When I log on to Gamespot to see what new ways game developers have concocted to part me from my nearly non-existent supply of money, I find a small wave of excitement washing over me when I see that I have either "messages" (Another caption contest! WHOOOOO-HOOO!), or "updates". In my simple mind, an "update" begins an uninhibited cascade of tangents of thought, almost always leading to something like "Ooh! There has to be a new SUPER DODGE BALL game coming out!", or "Hell yeah! AKI is making a next gen NES Pro Wrestling game for the Wii!", or some other entirely impossible, but highly desirable gaming fantasy. Unfortunately, more often than not, an "update" is nothing more than a monthly profit report that is somehow attached to a game that you've been tracking.

Last time I checked, this site was not the Financial Post's business and stock report site. The name "Gamespot" includes implications of, oh, I don't know, something zany like, maybe, videogames? I like the game tracking feature, I don't like seeing how much cash has been bled out of gamers desperate to collect EVERY blockbuster title there is (and this year has been a year of bounty for gamers on every system!). Will we ever get updates like "Hey you! You know that game you bought and sort of liked, but there were a few things that sucked about it? Well, we're removing the suckage, andadding 75% more win and awesome!" or, "Guess what!? Next year, we won't fleece you for $60.00 for the SAME GAME we release every year, but we'll make a ROSTER UPDATE available to you free of charge!", or even better "Street Fighter 4 will star SKULLOMANIA!". Wow! Short of online Super Dodge-Ball and/or Fire Pro Wrestling tournaments, those would be some pretty sweet updates!

So yeah, I don't know about anyone else, but I sure wouldn't miss the financial reports where my awesome GAMING RELATED updates belong. :)