Q4 is upon us and it's time to make those tough choices about what games to buy, what games to rent and what games to just pass over completely and hope that you will find time and money to try out later.

I've gone through the release list for Q4 with a fine toothed comb and I've come up with my 5 picks:

http://www.lightspeed-gaming.com/2011/10/looking-ahead-into-q4-2011-5-games-that.html

What about you?!

Am I the only one that is actually happy about games being shorter and more casual friendly these days?

It seems there is a lot of hate out there for the people that just want to relax with a game and actually be able to play it through to the end without using several months of their lives on it.

I've written a small article about it, which I hope you'll find interesting.

You can find it here:http://www.lightspeed-gaming.com/2011/10/please-dumb-down-my-games-for-me-thanks.html