Alright, I might be a little out of my league here, and putting myself in a very vulnerable position to get flamed by the tens of thousands of people (very similar to myself) who have had to go through the long and painstaking proceedure of returning their Xbox to get a new one, because of these infamous red rings.

Let me start by saying, that over the past three years, I've owned 3 360 consoles; two of the original white ones (both of which red ringed) and my current, a Halo edition model. Since I first purchased my shiny new next gen console, all I've heard were complaints; "Ps3's better because there aren't errors", "My game freezes sometimes! Xbox sucks!" and the like. I'm quite frankly just sick and tired of it.

The console had a flaw upon launch - Oh noes! As though every gaming apparatus in the history of the medium have worked flawlessly upon taking it out of the box. Anyone remember Sega CD? It's brick of a transformer caught fire when I was 11. Did I boycott SEGA? No. Did I flame everyone during the next 9 years of my existence, who are, or have ever purchased a Sega system? No.

Don't get me wrong, I've had my problems, but I also enjoy my 360 every bit as much as I do my other two next gen systems; my PS3 freezes when I play GTA4 and won't give me sound playing Quantum of Solice, and my Wii has locked up on several occasions playing Brawl because...well, I probably shouldn't play for that long anyhow - but they're all great pieces of equipment.

Bottom line - the logic is flawed. Flat out. If you carry down that path, you're saying that you hate all cars - because guess what? They break down twice as often, and you actually have to pay (sometimes thousands of dollars) out of your own pocket to get 'em back on the road (Don't flame me if you had to pay 50 bucks for a disk read error repair, please).

Kids toys, food products, indoor plumbing, Ikea furnature and every gaming device on the planet have one thing in common - they break, and sometimes have fatal flaws upon launch. Deal with it, or boycott everything that is, could be, or has ever been defective.

To be honest, I don't believe that I've encountered a single incident in which my XBL avatar played any part in my daily life. If your friends are going to make fun of you because of a misrepresentation of your appearance, ask 'em how many of them are surfing for real-life friends on XBox Live.

Honestly, I like the first response this got; that he's an average looking guy, doesn't care. That's pretty much the boat I think most people are in - and if you're that hideous - that repulsive - that "abysmal" that your friends don't want you lying to other people about it - maybe you should get to the mall and pick yourself up some new threads, instead of your avatar.

I'm a "real paintballer", and it's still a stupid idea. Video games aren't about putting you in realistic situations that carry no risk doing something you can do in your spare time unless they're mini games, or budget titles; which is exactly where paint ball games should, and will stay.

 Why not make a sequel to Razor Scooter, or re-release Spawn: The Eternal. That'd be far more dangerous, and the laugh factor alone would make it more enjoyable.  

 Paintball game fans remind me of people who only buy consoles to get the new NFL Gameday; what do you call those people again? Oh yeah, morons.  

Smash brothers + online play = building a well in the backyard and never leaving the house.

Why do I have to live in an apartment... 

I thought that playing games was about enjoying them, not getting nerd cred by suffering through horrible games.

How can you guys let this man sit through King Kong? That game was awful... 

By the way, you guys have to grow up and not get offended by kiddie graphics. Rayman is a wonderful platform franchise, and I can only imagine how their mini games must stack up.

 I mean, I'm sure it's not anything comprable to WarioWare, but in my slightly professional opinion, Rayman + Wii = a win-win combination. 

It really doesn't matter how old you are, of what skill level, or appreciation for video gaming; unless you're a complete moron, or for whatever reason love awful, trivial, unresponsive controls and animations, Red Steel was horrible.