The two previous responders have already pointed out that in Smash Bros, the % damage does increase the risk of a smash attack ringing you out (at 300-400% any hard hit guarantees it, usually even if you're in a fairly enclosed area)

What they haven't pointed out is that Smash Bros does also include a mode where each character has Hit Points (typically 300) and at 0 you die/respawn. Most people don't play that way because the % based mode is more fun and requires more skill, especially when you try to keep surviving at higher and higher percentages.

      The one thing in the latest addition that did remove any skill was the new insta-kill Kirby's air sled item - sure you have to collect all three pieces and you can potentially dodge it if you're fast enough, it's still a cheap kill - especially since the AI controlled opponents will always target a human player with it.

You should always tell your doctor about everything you take due to possible interactions, even if it is an OTC drug generally considered safe.

There are definately cases where acetaminophen is much safer than Ibuprofen or Aspirin; if you're pregnant or may become pregnant is a good example that's already been pointed out, and another one is if you're on any sort of blood thinner, like Warfarin. Acetaminophen can have interactions with Warfarin if you take more than 2000 mg a day or take it for several days, but it's still safer than Ibuprofen or NSAIDS, which can cause GI bleeding and reduce blood clotting when combined with warfarin.

Acetaminophen is also the preferred pain killer for small children, at least around where I live. Personally I find it more effective for my own headaches, but then again I'm smart enough to actually follow the directions on the bottle.

Just about any drug can be harmful if you take too much of it. Instead of a ban, there should just be changes in prescription labels that say "while taking , do not take ". The problem is that the could be a gigantic list.

Dragon Quest Swords is probably the best attempt at this so far, but as others have pointed out the lack of true 1:1 tracking has been the biggest hindrance.

Red Steel had great potential but was seriously flawed, and not just in the implementation of the swordplay. Hopefully Ubisoft seriously listens to all of the complaints as they are finishing up the sequel.

Saved Passwords.

I typically have my web browser save my passwords for things I consider lower risk, but if masking is removed and the browser automatically loads the password into the form, then it's available to anyone. Considering that many users use the same or similar passwords for almost every application, and having it unmasked on one site could give up your info on any number of other sites.

The problem is that because the deal is based on when the computer is purchased, any early announcement of the deal would hurt sales for those Microsoft partners until the day the upgrade deal starts as anyone who didn't need a new PC immediately would wait until June 26th.

I'm sure part of the contact with all of their retail and OEM partners states that they can't announce any sort of special deals like this in advance.

They point out in the article that it is basically the same graphics as the DS New Super Mario Bros, so yes, you're right, it looks like something from DS (intentionall). I'm sure it's no where near pushing the limits of the Wii hardware, considering what it has been shown to be capable of in games like Resident Evil 4, Super Mario Galaxy and MadWorld.

The hype is about the 4 person simultaneous multiplayer in a mario game, which is a completely new feature - maybe you should try reading the article instead of just looking at the pictures.

Maybe he just has a bunch of siblings with the same name, like George Foreman's kids?

I think the assumption is that Red Steel 2 will use the new MotionPlus add on. I'm also hoping Ubisoft learned from all of the complaints about the first game - mine being that I should be able to shoot people with swords (and possibly lose honor) and use full sword controls whenever I want, as long as I'm more mobile.

I would like to see more original Square Enix material as well, but at least they just put out their sequel to FF4 this week. If they bring out any more VC stuff, I want to see a translation of Seiken Densetsu 3.

I agree with you here. There probably are a small number of sales to teens, but the vast majority are to parents, grandparents and other relatives.

I wish I could find the article now, but back when the Hot Coffee scandal broke for GTA:SA, there was some grandmother so upset that content like that would be in a game she got for her 11 year old grandson. Apparently the fact that the game was called Grand Theft Auto wasn't enough of a clue that it wasn't child appropriate.

Side note: with the whole Hot Coffee thing, I never understood why parents took so much offense to the hidden Hot Coffee thing that you had to hack to get to, but had apparently no problems with the language, violence or rampant crime in the game.

My guess is that a lot of this confusion may stem from the Hard Drive access light. Fairly often when a computer slows down when a program is loading or virtual memory is getting swapped in large amounts, they'll hear the hard drive working away and the hard drive access light blinking. People associate this with the computer being busy/slow and equate hard drive to computer.

Also, you could figure in that in something like Windows Explorer or Finder, the majority of stuff under "My Computer" is the hard drive.

So exactly how do you explain the following Wii titles:

Resident Evil 4
No More Heroes
Madworld (one of the violent and profane games I've played in a while)
House of the Dead: Overkill - which just got the Guinness World Record for most swearing in a video game.

The problem isn't that Nintendo is unwilling to approve mature content, it's that many publishers aren't willing to try putting mature content on the system, and because they've been stalling on doing so, many of the gamers who would have bought those games have started to bail on the system. Just because the system has family friendly titles doesn't mean there aren't some dads out here who also want to play more mature games after the kids go to bed. At least Sega and Capcom are keeping that category alive.

I'm not sure if the target of your outrage is clear here - you're currently saying you would be just as upset as you are at the current snafu if they let you set filtering on your own personal login and searches on amazon.com without affecting others. Why would you want to be unable to filter your own searches?

Agreed. Even worse, they couldn't even bother to make their own videos of the best and most famous glitches or whatever else, so really every article is "Best videos of game feature X that we could find on Youtube in 15 minutes and manage to spread the links over 9 pages"

The bug with Relm's Sketch ability in the first batch of US FF3 carts was probably one of the biggest game glitches I've seen, but also one of the most useful. After using sketch the game would usually glitch and get screwy graphics but you could save, reset and reload and it would go away. However, your inventory would have a bunch of random changes with several stacks of 255 items. The last time I played through on a glitched cart, it gave me 255 of one of the best swords in the game (Illumina) and 255 of one of the most useful accessories (Marvel Shoes).

Also, the Oscar's don't do awards for movie categories like the Golden Globes do, other than Documentary, so there there are no Comedy or Drama nominations.