Before Midnight opens in theaters today, now would be a good time to revisit my five flaming skull review from the Tribeca film festival.

- Gavin

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“Robotnik’s Rules!” - Sonic the Hedgehog #3 [1993]

Dr. Robotnik > Doctor Eggman, forever and ever.

Bryan has posted this in the KGB offices. I told him it was lowering morale and he added it to the sign.

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During today’s Xbox One press conference, Wired revealed that Microsoft’s new console will have a system in place that forces you to install the game to the hard drive. This would allow you to play the title straight from the console without the actual game-disc involved whenever you’d like, which sounds like a great idea except for the fact that the disc itself would become useless for another user unless a fee was paid:

“Microsoft did say that if a disc was used with a second account, that owner would be given the option to pay a fee and install the game from the disc, which would then mean that the new account would also own the game and could play it without the disc.

But what if a second person simply wanted to put the disc in and play the game without installing – and without paying extra? In other words, what happens to our traditional concept of a “used game”? This is a question for which Microsoft did not yet have an answer, and is surely something that game buyers (as well as renters and lenders) will want to know. (Update: Microsoft called Wired after this story was originally published to say that the company did have a plan for used games, and that further details were forthcoming.) [X]”

Obviously, this Microsoft’s way at fighting against the robust used market that profits directly from second-hand selling of video games. However, the aforementioned fee for doing something as simply borrowing a game from a friend or renting through GameFly or a RedBox kiosk really bugged me since there was no mention of how much this Xbox One would charge the user for such a heinous crime against the industry.

Enter Microsoft corporate vice president Phil Harrison to explain how this will all work in an interview with Kotaku:

“‘The bits that are on that disc, you can give it to your friend and they can install it on an Xbox One,’ he said. ‘They would then have to purchase the right to play that game through Xbox Live.’

‘They would be paying the same price we paid, or less?’ we asked.

‘Let’s assume it’s a new game, so the answer is yes, it will be the same price,’ Harrison said.” [X]

As someone who regularly purchases and rents titles through GameFly, I don’t believe that I will be supporting this new Xbox One if this is what they plan on doing with the system. I was actually very intrigued at all the hype surrounding this new console before the conference, but the always Kinected news along with the second-hand fee just absolutely kills it for me.

What a terrible, terrible move on Microsoft’s part.

Co-Host Bryan’s thoughts on Microsoft’s new Xbox One.

Xbox is live streaming their new system reveal at 1pm est/10am pst today.

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