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I haven't had the chance to say it, but a big thanks to the whole PixlBit staff in producing these awards. I sprung it on everyone that we were going to be doing them, and everyone voted and produced their write-ups ridiculously fast.

It took me a while to get everything together due to some stuff going on currently in my personal life, so sorry about that. I'll be making an announcement pretty soon letting everyone know exactly what was holding things up on my end.

Also, if anyone has any input for changes for next year's awards, feel free to let us know here or shoot us an email.

I still haven't played Homecoming or Shattered Memories, but I'm hopeful that this is going to be a decent game. I think Silent Hill does a great job of creating a creepy atmosphere, but the actual gameplay has always been pretty questionable. Nevertheless, I remain hopeful.

Hey, thanks for making my PR duties easier, Konami!

But seriously, this news is kind of surprising, as I had no idea that Konami already owned Hudson. Now that they are going to be a complete subsidiary, I'll be interested to see what comes of it.

There are going to be a number of big franchises all under one roof, so I'd hope Konami cashes in on that in some way.

Yeah, that makes no sense. Anyway, it should be back up now, I switched over to someone else's video.

If you take a look at the codes, there are a few lines that are pointed out. In order to change the controls, just swap the last three digits on those lines.

So 200 is for the R button and 020 is for the Y button. If you swap those values on the respective lines, you'll get a more SNES like control scheme.

Hope that helps.

^-- What he said.

Yeah, that red one is sharp. I want one at launch, so if Nintendo doesn't send a review unit, I'll be grabbing the black one.

This news is not at all surprising. After developing such an advanced engine for FF XIII, it was an obvious move to reuse it in a new title.

I enjoyed XIII, but I know a lot of people didn't. I'll be interested to see if this sequel sells anywhere as many copies as the original now that people know what they're getting.

Be sure to check out our reviews of the already released Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi.

This looks like it's going to be really phenomenal with the 3D effect. I'd be more excited if I had actually kept up with the Paper Mario series, but as it stands, I have only played Super Paper Mario, which isn't really anything like the rest of the games.

I should resume my attempts to secure the N64 cart while I'm at it, and play through that one, and Thousand Year Door which I already own. One day...