first off let me say that i dont want kids. not once, not never.

but the world works in funny ways, if somehow im put in the position that i do have a child, i would love to have them be a gamer.

as with anything though, always in moderation. ive seen too many obese kids glued to their ds and no friends, not to mention complete a-holes to their parents. i wouldnt stand for that. i remember when i got into trouble as a child, i would get put on "restriction" and that meant no television and thus no video games. that kept me in line. but at the same time this meant an end to my social life with the neighborhood kids for x amount of time. video games have always been secondary to my social life. i would make sure that my kid was playing local community sports and make plenty of friends that way.

thats one of the downfalls to online gaming today, kids use that as an excuse to their non-existant social life by saying that they are being social. being annoying and excessively cussing behind your parent's back to people they will never meet is not being social. i would ensure single player gaming or local multiplayer until they are at least a freshman in high school.

when they are grown up and wanna be playing an MMO every moment of their life, that is their decision. but ill do whatever i can early in their life to mold them into not turning into that.

i have to admit though it is nice seeing sony making ps2 remakes for ps3, gow and i hear shadow of the collossus.

but yeah they stripped down the ps3 quite a bit after launch... minus two usb ports, no more compact flash and other card readers, see ya BC....sometimes i wish i still had my 60gb launcher

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rdr = gta fanboys hyped this game up rediculously, and its just gtaiv with different skins, now with....zombies!

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Have you actually played RDR? Because claiming it is a re-skinned GTAIV is just plain ignorant.

after posting, i knew someone was going to say something along those lines. its a combination of not proof reading, tunnel vision, and being too lazy to edit...my apologies

as a matter of fact, yes i have played rdr. it may be my roomates, but just because its not mine doesnt mean that i havent put a good amount of time into it.

its not just re-skinned, no. but it does take quite a bit from the gta formula, thats what kind of eeks me about that game. that and i was a huge red dead revolver fan, and this game just didnt feel the same. yeah it was set in the wild west and had the first two words from red dead revolver in the title, but there was just something about it that didnt settle right with me. and now this whole "undead nightmare" dlc just tipped me over the edge. just not big on the titile.

there is some personal hostility towards this game yes, but i still believe that this game still was a bit over hyped. when i was driving around long beach seeing RDR ads everywhere (bus stops, billboards, etc) it was a lil annoying. and then seeing all my friends with it, including two of my roomates, i would say yes this game is a litlle over hyped. all the people that i know that actually game havent bought it, all the people that dont bought that game in the first week

- I have been stoked since the day it was announced...lol i was actually at a friends wedding when another buddy of mine informed me, i damn near forgot what the hell i was doing for like an hour after hearing the news. I'm tracking quite a few games at present, but this is the only game i'm really "tracking"

- yeah i know that reqs wont be too demanding for this game, but considering i have an alright pc from 2005, its about time i upgrade anyways for the future, this game is just a good enough excuse to do so.

- wow, i thought there would be at least one more class announced....oh well, 5 suits me fine :D

One of my favorite games of all time is Diablo II, plus LoD expansion. I have spent countless hours playing that game, and once Diablo III is released I plan on doing it all over again. I have to admit, this is the game that actually makes me want to upgrade my pc from molasses to futuristic-epic-uber-fast. I am loving all the new characters that are being released, especially the new demon hunter, and all the gameplay options. These are some of things I am looking forward to seeing in the future/upon release:

- the rest of the classes!

- PVP arenas and tourneys

- "bnet 2.0" (as a whole)

- in-game voice chat

- no lag

- no bots (i hate the ads every 2 minutes that fill the screen)

- clan support

- max players in a server

- weapon/armor customization

- bosses/enemies

I'm just kinda winging it here, so post whatever else you are looking forward to seeing in this game, or just comment on the said list. You know you want to....

Yeah but the amount of fanboys who praise a game they never played and know nothing about for the wrong reasons is far worse.dakan45

fanboyism is the root of the cause when it comes to bashing...people would rather praise the game (or console) that they think is genious and think all of its competetors are second rate just off the sole fact that they (and their mindless friends) play it.

being a fanboy is not a true gamer, it is an excuse to be part of a larger whole, and when another game comes out and threatens that larger whole (in sales, loss of players, etc) these fanboys get scared and do what they do best: bash the title and put the game they play on a pedestal.

its quite childish if you ask me....oh wait thats because most fanboys are children to begin with!!!

...We have a PS3 and a Wii. Raistlin555

holy cow, gears is coming out for ps3 and wii?!?!?!?!

oh jeez here we go.....

- ffviii (too much cinematics)

- cod3 (mw was awesome, but then everything else sucked since, and will continue to)

- gh: world tour (copying rock band was a bad idea)

- wolfenstein (the new one, tides of war kicked ass)

- fable 2 (i was just bored playing it)

- zelda: twilight princess (gamecube port? wtf? skyward sword better be the comeback)

- mario sunshine (...just didnt like it and havent been huge on mario since)

- mortal kombat 4 (3d was such a bad idea)

- splinter cell: double agent (rehash)

- HALO 3 (i was die-hard halo from launch and that game pissed me off sooooo bad. the only thing cool was the menu)

- resident evil 5 (wtf happened to zombies?)

- raving rabbids (used to love rayman back in the day)

- command and conquer: tiberian sun (terrible game in all aspects)

- moh: pacific assault (european theater is so much better)

- nfs: underground (T.I. - 24's on the soundtrack....nuff said)

- battlefield: vietnam (the game was alright, but it just wasnt the same from there on compared to 1942)

- Tony Hawk 3 (same thing over and over)

- myst 3 (i just had enough of that game after the first two)

- star wars galaxies: rage of the wookies expansion (what a waste of money)

- red dead redemption (red dead revolver was awesome)

- nba street vol 3 (such a downgrade from vol 2)

- mech assault 2 (the first one was way better)

- james bond 007: agent under fire (nightfire made you forget about this game, for like a month or two, and then you remember how bad it was)

- dynasty warriors 3 (same formula, same button controls, same amount of enemies on screen, same crap)

...hope your happy im out of breath now

Can anyone recommend some good co-op games that my wife and I can play. We have a PS3 and a Wii. Raistlin555

good co-op for you and wife? i'd have to recommend little big planet...and if you like if, lbp2 is coming out in a couple months

duck hunt without a doubt