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This is pretty ridiculous. One of my friends plays quite religiously, and he isn't even close to getting up to these kinds of stats.

As many disagrees as I may get with this next comment, I'm still saying it:

It's unfortunate people waste their lives on this stuff. Sure it's a whole new community, a new world, with plenty of folk to interact with, but sometimes I feel like this can take people completely away from the real world. It makes them feel less wanted in the real world when all their friends in the online world are rooting for them to come back.

With dedication like this, comes life lost. Life that could have been put towards something more productive, like hanging out with friends, spending time with family, going to the movies, exercising a bit, etc.

I know saying this stuff may be stereotypical. Maybe this person really does have a good life, with healthy personal relationships all around him, good exercise plans, and a real connection with the real world... but seeing as how this is almost never the case, especially with veteran players like this, I would doubt it quite a bit.

It can be argued that World of Warcraft is "just another game". But it really isn't. As with all MMOs, it's not just another game. It's another world; a world you can really get lost in, and although this is a good escape from reality, some people might take this escape a bit further than the standard person should. Games like Halo and Metal Gear Solid are escapes from reality, but they tend to not be so addictive like MMOs such as World of Warcraft or Lord of the Rings Online. Most people can probably pull themselves away from these games pretty easily, provided they get to a certain point in the story that satisfies them. For a lot of MMO players, that "point in the story" never comes. Because they aren't playing for the story a lot of the time. They're playing for the community and the connection.

Just my opinion... disagree away. View

I haven't tried the game first-hand, partly because I don't know where the demo can be found, but I heard the PS3 version had a lot of issues. But I also heard Platinum Games was working on smoothing it out before release, so I wasn't too worried.

To hear that Sony is possibly fixing it before it comes over here, though, helps me set aside my fears even more. They really don't want this game to be inferior on the PS3, like so many other multiplatform titles are :)

I do hope that them fixing the North American version opens up the possibility to patch up the Japanese version, though. I think that would be rather nice of them to patch that up and such. View

Okami still stands as my favorite game of all-time, and I am just thankful we're getting a follow-up in any regard. I honestly never expected in a million years, that they would make a follow-up to it.

But I'm so happy they did :) View

The game looks very sharp, and I like that they're going the third-person route. Maybe this will finally be the FreeRunning game I've been wanting for so long :D

I preordered the PSP FreeRunning title back in May 2005, but unfortunately it looks like that is never going to see the light of day over here. I'm hoping this iPhone version of Mirror's Edge will actually be a lot like that, especially considering it's in third-person :) View

Kairi in KH3 = Will be more goddessy than the goddess she was in KH2.

C wut I did thar? ;) View

The LG Crystal (GD9000, I believe) is so much cooler than this. Transparent keypad that has multitouch functionality and a sleek interface.

Now that phone is worth a look :P

This one is cool, but as someone else already said, it's not very practical for anyone planning to use it for anything but texting and making calls. And people who don't use a phone for anything but that will be able to find hundreds of cheaper phones on the market, some for even $20 or less.

The only people this phone will appeal to are the same people who picked up those ridiculous designer Nokia phones that came out a while ago. View

It looks to definitely have potential. This may be the best possible placeholder for Fatal Frame IV that we will be able to get in the States. I wouldn't mind that at all :)

...of course I would still love for Fatal Frame IV to magically appear here, too. But again, this will do just fine. View

They did it with Grand Theft Auto IV. Why not do it with Modern Warfare 2? View

What a terrible world you live in if you prefer a patch-free experience to one with patches. Without patches, play experience with tons of games would be sharply decreased in fun.

Plus, the Xbox 360 isn't patch-free, so you may as well just take that out of your argument about why someone should move from the PC to the Xbox 360.

As a side note, consoles have come a long way, but PC games will always be superior in every way (unless more companies follow in Infinity Ward's footsteps, that is). View

I was a little worried that the game would feel recycled and old, considering its name sharing that of a DS game I played a long time ago.

But fortunately, it sounds like it is so much more than that. Definitely can't wait to pick it up now :) View

That was one of the most frustrating gameplay video watching experiences I think I've ever had. I mean, damn :P

May as well say it's just the first two minutes of the game, considering that's how long it would take the average person to get through that section D: View

There's a game called Mecho Wars on the iPhone/iPod Touch that really is just like Advance Wars, just with a more futuristic enemy feel. If they continue to port over iDevice applications to the PSP Minis service, I'm sure Mecho Wars would be the closest thing to Advance Wars as you can get :D View

I would never touch it, but $225 is not much to ask for a 1 in 650, highly-detailed, high-quality bust, that stands 1 foot by 1 foot...

Going by pricing of similar situation-busts, I'm surprised this isn't $500 - $1,000, especially considering it's carrying such a high-profile name. View

I thought this looked like a great film when the trailers first showed up. It looked like it had the potential to be a great animated film, and a really dark one, with an interesting story and great animation.

After seeing it, though, it was really underwhelming. The animation was great for the first ten minutes, but then it just went downhill from there. The story was not inspired at all, the character development was non-existent, it quickly devolved into cliche after cliche, and in the end it was just silly... Not a very good film, in my opinion.

I would give it a solid 5/10 View

I downloaded it before they took it down from the app store a couple weeks ago, and it is really fun to play around with. A tad bit on the expensive side at $5, but still really fun to play with.

Also humorous is the fact that they have a disclaimer when you start it up that says something along the lines of "This product is not trying to replicate the look of any actual console" or something like that.

Pretty funny :P

A bit sad they're getting legal action taken against them, but they should have anticipated it.

But at least it doesn't play ROMs, or this suit could get mega nasty, mega quick. View

I'm probably waiting until the Game of the Year Edition of Fallout 3 comes out, honestly. I still haven't bought the game, but if that GotY Edition is really going to have all the past downloadable content included with it, it's a steal. View

I don't understand what's so funny about that line... I played the game, never knew about any dialogue in the game, and I felt it was a very profound line of dialogue...

I thought it was really neat, and a good way to round out Otacon's character just a bit more.

Though I do agree that his relationship with his stepmother was quite a weird thing to hear about... D: View

Okay, this list is actually rather accurate, though I thought Boom Blox and de Blob sold really well... as well as The Conduit. Wii Music shouldn't be up there because once the novelty wears off, there's nothing that fun about it.

Here are some games they definitely missed out on:

Castle of Shikigami III
Deadly Creatures
Endless Ocean
Trauma Center: New Blood
Sin & Punishment 2 (for the future)

Barely anyone I know knows of these games in the slightest. They know of Trauma Center, but only the first game. All the other ones, no one around me has even heard of. Kind of sad, really, because for the most part, these games are some of the most unique ones out there, in addition to games already on the list in the article (MadWorld, Okami... Yay!) View

I'm sure there are many more reasons why this list fails, but for me, the outstanding reason personally is the lack of:

KOS-MOS from the Xenosaga series.

Come on. View