Most of these have already been said but here are mine...

-The overabundance of profanity and trash talk in online games. I know it can be fun to joke around and give people a hard time some times when playing games, it's all in good fun sometimes but for the most part in my experience most of the trash talking etc. that goes on now is just pure mean, hateful, sometimes racist, derogitory, and by no means meant for fun. These are just games people please don't make the online community unenjoyable for other people just because you have rage issues.

-DLC. I'm sorry because I know some people love it, and I think it's good for companies to continue support for games, but pretty much EVERY game has some form of DLC now. I just don't know why game companies can't just build a super awesome game with lots of maps or characters in the first place so we don't have to end up paying $90+ for a full game experience. Note: I rarely buy DLC, especially after the "First Strike" map pack for Black Ops which was terrible.

-Online passes. The fact of the matter is this: Every game that gets sold either new or used still has already been bought buy a store or consumer. Just because someone prefers buying a second hand game is no reason to punish them because EA has already been paid for that game once when Wal-Mart bought it (or other chain store or whatever). This makes it so people can't even let friends borrow games to check out online or anything because they would have to pay $10 to play the multiplayer. THIS is the biggest injustice that has been introduced into gaming as long as I can remember.

-Games focusing on Multiplayer more than Singleplayer/Forcing in Multiplayer when unnecessary (I'm looking at you Bioshock 2) - Don't get me wrong, I love multiplayer gaming; I play lots of Halo, BF3, etc. BUT I don't think companies should sacrifice the single player aspect to build a pretty much multiplayer only game. I think the CoD franchise has suffered from this for a while. I remember that the first MW had an awesome campaign, but by Black Ops everything just seemed like regergetated garbage that has been seen ten times over by now. I just miss FPS's with solid campaigns, MoH: Frontline anyone? And I don't think I need to dive in to the whole forcing in multiplayer thing, I think everyone has noticed this by now.

-FPS's being the only thing people play now a days - I am guilty of this and feel the shame. It has become so easy to just get drug into playing them almost exclusively because such a vast majority only play these. Most of my friends at work play them almost exculsively so I play them a lot too. I like them and think they are fun but really miss enjoying the other avenues of games like platformers, rpgs, fighters, etc. I really need to play more games before I become like those sad CoD players that rage over their KDR :( I need help.

-Some Gamestop employees really do get on my nerves. I hate dealing with the pushy ones that always want you to pre-order things or want to help you find things when you just came in to browse, and have made them aware of that but they just keep nagging. Ugh. I have litterally just walked out of the store when they start doing that stuff.

-The lack of video stores - Am I the only one that misses getting to go into the video store and looking at the back of the boxes of games and renting random stuff? The randomness was due to the lack of the internet, which let me be surprised when new games came out.

Anyways, I'm sure there are more, but this reply is long enough, it's someone else's turn to gripe now. :)

This should be awesome! It has been too long since we have had a full console SP game. Now I know many of you might disagree but I loved the FPS on the N64. It was just a lot of fun to play with friends. I'm really excited to get my new issue in now.

i actually am getting the slim i think it has 4 gb on it but not 100% sure. Also i just bought skyrim so waiting for xmas to play it.gambit2318

As many people have said, the breaking was mainly with the older version. I have had one console that got the "red ring of death" but shipped it to MS and they fixed it. I have a slim now and it has worked great. I really do suggest getting a bigger hard drive though, 4GB just isn't a lot of space. But I would highly suggest getting one/keeping the one your girl got you for Christmas. And if I were in your situation sir and had an XBOX and Skyrim in my house I would go ahead and rip the wrapping off those bad boys now!

No A Link to the Past? How can I vote for the best Zelda game ever when it is not even on the list?

Euaggelistes

This.

I played a lot more of the ps1. I really liked it for all the car combat games, the snowboarding and skateboarding games, and well the plethora of cool action/adventure games. Really, it was one of my all time favorite consoles. I liked the N64 for some FPS and multiplayer games (like Army Men: Sarges Heroes and Winback) and wrestling games. I just think the PS1 has more titles that I was in to.

Hmm...I'm going to go along with the crowd for the most part on this one and say yes. I really think you should get Mario Kart as well, but that's just my opinion. I really don't play my Wii very much though, and really can't even justify my purchasing it seeing as I now only own Mario Kart for it seeing as I've traded the rest in. But all the games you listed will supply you with enough time to justify your $100 purchase. I really enjoyed SMG, and I started LoZ:TP but never got very far BUT what I played of it was fun. So I think you should go for it. Plus it has Netflix which is neat :D

I think that "doot doot" is just the sound it makes when you slide your finger over the tray open/close button, or power button for that matter. That's just what it seems like to me. But it probably really isn't a big deal. Enjoy your gaming, Skyrim is awesome. Haven't played an AC since the first, but I'm sure they are all good too.

My friends and I play it quite a bit and I came over after Black Ops and I have to say the communites between BF and CoD are COMPLETELY different. As an earlier poster said there is very little trash talk and honestly not a whole lot of chatter at all. Most people seem to play either without head sets or possibly strictly in parties (my friends and I do the party chat). I have yet to hear anyone on BF use profanity or be rude in any way; but on Black Ops I actually made my XBOX mute everyone because every match had someone screaming something profane or ranting or wragging on someone. That's not saying all CoD players are like that or that every BF player is perfect or anything, there's always a few bad apples, it just seems more apparent on CoD.

But also, and this is just my opinion and judging from experience with both games, I feel the BF community plays the game in a more team oriented fashion. There seems to be a lot of team work going on even without people actually talking to one another, which I find very refreshing. It seems like there are a lot less lone gunmen that are just out there running and gunning all the time; I feel there is a much higher level of strategy in BF3. I do play TDM quite often, but know a vast majority stick with rush and conquest, but I have a lot of fun with TDM. The maps are all bigger, even in TDM, than the CoD levels but aren't over sized for that game type. I really feel they found a nice balance with the TDM portions of the maps.

But anyways, in my opinion you should definitely play some BF3, I mean you can always go back to CoD if you don't enjoy it. I think it's got a solid community of good players and little to no useless banter which I think is great. Plus, you can blow buildings up and who doesn't want to do that?

I wanted to apologize to the TC. I was in a foul mood yesterday. Everything I read on this site was making me rage. Anyway, I read your post again and I missed the part where you said you were married. I apologize for assuming you were just being ignorant.

I have missed more important things to me in the last 4 years due to legally binding marriage because if I don't watch Jersey Shore with her, I don't get to smush smush.

P.S. Sorry also to the guy or girl I confused and managed to convince the the 4DS is real. My sarcasm was incredibly dry.

SNESMaster420

Not a big deal, but thanks for the apology; good luck with the whole Jersey Shore thing. I'm not entirely sure about the fellow advising you to watch twilight though. Even if you did fake a seizure, or were somehow lucky enough to have a real one with the hopes that any remnants of that wretched movie might be wiped from your memory, I'm sure she would find a way to stick you with still watching her tv shows. But, good luck anyways.

Although it looks similar and shares a similar name to the DS, it is an entirely new system. It is the next step up and not simply a DS redesign. It's like how the PS1, PS2, and PS3 are all successive consoles and not all different versions of the same thing. However, this does not mean the 3DS will be supported as long as the DS has (which is 7 years so far?). How long the 3DS is supported will definitely depend on how popular it is. However, it is the successor to the DS and will be supported after the DS is not. Hope that makes sense. :/RACiEP

Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for the help :)