Tom, how did you finish this article/debate without mentioning Fez??

I still LOVE my Philips Ambilight 2 that illuminates the entire area behind/around my flatscreen with whatever colors are on the edge of the screen. Take any Skyrim blue sky with rolling green field, or Eridium Blight in Borderlands 2, and it extends the image and "feel" around the entire wall. Great stuff -- glad to see MS shamelessly rip it off. (LOL)

" Footloose 3: Gamers" directed by Uwe Boll...

SpamBox... I've been hating this for the last year, and it's just getting worse. At least they're honest about it. "You can play your game right after this pop-up video ad plays." <-- that's how this generation of gaming dies.

Yep -- I officially switched all of my purchases from there to Amazon as of yesterday. Better interface, order handling, and just as many pre-order bonuses.

It's simple: If the games are fun and you enjoy them, buy them. If not, play/buy something else. The market will decide the final outcome -- as it always does.

That said, I've been advising folks to dump Gamestop shares for a year now; I'm glad to see the market finally catch up.

Now THIS is seriously rich comedy gold... Let's see:

BF3 players are lazy employees because they lie on the ground just outside the office and phone in their work.

COD/MW players are only suitable for menial jobs because they're too busy talking smack and repeatedly doing the exact same thing endlessly.

Left4Dead players are highly energetic, but paranoid -- they're constantly spinning around 180 degrees to look in the cubicle behind them.

Civilization players are "obviously" perfect.

Gamespot readers make great analysts, because they're enjoy spending hours each week dissecting mundane items of no importance.

(Love it... Feel free to add your own!)

"It's a ridiculous premise that's ultimately urging people to turn off their Xbox in favor of Microsoft's biggest competitors." <-- Someone, please PROVE this. Show me the numbers. Last I saw, Sony/SOE continuously hemorrhages money while MS has a larger subscriber base (not to mention installed base) and net profit. Bad editorializing presented as fact is NOT FACT.

Ugh... Building carrier-class network services, capable of withstanding massive surges in traffic (not to mention the huge list of benefits that come with Gold) ---IS NOT FREE---. Look what Sony's desperate attempt to "change the marketplace" got them: PWN3D, repeatedly, with regular service outages in between. If PSN is what "free" buys you, then you can keep it. I'm perfectly happy paying for TWO Gold accounts for my household (one for me, one for family), and I'm happy with the service that has provided over the years.

....soon to be turned into a new game by Activision, with a movie tie-in from Uwe Boll!