Aoc state of the game 2012

Her House seat is ripe for the picking. Best and Brightest? Back in January, House Dems were already talking about ending her career before it had even gotten off the ground. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-N. Now some of those lawmakers are turning the tables on her and are discussing recruiting a primary challenger to run against the social media sensation.

At least one House Democrat has been privately urging members of the New York delegation to recruit a local politician from the Bronx or Queens to challenge Ocasio-Cortez. What third party software makers said at E3 last year was that by and large they would port their existing Xbox and PlayStation 3 games to the Wii U. In that sense, this machine is the "Wii HD" that Pachter predicted for years but that never really materialized, at least in the sense of a Wii whose only update was high-resolution graphics.

But Wii U is really about the tablet controller, which introduces a new way of playing games in the home without throwing out the old ways. This year's E3 is when Nintendo has to show that the controller was a good idea, by way of showing exciting software and not proof-of-concept tech demos.

With a year to come up with fancy new ideas, software makers had better deliver — Nintendo especially. If Nintendo has indeed been properly chastened for its heretofore lackadaisical approach to digital content, perhaps Wii U will benefit from this as well. Starting a new hardware platform from scratch, rather than upgrading an existing one with new firmware, means that Nintendo has the opportunity to introduce novel ways of buying and selling games online.

There was a rumor of highly dubious origin a while back that Electronic Arts would put its Origin service on Wii U. So there is a good reason to believe this may be happening. Similarly, I believe whatever Microsoft and Sony come up with next will be driven by services, not processing power. Watch for Microsoft to continue to come up with new content deals and apps for the Xbox Not for gaming , of course, heaven forbid!

For television, and movies, and music and social networking. I would not be surprised if Microsoft even introduced another version of the Xbox hardware that was marketed towards the sort of person who would otherwise buy a Roku box. Kinect has helped run roughshod in the sales charts over PlayStation 3, and in bringing the camera controller to Windows Microsoft is banking on it as being something bigger than just a gaming accessory with a short shelf life. But it definitely could use some better games, so I expect to see higher-quality Kinect software again being a focus of Microsoft's publicity efforts in And for those of us poor suckers who bought an Xbox to play regular ol' videogames?

We'll survive on whatever scraps we're thrown. PlayStation 3 will play second fiddle this year, with Sony having to concentrate its efforts on launching Vita. What the old Wii console will be playing this year would not even be second fiddle. Third oboe? Fifth triangle? At least Nintendo listened to fans' demands and put the role-playing game Xenoblade Chronicles on the schedule. Otherwise, I'm not sure what we'll really be doing with our Wiis anymore.

Any major Nintendo software will be on Wii U, and if there's anything in the hopper that isn't, it'll be moved there cf. Sales of boxed PC games are far below those of their console counterparts, but that doesn't much matter these days when so many sales take place through digital delivery services like Steam. Wiki: "Thank you. Will there be some form of in-game recognition, such as special hats, for those of us who have helped? Wiki: "What about wiki-integration?

It has been said that Guild Wars 2 will have significantly improved wiki access, but how specifically will you incorporate it? Could you guys tell us even a little bit about the water dragon?

You could make changes to improve it indefinitely, but when will ArenaNet decide that enough is enough and release it? Wiki: "Wow, err, okay! You guys will be our enemy? I hope that works out as well as it does in my mind, because that is a golden idea right there! Anyway, before I can rabidly document this new information, there are still a bunch of questions I have to pose.

On with the next question, or rather, the previous one in a slightly different context; how will these changes of course impact the release date?

Not looking for an official release date here, but rather the amount of time you wish to further invest into the development process. Will we have to wait at least another year longer or has the team worked hard enough to not delay it all that much even with this change of plans?