We've had some pretty heavy stories this week so let's go light and fun with the poll.

Do you want a Playstation TV?

I consider myself pretty savvy as far as video game stuff goes but I'll admit, for some reason I just can't wrap my head around what the Playstation TV is for or why anyone would want one.

Kind of like the Steam Box.

Wii U ain't doing so hot.  Two years out and its sold less than seven million units worldwide (as of June 30).  Many said, "Wait until Mario comes out!  No, not New Super Mario Bros. U, a real 3D Mario game!"

Super Mario 3D World came out last year, sold over two million units (New Super Mario Bros. U sold over four million) and Wii U sold about two million units that holiday.  Not great but not bad.  Unfortunately, there was no sales momentum and the Wii U only sold about 300k in the next quarter.

It's been 10 years since Half-Life 2.  Hell, it's been 7 years since Half-Life 2: Episode 2.

Will we ever get Half-Life 3?

Yep, that's the poll this week.  Happy voting!

Tune in to this week's podcast (streaming live Saturday night at 6p PST) and I'll explain why I don't like the original Half-Life.  Or Fallout.  Or Myst.  Or World of Warcraft.  Or Minecraft.  Or Baldur's Gate.  Or Telltale's The Walking Dead.  Or Sonic the Hedgehog.

In last week's poll we asked, What Is #GamerGate About?" Around 1,855 votes were cast (our second largest poll ever), with the majority of them going to the option, "Rooting out malfeasance in game journalism."

See that guy on the left?  That's the #GamerGator.  Because I think it's cute.

Anyway, this week we're running a poll asking What is #GamerGate about?

EZK and I will reveal the poll results on this weekend's Super Podcast Action Committee (which streams live right here on GamePolitics at 6p PST!) but in the meantime, I thought it would be fun to collect your thoughts on one of the poll's response options.

#GamerGate.

It's a hashtag you may have seen on Twitter or discussed in countless news and opinion pieces at various websites, both enthusiast and mainstream.  It's a movement, a collection of like-minded and passionate people banding together in order to achieve an end.

What end is that, you ask?

You tell us!  Vote in this week's poll and tell us what #GamerGate is all about.  If the true meaning is not among the response options, let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Microsoft announced on Monday that it has acquired Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion.

That's a lot of money.

Do you think Microsoft overpaid or does two and a half billion dollars sound about right to you for the developer of one released but insanely popular game?

Vote in the poll and let us know!  Or don't and leave us wondering...

Earlier this week, Bungie community manager David "Deej" Dague mentioned that the recently-released online FPS Destiny, "really begins at Level 20."

A Final Fantasy-fanatic friend of mine who enthusiastically exclaims that Final Fantasy XIII gets good around the 30-hour mark.

I've been known to tell people that Monster Hunter is THE MOST AWESOME THING EVER!!! (...after you slog through the first five hours of gathering mushrooms and mining rocks.)

This week's poll asked if the New Nintendo 3DS would be region free.  Nintendo answered that for us this morning when it confirmed that it would indeed continue the archaic practice of region locking its gaming hardware.

Oh well.

I guess we need a new poll but it's a bit late in the week so how about something goofy?

UPDATE: Never mind.  Nintendo has confirmed that the New 3DS will be region locked.

ORIGINAL STORY: Last week, Nintendo announced a new 3DS with a faster processor, more buttons, a second analog stick, built in NFC, better 3D and a few other features.  Nintendo calls it...

The New Nintendo 3DS.

Many were positive that Google would be the one to buy Twitch but nope!  Amazon picked up the video-streaming service for a cool billion dollars.

For its part, Amazon says that "Twitch is absolutely doing a great job and we don't want to change that at all."

When I was a kid, every mall had a video game arcade.  I'd beg Mom to let me hang out in the arcade while she did the shopping.  Even though I didn't have any money, I loved watching other people play.  Hell, even the "attract modes" would capture my attention and keep me entertained.

According to new data from the International Game Developers Association most game developers think working at Valve Software would be the best career move they could make. The data is part of the IGDA's annual Developer Satisfaction Survey. The survey, conducted by researchers at the University of Western Ontario and M2 Research polled more than 2,200 developers on a variety of topics.

Hey, remember those Senate hearings back in the 90s that bemoaned violent games like DOOM and Mortal Kombat that ultimately resulted in the establishment of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board?

Leland Yee, best known to GP readers as the California state senator who wasted over 1.3 million tax payer dollars in a failed bid to introduce a law that would criminalize the sale of particularly violent video games to minors, was arrested earlier this year and brought up on federal racketeering charges.

Yee is accused of a bunch of unsavory deeds ranging from soliciting bribes in exchange for political favors to attempting to broker an arms deal.

