[8.9 Magnitude Earthquake in Japan (7.4 aftershock/tsunami - April 7th)]

This nuclear plant was constructed in a known seismic zone, so why didn't they build it with proper dampers similar to those used in skyscrapers in order to prevent exactly this scenario? I haven't found any evidence that it was built with dampers, so it seems that this entire issue right now is due to that oversight. But of course, the uninformed public won't see it that way...

From Wikipedia:

Unit 1 was designed for a peak ground acceleration of 0.18 g (1.74 m/s2) and a response spectrum based on the 1952 Kern County earthquake.[6]

After main generation stopped, power supply for cooling was transferred to emergency diesel generators. However, the generators installed to provide backup power for the cooling systems for units 1–3 were damaged by the tsunami;[13] they started up correctly but stopped abruptly about 1 hour later.[14]

Makes it sound like the reactors were built with the capacity to withstand earthquakes, though not of the magnitude experienced yesterday. The problem appears to have been the tsunami, not the earthquake itself.

[Metroid: Other M]

What does everyone think about the ability to essentially "watch" the game by stringing all the cutscenes together? Has any other game done this?

What about MGS3, specifically the Existence disc? As far as I know it's the same thing as Other M.

[Metroid: Other M]

Having finished Other M a few days ago, I really felt like the gameplay was good, the story was bad, but it was just too short to have a firm opinion one way or another. I don't mean short as in how many days/hours it took me to beat it, but getting to 100% was a piece of cake. After getting to 80 missiles and 9 energy tanks I kept thinking I must have missed some.

I felt like I was playing another Star Fox Assault...

[Anyone get into the FFXIV Beta?]

I got in too, and I can understand why some people are freaking out. I just managed to get into character creation when the tests yesterday were cancelled.

[A Realm Reborn: Final Fantasy XIV Online]

It's interesting, they seem to have all the same character races except the Taru. Hume, Galka, Elvaan and even the Mithra make an appearance in the teaser trailer, but not the Taru. If they are keeping the character design this close to 11, I really hope they have those blasted awesome Taru's!

Actually, if you look at the logo:

http://ff14.awardspace.com/images/articles/8/FINAL%20FANTASY%20XIV_Logo.jpg

you can tell that right above the Hume with the big sword, looking straight at the viewer, there appear to be a couple of Tarus. Amano wouldn't trick us, would he?

the 'whos working on the games' is interesting. you've got a producer who worked on the original games (not a fan, personally) and 9, which i really disliked, the director from ix, the art head from the least attractive/innovative of modern ff games, and then music jesus man himself.

While I think Akihiko Yoshida did a good job with those two games, he did use a lot of brown.

[Metroid 3D Animation I made featuing game mixes :o]

I have nothing constructive to say about the video, and since it sounds like you already know what to fix, it would be moot anyway. However, seeing how you credited the music in the video only highlighted that you didn't credit the awesome painting that worked as your title screen. It's not mine or any such thing, I just think the world can do with more people who appreciate transfuse's work.

Good luck with the fixing.