All these releases lately have been rated fair... I've got enough games to play ruight now and everything, but is the only thing we have to look forward to is Halo 3 and GTAIV? It seems everygame has come out recently is rated 'fair' adn quite honestly I don ot get games unless thay re 8 or better. Even though years ago I would have missed out on Tokyo extreme racer becasue its rating was low as hell. Of course then I had more money to blow in the wind. These days I am moer calculated with my purchases, but how reliable are the reviews? It seems big titles (IE MAdden) consistenyl get good reviews when the game generally sucks in my opinion. I Uspposed its all relative. Take Manhunt. I tohght the game ould be fun. A more visceral GTA if youwill. The game sucked badly because it got repetitive and the missions were pattern based and at tiems too dificult. But alas the review was high(er) than I thought it should have been. ANd I hear they are making another. Doesn't happen unless money was made ont eh first. It must be me. WNext I'll explore the topic, "What kind of gamer are you?" which will be about undersanding aht types of games you like to play. I'll cover this becasue I've been gaming for almost 30 years and still do not have a niche genre I like to play, or so I think....