I use Time Warner Cable for my broadband internet service.  Why?  Because I have no choice.  TWC is the only provider available in my area.  It's either TWC or no wired internet.

You may have noticed that when it comes to broadband internet service in America, you almost certainly have only one option for a service provider - if you have an option at all, that is.  There are plenty of rural areas that have no service, period.

He said, she said.

If you're a Verizon customer, you might have experienced less than optimal performance when trying to stream movies from Netflix.  If you're not a Verizon customer, well, word on the street is that Netflix doesn't perform so hot for Verizon customers.

Netflix says it's Verizon's fault.  Verizon says it's Netflix's fault?

Who do you think is to blame?  Netflix?  Verizon?  One of those intermediaries like Level 3 or Cogent?  Gremlins?  The Illuminati perhaps?

Watch a random video on YouTube and it's probably some person playing a video game.  Or talking about a video game.

Or it's a cat.

Point is, a lot of people record videos of themselves playing video games.  Some of them (26% of producers with over 5000 subscribers according to Gamasutra's small survey) received money from the game's publisher/developer to make the video.

Video games are fun but boy howdy can they be frustrating at times.  Failing over and over at the same task can sometimes be enough to make even Ms. Manners herself cut loose with the colorful language.

Why, sometimes we can get so fed up with a game that we have to stop playing right this bloody second and hit the console's power button without even saving the game first.

But have you ever raged hard enough at a video game that you broke the controller?

In an interview with Polygon earlier this week, "Orcs Must Die! Unchained" designer Jerome K. Jones opined that toxic players, gamers who don't conduct themselves in a polite or civil manner and serve to make the game a miserable experience for many others, are good for games.

Last week we asked readers, "Should Microsoft Bother Selling Xbox One's Kinect Separately?" The majority of those who voted in last week's poll believe that separating the Kinect from Xbox One and selling it as a spate purchase of around $100 is a good idea. Around 48 percent of you said that it was a good idea. Around 39 percent of you said "let it die," showing that being cynical is always an option.

Earlier this month, Microsoft gave consumers the option to buy the Xbox One without the Kinect for $399, a C-note of savings.  Since then, GameStop reported a significant uptick in Xbox One sales.

It's E3 week and Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sony and Nintendo are doing their damnedest to convince us to buy their stuff.

Earlier this week, Nintendo had a digital event announcing it's upcoming games while the other four hosted full press conferences.  Who had the best show?

If you need a refresher, you can read our recaps here: 

Last week we asked our readers, Who Will Have the Biggest Gaffe During Its E3 Presentation? A slight majority of those who voted believed that Microsoft would have the most mistakes during its Xbox E3 press event that took place on Monday.

The Electronics Entertainment Expo is next week and kicking it off is a round of press conferences where the biggest publishers will try and dazzle you with game announcements and spectacle in an attempt to win your dollars.

Of course, these presentations rarely go off without a hitch.  Everything from technical failures such as Nintendo's Skyward Sword demo from 2011 or EA's Battlefield 4 false start last year to horrible hosts such as "Mr. Caffeine" from Ubisoft's 2011 presser and Jamie Kennedy who MC'd Activision's show in 2007.

While California's voters say that they are "alarmed" by a series of arrests of state lawmakers related to corruption charges in Sacramento, most feel that any wrongdoing is not widespread. This is a according to a statewide poll that was released on Saturday.

The University of Southern California Dornsife-Los Angeles Times poll notes that 84 percent of voters are either "very or somewhat concerned" about corruption in the Legislature, but most also believe the trouble is limited to a small number of lawmakers. This sentiment also cuts across party lines.

Last week we asked our readers, "Google Might Buy Twitch. Your Thoughts?" A third of you said that it will be business as usual at Twitch if it gets bought out by YouTube/Google - with a lot more copyright claims and DMCA takedown notices. Around 33 percent think that Twitch will be strongly affected by a YouTube buyout and that YouTube would bring its horrible system for dealing with copyright claims to the popular streaming service.

Last year, Nintendo pissed off a good chunk of the internet by smacking a bunch of YouTube Let's Play videos with copyright claims, seeking to suck up all the ad revenue generated by videos of fans playing its games.

In the face of angry fans, something a company struggling to sell its new console really doesn't need, Nintendo backed off.

Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion back in 2006.

Now, I've only been using YouTube as a content producer for a couple years so I can't talk about the "good old days" but I can say this:

Starting June 9th, gamers will be able to purchase the Xbox One without the Kinect for $399.99, the same price the PS4 currently retails for.

That should level the playing field a bit, no?

As of early April, Sony announced that it had sold more than 7 million units.  Microsoft says Xbox One has sold more than 5 million.  Will unbundling the Kinect help the Xbox One sell more consoles?  Enough to catch the PS4 by the year's end?