penned 0083: Stardust Memory.