"Mandatory installs come from complications developers meet when switching from DVD to Blu-ray. Blu-rays have more space, but they have a different way of reading data that causes longer loading times when given exactly the same data DVDs use. Installs fix the problem, at a cost, but alternative methods are being devised. Fallout 3 has enough space on the Blu-ray disc to copy the game's assets over more than once on the disc, which reduces load times significantly. This kind of innovation is n..."

Since the release of Soul Calibur IV, I've written quite a bit on the game, whether it was a review that took three days of non-stop play or a brief homage to Siegfried Schtauffen.

By now, most of us have come to terms with the fact that Soul Calibur is basically fan service in a box, which would account for all the bizarrely proportioned women and barrel chested men with nice hair. Be warned this is an editorial entry regarding something about the game's characters that has come to my ...