Oh someone just had to pick *that* scene in FF7, didn't they? ;-) View

There's a big field of discussion about gaming's representation of, inclusion of and tolerance of homosexuality, but I don't think this is in any way related.

I'm frankly pretty shocked by a lot of people's comments in this thread that are just spouting some of the most ludicrous, misinformed, juvenile nonsense without a second thought for what is actually being conveyed.

Gaming, generally, is hugely aligned with the values typically associated with straight, heterosexual male culture, and that is certainly an issue that in some cases needs addressing.

Here, I'm guessing it's another case of a videogame developer making a bit of a clumsy error and not realising the potential for offence... but I think there are plenty more aspects of MW2 to be concerned about. View

The second one is awesome. View

While Metacritic is obviously conceptually flawed, they do state pretty clearly that their averages are weighted, with the largest publications' scores counting for more in the averaging. Which will explain your discrepancy. View

Does anyone want to point out some incontrovertable proof of any wrongdoing? Or suggest any reasons *why* Edge would be biased in any way? Edge is written by a huge number of journalists who also write for a number of different mags, both multiformat and exclusive to all different machines. Perhaps, just perhaps, they played a load of games and decided some were worthy of a 9 out of 10, and most weren't. That a few 9 out of 10s were for 360 games is completely arbitrary.

What motivation would Edge have for showing preference to the 360? And if anyone shouts "Microsoft pay them off!" I'll break their little face off in a fit of bemused rage. Really? Do they *really*? As in, they'd get away with that without anyone knowing about it? Including people who write for Future's magazines? Including people high up there? *Really*?

Christ. Games are games. Save up and buy all the consoles, then you won't have to worry about whether yours is as sexy as the next guy's. View

Shock 2 seems bizarrely absent. View

Weren't these screenshots released about a month ago? In GameInformer?

Heck, there was an in-game video released last week... View