I've been recently contemplating the descision of changing my Xbox Live gamertag. Of course, the hardest part about this is handing over 800 shiny Microsoft Points to do so. Still, your gamertag is what represents you, so it's important to have one your content with.

But I don't know what to do with mine. So I'd like your guys' input! Some things you should know: I like to fly airplanes (want to become a commercial airline pilot) and I live in Alaska (not the super cold part, though!).

So my choices are:

Living To Fly (my current gamertag)

Sisatron (inside joke)

Alaska Aviator

Alaska Pilot

Alaska Jet

Or whatever else you can think of in this theme (just no numbers please!)

Any help is much appreciated. Oh, and feel free to send me a friends request over Xbox Live as well!

Thanks!

Kokoro Scan

It's a video for one of the "training" DS games in Japan.

It's a strange (and somewhat disturbing) video, but I just cannot get enough of that music!

Make sure you watch the entire thing. It starts out pretty good, but it keeps getting better.

You've gotta love the Japanese!

Considering Ubisoft currently has Splinter Cell: Conviction and their new IP, EndWar, both currently set for next spring, as well as a likely yearly iteration of Ghost Recon (which usually comes during this period), I'd say that Ubisoft has enough Tom Clancy games coming in such a short span.

I'll come in late 2008 at the earliest. Go ahead and pick up Vegas.

I've always found drama in football to be quite stupid and silly. Maybe it's just because I'm a more casual football fan.

Now, if they did that in NHL 08...well, that'd be something I would actually like to see!

they give 10s all the time.

Wind waker.
Twilight Princess
Resident Evil 4
Metal Gear Solid 2
Halo 2
GTA 3
GTA vice city
GTA san Andreas
God of War

in fact i think they give 10s way to much. Ultimate Alliance and many other multiplats like Fight Night are AAA on that mag.

jg4xchamp

If Bioshock is to be at the same level as those games you listed above, then we are in for a great treat indeed.

I don't understand why it's a bad thing for Bioshock to be compared on the same level as God of War, GTA, and Resident Evil 4? Didn't that last game get Game of the Year last year here at GameSpot? And Bioshock got the same score as that GOTY? Well, that is great!

I'm sorry, but it really wasn't something I could resist.

But don't you all feel great now, since it isn't real? Sort of like the "Caught on Cam" shows! You were really sad, but it's a huge surge of relief when you find out it's fake!

Or maybe I'm just looking for excuses for being a douche. Someone: enlighten me!

CNN report on Miyamoto's earlier than expected retirement

All I can say is...wow, I'm sort of speechless!

It's always sad to see legends like this go. What does Nintendo do from here?

J Allard said when the Xbox 360 was first announced at the MTV special that Microsoft intends for Xbox 360 to be a five-year console, like most other consoles.

Going on that, you'll probably see an announcement for the next Xbox in early 2010 (or even 2009) with a release in Holiday 2010.

Of course, the slower than expected sales may require Microsoft to wait a bit longer to introduce their next console so that their investment in the 360 pays off, but yeah, in about three years or so.

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But you cannot compare the PS3 to the PS2. The PS2 had a massive library of games, it's price was in line with the competing consoles, and it had already sold over 10 million units at the same point as the PS3 is in this current cycle.

Now look at it right now: The PS3 doesn't have the massive software library that the PS2 had at this point, it is leagues more expensive than any other competing console, and, when the PS2 had sold over 10 million units at this point in it's lifecycle, the PS3 has sold only 4 million. Not to mention that it is facing serious competition from the Wii and, to a lesser extent, the Xbox 360. Last generation, nobody could touch Sony, but this generation, it is facing some tough competition.

What you must keep in mind is that the PS3 and the PS2 are different consoles. Past successes with the PS2 does not ensure future sucesses with the PS3. It's happened before: Atari went under after the massive success of the 2600, and Nintendo went under with the N64 after the successes of the NES and SNES. Mistakes can cost a company marketshare.

the-very-best

I agree. I didn't actually mention sales in my argument though. My main point was that the PS3 is getting some incredible titles, and we have to wait a long time for them.

And I'm glad there is tough competition this gen. It's only going to make everyone work harder to please us gamers.

The PS3 wil get some great stuff coming, but I'm afraid it will be too little too late in Sony's case. I could be wrong, but, for this generation, you can't escape the fact that Sony will always be at a price disadvantage. The PS2 has been out for seven years, and the releases for that system are drying up. People are going to be looking for something new, and I'm not sure that they're going to wait for these great PS3 games in the future when they can get great stuff on the other two platforms at this moment, as well as at a cheaper price.