i got 24 on my own and 26 with my brother

rent it and show them. it's no worse than any R-rated movie i've ever seen. I showed my mom Halo 2 in 7th grade with Johnson swearin at grunts and she said ok. it helps if one of your parents swears a lot and you have seen R-rated movies. a good time to ask would be the day after watching "Platoon" or a war movie with some nice gore and language.

I'll do pros and cons for all the handhelds too.

PC

pros- Can use just about any controller

fantasticgraphics

pretty good exclusives

awesome rts

easier and less expensive to buy a huge monitor than an hdtv for your other consoles

cons-

can be very expensive

games are easier to find for windows(more are released, too)

no linux love for gaming

Xbox 360

Pros- fantastic library of games

great exclusives

most games are relesed on 360

comfortable controller

xbla

cons- red ring of death and other failures

no built in wifi- $100 for wireless adapter!!!

ps3

pros- awesome graphics

blu-ray!! for cheap

good games

built in wifi

cons- lots of exclusives lost to 360

hate controller

expensive

wii

pros-

wiimote

nintndo games

virtual console

can use wiimote+nunchuck, wiimote, ****c controller,gc controller

built in wifi

cheap

easy for anyone to pllay

play old gc games- which sell for dirt cheap

cons- lots of games that don't take advantage of the controlls

not very good library

ps2

pros- huge library

still ore games relased

games cheap

consoe cheap

controllers cheap

cons-

last gen

hate controller

ds

pros- touchscreen

great controls

huge library of excellent games

download play

cheap

pictochat

plays gba games

cons- no built in web browser

touchsrceen not well implementd

not very good graphics

psp

pros- built in web browser

great graphics

works just like an mp3 player when not playing games

sleek

when turned back on it goes right to where you were

great screen

umd movies

cons- not very good library

horrible controls

slow load times

saves games on memory stick

expensive

mem stick expensive

Gba

pros-cheap

plays gbc-gb games

cheap games

fair library

reliable controls

cons- last gen

not very good graphics

uses AA batteries unless sp

Gb micro

pros-small

plays gba games

cons-no linking

no gbc

$80 for something that only plays single player gba games

what in the he1! was nintendo thinking?

i have owned and/or played most of these systems

I definitely think that a cnc game belongs on there. I have been playing old cnc games for 7 years and I am still not going to put them away. These are just the old and I am going to love command and conquer tiberian wars 3.

i would end medal of honor or a sports series and bring back MARATHON!!!!!

i don't think halo is going to continue, unless they realease the Marathon games as halo 4,5 etc.